Category: Licensed Resources
Resource Cancellations: Applied Science & Technology; Essay & General Literature Index; Book Review Digest
: UC subscriptions to Applied Science & Technology, Essay & General Literature Index, and Book Review Digest will be cancelled as of July 1 as a result of a systemwide review of Tier 1 & Tier 2 resources.
Open Letter to Vendors – Serious Economic Challenges Face UC Libraries
CDL and the UC Collection Development Committee, with UL endorsement, have jointly drafted an Open Letter to Licensed Content Vendors to advise content vendors with whom we conduct business of the serious economic challenges facing the University of California Libraries.
INSPEC moving from Ovid to Web of Science Platform
INSPEC, the premier database for computer science, information technology, physics and electronics engineering, will move from Ovid to the ISI Web of Knowledge platform.
Columbia Earthscape to be Discontinued June 30, 2009
Columbia University Libraries and Columbia University Press have announced that Columbia Earthscape: An Online Resource on the global environment will cease on June 30, 2009.
New Licensed Resources: Asahi Kikuzo II; The Sixties
UC campuses now have access to Asahi Kikuzo II and The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives, 1960 to 1974 as part of Tier 2 licenses.
NISC Databases Transitioning to EBSCOhost Research Platform
NISC USA resources have been purchased by EBSCO and will be transitioning to the EBSCOhost Research platform on April 17, 2009.
Springer Electronic Book Package
The UC campuses have recently obtained perpetual access to nearly every Springer ebook published in English and German from 2005 to 2009, including Landolt-Bornstein, the largest compilation of data in physics and chemistry.
New Licensed Resources: Blackwell Compass; AGU’s Digital Library
UC campuses now have access to Blackwell Compass and AGU's Digital Library as part of CDL consortial licenses.
CDL's Recently Acquired Scholarly Content in 2008
Every year CDL purchases perpetual rights to scholarly digital content using end-of-year funds. This growing collection of content provides permanent digital rights on behalf of future generations of UC faculty and students in varied disciplines across the sciences and humanities.