Category: Shared Collections
Duke University Press, eDuke Scholarly Collection Transitions From Ingenta to Highwire
By Emily Stambaugh (Resource Liaison), UC Riverside The eDuke Scholarly Collection has transitioned from Ingenta to Highwire, effective January 1, 2006. Early activation began December 15, 2005 and was completed by the end of the year for all campuses. Duke […]
CDL Link Resolver Services Web Site
A new CDL web page entitled “Link Resolver Services for UC” is now available at [http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/linkres]. The site includes documents, principles, specifications, assessment activities, and the members of the Link Resolver Planning Group. It was built to include materials related […]
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 […]