Category: Shared Collections
CDL’s Response to the Nature Publishing Co.’s Licensing Model
On the What’s New at the CDL page: <http://www.cdlib.org/news/whatsnew.html>, under “Communiques,” there is now a link to a recent letter from CDL to Nature Publishing Co. The letter, composed with the help of the Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections, […]
Access to PAIS International via Z39.50 ends January 28
Access to the OCLC version of the PAIS International database via Z39.50 for both the web and telnet interfaces for the CDL hosted databases will cease on January 28th. OCLC has recently made extensive changes to the file structure for […]
New SciFinder® Scholar Client Provides Search Enhancements (Marion Peters, UCLA
SciFinder® Scholar 2000, released Fall 2000 by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), offers UC users several search enhancements. Scholar2000 adds access to 11 million records from OLDMEDLINE and MEDLINE for searching in conjunction with the 16 million Chemical Abstracts CAplus (1967- […]
New Resource Available
a. Society of Automotive Engineers Standards and Publications Database (SAE) (Karen Andrews, UCD) Karen Andrews (UCD) negotiated the license for the Tier 2 resource, Society of Automotive Engineers Standards and Publications Database (SAE) [http://www.elecpubs.sae.org/PLDatabase/Database.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&2.0]; the web version is now available […]
January 2001 Release of the CDL
The January 2001 release, marking the beginning of the CDL’s third year of operation, includes new content and enhancements of existing services. The release is possible through the efforts of CDL and campus staff. We are very grateful to our […]
Artbibliographies Modern Provider Became CSA on January 1
Effective January 1, 2001, the Tier 2 resource, Artbibliographies Modern, changed providers from ABC-CLIO to CSA. Artbibliographies Modern is available to five campuses: Berkeley, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Barbara.
Access to Blackwell’s Table of Contents Ended on December 31, 2000
The only access to Blackwell’s Table of Contents has been via the RLG native mode interface (Eureka) in both the web and telnet versions of the CDL-hosted databases. RLG recently informed the CDL that it discontinued providing access to the […]
New Resource Available
a. Alexander Street Press Correction: North American Women’s Letters and Diaries and The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries will not be released until this spring. There will be a future CDLINFO item announcing their availability. As recommended by the […]
EBSCO Agreement
CDL has signed an agreement with EBSCO to negotiate on CDL’s behalf for systemwide licenses with a selected number of publishers for access to their electronic journals. The agreement was signed following the Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSC) […]
New Resource Available
a. Royal Society of Chemistry In another example of successful co-investment by UC campuses and the CDL, all Royal Society of Chemistry Journals are now available to all campuses. Although subscribed titles were previously available to each campuses, systemwide access […]