Category: Licensed Resources
ProQuest Updates Platform Interface, August 20th
ProQuest will be rolling out changes to the interface of the main ProQuest platform on August 20, 2015. The ProQuest Congressional interface implemented a similar look and feel on August 5th. The changes are predominantly CSS and display-based (font, color, […]
New Licensed Resource: Oxford Handbooks Online (OHO) — Literature
All UC campuses now have access to Oxford Handbooks Online (OHO) — Literature. Note: Some campuses may have already had access via local subscriptions. http://uclibs.org/PID/276064; All campuses, on the Oxford Handbooks platform. Oxford Handbooks Online (OHO), the home of scholarly research […]
Alexander Street Press Debuts New Interface for Selected Resources
The Alexander Street platform will be debuting a new interface on Friday August 14. From the vendor’s announcement, the new interface includes: More intuitive search, browse, video, and audio pages to help patrons find content faster Easily accessible instructional videos […]
Mirroring FirstSearch searching in WorldCat Discovery (WCD)
As you know, OCLC is rolling out a new discovery interface (WorldCat Discovery) which will merge together the existing OCLC FirstSearch and WorldCat Local (WCL) interfaces onto this new platform. Currently, the UC campuses are scheduled to move to the […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update: July 2015
Our major serial record distributions for June were for ProQuest (78 titles), IEEE (70 titles), Open Access (42 titles), Black Studies Center (37 titles), International Index to Black Periodicals (32 titles), ScienceDirect (30 titles), and Literature Online (29 titles). Our […]
Wiley Online Library adds CAPTCHA to prevent systematic article downloads
Wiley has implemented CAPTCHA (http://www.captcha.net/) for users downloading more than 25 articles in an active session on the Wiley Online Library. This is in order to prevent systematic downloads of content above a threshold that Wiley deems to be an […]
New Tier 2 Licensed Resource – Smart Grid Research: Connected Homes
Five campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles and San Diego) began participation in a Tier 2 opportunity for access to the Smart Grid Research: Connected Homes – Impact of Smart Grid on Connected Homes Landmark Research Study. This purchase supplements […]
New Tier 2 Licensed Resource – SAE Technical Papers Archive, 1906-1997
Four campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, and Los Angeles) began participation in a Tier 2 opportunity for access to the SAE Technical Papers Archive, 1906-1997. http://uclibs.org/PID/255206 (B, D, I, and LA; on the SAE Digital Library platform) Content in this resource […]
New Licensed Resource – International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed.
All UC campuses now have access to the International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed.; some campuses may have already had access via local subscriptions: http://uclibs.org/PID/274924 (All campuses; on the ScienceDirect platform) The second edition of […]
New Licensed Resource – Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions, 1789 – Present
All UC campuses now have access to Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions, 1789 – Present; some campuses may have already had access via local subscriptions: http://uclibs.org/PID/6941 (All campuses; on the ProQuest Congressional Publications platform) ProQuest Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions […]