Category: Shared Collections
New Resource Liaisons Appointed
Please join the CDL in welcoming our new Resource Liaisons. AP Photo Archive Susan Jurist, UCSD Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS) Andrea Sevetson, UCB Earthquake Engineering Abstracts (EEA) Bob Heyer-Gray, UCD Economist Intelligence Unit Gary Peete, UCB English Short Title […]
GenderWatch License Re-Negotiated
SoftLine Inc.’s GenderWatch database has been added to the CDL’s license with Softline. Eight UC campuses subscribe to GenderWatch at favorable rates and terms negotiated as part of the CDL 1999 Ethnic Newswatch subscription. GenderWatch is a full text database […]
Art Abstracts and Art Index Retrospective Now Available in CDL-hosted Databases
Access to H. W. Wilson’s Art Abstracts (1984-present) and Art Index Retrospective (1929-1984) via the CDL-hosted databases (Z39.50) is now in place. Art Abstracts became available on July 19th in the web and telnet interfaces to the CDL-hosted databases and […]
National Research Council Canada (NRC) Journals Available August 3
14 journals (listed below) published by NRC Research Press have been licensed through a co-investment by all the campuses and the CDL. These peer-reviewed journals cover a wide range of scientific disciplines from pharmacology to forestry; and civil engineering to […]
JSTOR Interface Changes Implemented June 19, 2000
“Set Preferences” Feature The new “Set Preferences” feature incorporates the existing set page size option with the new ability to select and set a preferred printing option. The former print page with the three JSTOR printing options has been replaced […]
Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Bibliography Udpate (Allan Urbanic, UCB)
The Russian Academy of Sciences has resumed contributions to this RLG Citation Resources database. In May, the bibliography was updated with 100,000 retrospective records in anthropology, archaeology, and history (covering articles published between 1986 and 1990) and close to 70,000 […]
SilverLinker: Links to Full Text from SilverPlatter Databases
The CDL recently purchased the SilverLinker tool, which provides linking capability from SilverPlatter database citations to full text. This feature will be available in all SilverPlatter databases (those licensed locally and through the CDL). Currently, the links are provided to […]
ABI/Inform Geographic Name Index Removed
Earlier this year, ABI/Inform changed the way they indexed Geographic Names (GN). Originally, ABI/Inform used a controlled list of Geographic Names that were at the state/region level, and the CDL’s ABI/Inform GN index was set-up to only allow the valid […]
Reminder: MLA Bibliography and ArtAbstracts Migration
As discussed in a past CDLINFO (Vol. 3, No.8 http://www.cdlib.org/news/cdlinfo/cdlinfo061500.html#2), as of July 1 MLA Bibliography and ArtAbstracts will be provided by new vendors (SilverPlatter and H. W. Wilson respectively). Note: As of July 1 the only access to […]
New Resources Available July 1
Availability of the following four diverse and highly recommended resources is the result of the CDL’s consultative process with the CDL Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections, Resource Liaisons, and the Bibliographer Groups. These groups conducted surveys and consulted faculty […]