Category: Shared Collections
Vendor Selected for MLA IB
A new vendor has been selected for the Modern Language Association International Bibliography (MLA IB) and the MLA Directory. MLA will remove its database from the current CDL-licensed platform, Ovid, at the end of June. After careful review and analysis […]
2004 Usage Statistics by E-Journal Publisher
The E-journal Article Views statistics for 2004 are now posted on Inside CDL . These annual statistics summarize use by e-journal publisher and by campus (where provided) and are password-protected. CDL data analyst Laura Fosbender prepared this report and is […]
New Resource Available
a. Merck Index Online By Marion Peters, UCLA The recently licensed Merck Index Online (uclibs.org/PID/61961), an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals, joins a suite of online databases available at all UC campuses that offer access to chemical literature. Version […]
H. W. Wilson Upgrades Its Interface and Improves Features
By Susan Moon (Resource Liaison), UC Santa Barbara The H. W. Wilson Company has released an improved interface with upgrades to a number of features. The first change is in the section where the user chooses the database or databases […]
Vendor Interface Changes
Many vendors of CDL-licensed resources have changed or will be changing their interfaces in the near future. (Note that these are not changes in vendors, but simply changes in the interfaces of our current vendors.) A list of the interface […]
New Resources Available
a. ASM Handbooks Online By Camille Wanat (UC Berkeley), Resource Liaison The ASM Handbooks Online is a new Tier 2 acquisition negotiated on behalf of six participating campuses: UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Merced, and UC San […]
Resource Update
a. America’s Newspapers Features a New Interface and New Search By Kay Collins (Resource Liaison), UC Irvine America’s Newspapers from Newsbank recently launched a new interface. With the new interface, selecting which papers to search is the first decision. You […]
New Resource Available
NOTE: New resources listed below are not yet in the Directory of CDL-Licensed Content; they will be added within the next two weeks. You can access them directly from the URL provided. a. INSPEC Backfile By Karen Andrews (Resource Liaison), […]
CSA Unveils New Interface
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) had informed the CDL and the UC campuses that they will be moving to a new interface in January 2005. The new interface incorporates many improved features requested by CSA Resource Liaisons and CDL staff, including […]
CDL Database Transition Procedures
The CDL only reluctantly makes changes in systemwide databases or database platforms so as to minimize change for users and minimize the work for the campuses and the CDL. At the same time, due to deselections, marketplace challenges and opportunities, […]