Category: Shared Collections
Chemical Abstracts & CAS REACT via SciFinder Scholar now available!
As announced in the CDL Alert on February 4th, UC students, faculty, and staff at all nine campuses can search Chemical Abstracts (1967- ), Registry (chemical structure searching), and CAS REACT from their personal workstations via SciFinder Scholar. UCLA’s Department […]
Links to Full Content: Progress Report
a. Article-level Links Beginning on February 3, article-level links appear in displays of article records in the CDL-hosted A&I databases for journals published by Blackwell, Institute of Physics, JSTOR, and Wiley. b. Title-level Links Beginning on February 3, title-level links […]
New Information on the Shared Collections Web Pages
Joint Steering Committee Subject Area Survey Updates Now Available The Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSC) is charged with identifying appropriate mechanisms for system-wide development of digital collections in the various domains (humanities, social sciences, etc.) to serve UC […]
New Resources
a. Blackwell Trial Records for the 228 electronic journal titles from Blackwell Synergy are now available via the CDL Directory on a trial basis. Follow this URL to view a listing of these journals in the Directory: [http://www.cdlib.org/cgi-bin/search?perpage=50&index=provider&word=Blackwell+Synergy] Note: Trial […]
Thanks to Directory Vocabulary Contributors
CDL wants to thank the bibliography groups who contributed their time, subject expertise, and thoughtfulness to updating the CDL Directory Vocabulary. The vocabulary is a continually evolving project, and CDL will continue to work with the selector groups to further […]
Lucia Snowhill Appointed to the Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections. Barbara Kornstein Retires
The CDL is pleased to announce the appointment of Lucia Snowhill (SB) to the CDL Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections to replace Barbara Kornstein (B) who retired at the end of 1999. Thanks are due Barbara for her period […]
New Resource Available
a. STAT!Ref By Susan Lessick (UC Irvine), Resource Liaison STAT!Ref is an information resource that offers full-text, cross-searchable access to the contents of 45 classic medical and drug reference books. The latest edition of each title is provided. Shared Catalogers […]
SciFinder Scholar is Coming
Access to the world’s most comprehensive database of chemical literature and patents will begin soon for CDL users. The CDL and Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) are close to finalizing an agreement that will enable UC to use SciFinder Scholar to […]
PCI/UC Holdings Links
CDL’s continues to work with vendors to allow links from their search results pages into the California Periodicals holdings. The PCI/UC holdings links are now available. Here’s a sample search: Go to PCI home page (http://pci.chadwyck.com) Click Search Articles Type […]
Access to Compendex Plus Changing on January 1, 2000
UC’s interim access to the Compendex Plus database on SilverPlatter’s ERL system will end on December 31, 1999. Beginning January 1, 2000, UC users will access the Compendex Plus database directly from Engineering Information’s own Web site. As you may […]