Category: Shared Collections
New Interface for ABC-Clio Databases
By Ellen Broidy (UCLA), Resource Liaison After a month of beta testing, ABC-Clio unveiled a new search interface for America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts on January 2, 2006. While users continue to have the option of doing a […]
PCI and PCI-FT Changes
By Myrtis Cochran (Resource Liaison), UC Berkeley Changes have been made to enhance the interface and functionality of the Periodicals Contents Index (PCI) and Periodicals Contents Index—Full Text (PCI-FT) databases. Each database has a new name. PCI is now called […]
BIOSIS Previews on Ovid Retiring
As of 2006, ISI will be the sole source for UC subscriptions to the BIOSIS Previews database. This database is available at < http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS >. The overlap period with Ovid for BIOSIS Previews ends on December 30, 2005. BIOSIS is […]
New Resource Available
a. GLBT Life (EBSCO) By Gary Colmenar (Resource Liaison), UC Santa Barbara The CDL is pleased to announce access to GLBT Life, a comprehensive online index to the literature related to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender issues. The database contains […]
New Resource Available
a. Factiva By Michael Oppenheim (Resource Liaison), UCLA Factiva, from Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC, is a new Tier 2 acquisition negotiated on behalf of seven participating campuses: UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Merced, UC Riverside, […]
NISC Improves Its Interface
The database provider, NISC, has asked the CDL to move to a new interface as of November 1. UC licenses the following databases from NISC (Your campus may license additional databases as well.): African Studies Black Studies Database Family and […]
New CDL Resource Liaisons
The CDL is pleased to announce the appointment of the following CDL Resource Liaisons: ArtBibliographies Modern (Tier 2) — Krista Ivy, UC Riverside Bibliography of the History of Art — Susan Jurist, UC San Diego Contemporary Women’s Issues — Sherri […]
UC Libraries Partner With Technology Companies and Non-Profits to Provide Free Public Access to Digital Books
The University of California libraries are participating in a new partnership to build a freely accessible digital library with materials drawn from across the world. The UC libraries will contribute books and resources in order to build a collection of […]
Expanded Academic ASAP Gets a New URL And a New Look
At long last Gale has everything in place the switch to the new Expanded Academic ASAP platform, will now occur on September 21. This is the switch that was previously scheduled to happen on August 15, and was delayed so […]
FIAF International Film Archive, Film Index International, Film Literature Index
The CDL is pleased to announce UC access to three new film resources: FIAF International Film Archive, Film Index International, and the Film Literature Index. Developed by the British Film Institute, FII gives full international coverage of films and film […]