Category: Shared Collections
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, […]
New Resource Available
a. Early American Newspapers (1690-1876) The CDL has acquired Early American Newspapers (1690-1876) (http://uclibs.org/PID/42513), a historical collection of American newspapers from Readex/Newsbank. The Early American Newspapers (EAN) collection was formed by Isaiah Thomas’ collection of colonial and early national period […]
MLA Via Ovid: Access Extended Through June 2005
MLA is removing their database (MLA International Bibliography) from Ovid. Their intent was to not renew any MLA accounts with Ovid if the account expired after July 2004. UC’s contract was up for renewal in fall 2004 and this meant […]
New Resources Available
a. PCIFT Collection 4 By Myrtis Cochran (Resource Liaison), UC Berkeley Pursuant to advice from the Collection Development Committee and UC bibliographers, the CDL licensed perpetual rights to a new collection of Periodicals Contents Index Full Text (PCIFT), the leading […]