Category: Licensed Resources
Licensed Resources: Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) and Periodicals Index Online (PIO) Transitions
The transition of Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) and Periodicals Index Online (PIO) from the Chadwyck-Healey to the ProQuest Platform will be complete when access to Chadwyck-Healey’s version of the databases ends on June 30, 2013. Both versions of the databases […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update — April 2013
By Adolfo Tarango, Head, Systemwide Collection Services Some interesting developments and cancellations have kept us on our toes the last few months. Changes involving the CRC Press NETBASES are without a doubt the most complicated of these. As it stands […]
Licensed Resource: National Palace Museum Transition
National Palace Museum http://uclibs.org/PID/126960 AIRITI, a Chinese e-content provider of Chinese academic e-journals, is no longer distributing the Tier 2 resource NPM (National Palace Museum), an image archive of treasures at the National Palace Museum in Taiwan. The collection includes […]
Migration of FirstSearch Databases to EBSCO Complete as of 2/28/13
The migration of several databases migrating from the FirstSearch platform to EBSCOhost will be complete by February 28, 2013. These databases include the following: Anthropological Index Anthropological Literature Anthropology Plus Chicano Database FRANCIS History of Science, Technology and Medicine Index […]
New Licensed Resource: LandScan 2011 Global Population Database
By Brian Quigley, UC Berkeley Six campuses (Berkeley, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, and Santa Barbara) have purchased the LandScan 2011 Global Population Database. Produced by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), LandScan provides ambient population (24-hour average) data […]
AGU Migration to Wiley-Blackwell
By Amy Butros, UCSD, AGU Resource Liaison The American Geophysical Union (AGU) entered into a publishing partnership agreement with Wiley-Blackwell in January 2013. As detailed in the press release, Wiley-Blackwell is now responsible for the journal subscriptions, production and distribution, while […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update — January 2013
By Adolfo Tarango, Head, Systemwide Collection Services December was a short work month but some significant distributions were made. For monographs, the major distributions were to SPIE Conference Proceedings (213 titles), CRC Press (208 titles), Knovel (204 titles), Gale Mexican […]
Dacheng Old Journal Full-text Database
By Susan Xue, UC Berkeley, Resource Liaison for Dacheng Journals All UC campuses; on the Dacheng platform http://uclibs.org/PID/241770 This collection of old journals contains more than 7,000 journal titles and 130,000 issues published in China from the late Qing Dynasty to 1949. […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update — December 2012
By Adolfo Tarango, Head, Systemwide Collection Services The UCSD campus will be closed December 24-January 1. Additionally, individual staff may be taking additional time off January 2-4. Be advised therefore, that any questions or issues directed to SCP or CDL […]
Springer Journals and Ebook Migrating to New Springer Platform 11/26/12
Springer Journal and Ebook content will be migrating to a new Springer platform effective Monday, November 26. Springer will redirect all users to the new SpringerLink site at this time. The new SpringerLink is faster, easier to use and optimized […]