Category: Shared Collections
New Resources Available
a. Safari Tech Books Online Safari Tech Books Online negotiations were completed by Julia Gelfand at UCI. Six participating campuses will pay an annual subscription fee and share 15 simultaneous user ports for the IT collection: Berkeley, Irvine, Los Angeles, […]
Wilson Art Index Retrospective, Art Full Text: An Update (Susan Moon, UCSB)
After discussions with H.W. Wilson, UC librarians, and CDL, some very useful changes were made to ArtFull Text and Art Index Retrospective. Default for Basic search is now Boolean not Natural Language. Though the Advanced search is the default, there […]
New Resources Available
NOTE: New resources listed below are not yet in the CDL Directory of Collections and Services; they will be added within the next 2 weeks. You can access them directly from the URL provided. a. American Physiological Society (APS) Legacy […]
New Resource Liaisons Appointed
CDL is pleased to announce the appointment of the following new Resource Liaisons: Paul Machlis, UCSC — RISM (International Inventory of Musical Sources) Sheila O’Hare, UCSC — Early American Imprints (Evans Digital Edition) Jenny Reiswig, UCSD — Blackwell Science Journals […]
New BIOSIS Previews URL; bookmark that PID!
Beth Weil, the BIOSIS Previews Resource Liaison, recently uncovered a problem with access to Ovid’s BIOSIS Previews database. In reviewing the statistics from Ovid for this database, it became clear that all UC campuses have a significant number of sessions […]
New Resource Available
a. Wilson Art Fulltext Wilson Art Fulltext (http://uclibs.org/PID/33002), is an upgrade to Art Index, a systemwide centrally-funded database (SCAP fund). Art Fulltext was a high priority for UC art selectors. CDL wishes to thank Susan Malkoff Moon of the Arts […]
New Resources Available
NOTE: New resources listed below may not yet be in the CDL Directory of Collections and Services; they will be added within the next 2 weeks. You can access them directly from the URL provided. a. EconLit EconLit, originally included […]
FirstSearch Changes (Kay Collins, UCI)
FirstSearch recently made some changes to their databases. Essentially, they are cosmetic, but it does make navigating the various databases much easier and search functions which are available are much more apparent. Most changes are the same for all the […]
Los Angeles Times Joins Proquest Historical Newspapers (Elliot Kanter, UCSD)
On June 28, 2003, Proquest released the first segment of the Historical Los Angeles Times, 1881-1923. Because of unexpected production difficulties with the layout and design of the early newspapers, about 30 percent (between 1904 and 1914) was left out […]
CDL Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections Appointments
Effective July 1, 2003, CDL Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSC) appointments: -Rhonda Neugebauer, Interim Head of Collection Development, Riverside: Appointed -Lucia Snowhill, Collections Coordinator, Santa Barbara: Reappointed Lucia has made substantial contributions to the JSC, especially as chair […]