Category: Shared Collections
OCLC FirstSearch Interface Changes
OCLC has released the new FirstSearch service, which includes a new interface and many new features. OCLC will continue to add more features and databases. Please consult their Web site for an implementation schedule [http://www.oclc.org/oclc/fs_new/features.htm]. A guided tour graphically illustrates […]
JSC Expanded Meeting
The CDL Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSC) will be holding an all-day meeting on November 9 at UC Irvine to share information, procedures, and advice on negotiating multi-campus licenses for digital resources in the Humanities and Social Sciences. […]
Licensing Tool Kit Available
The Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections has assembled a licensing tool kit that is now available from the CDL Shared Collections Web site [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/sharedcoll/]. Select “CDL Licensing Tool Kit”. The CDL tool kit includes information on licensing guidelines, selection […]
Academic Universe Changes (Linda Kennedy, Resource Liaison for Academic Universe)
On August 20, Academic Universe presented its new user interface. Although a few problems have been identified (some have been resolved by the vendor, and some require further work), the new interface significantly improves usability of the Academic Universe databases. […]
New Resources Available via the CDL Directory
a. Contemporary Women’s Issues (CWI) [http://www.cwidb.com/cgi-bin/login.exe?login=&password=&product=4] This English-language resource, produced by Responsive Database Services, Inc., provides full-text access to global information on women. Journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit groups, government, and international agencies are easily accessed through CWI. […]
New Resources: Company of Biologists; Digital Dissertations
Digital Dissertations The Digital Dissertations database provides access to the full-text of all dissertations from University of California campuses since 1998. The first twenty-four pages from all other dissertations is also available. Also included, with more than 1.5 million entries, […]
Kluwer Online is Now Available
Kluwer Online is an electronic journal service from Kluwer Academic Publishers that gives licensed institutions electronic access to the full-text of their journals. Currently Kluwer Online comprises articles from January 1997 onwards. Subjects include science and technology, biology, agricultural and […]
Academic Universe Offers New Web Interface [Linda Kennedy, UCD]
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Changes: August 20 Implementation of New Web Interface Six UC campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Diego) subscribe to Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe through Solinet, a library consortium. On Friday, August 20, 1999, CIS […]
PREMEDLINE is Going Away
The National Library of Medicine will discontinue its Z39.50 server to the MEDLINE data (back to 1966) and the PREMEDLINE data effective December 13, 1999. MEDLINE/HealthSTAR is offered to UC users as a CDL-hosted database and will not be affected […]
Resource Liaisons (update)
Resource Liaisons met Monday, July 26 in Oakland to discuss their charge. Liaisons will 1) monitor technical and content performance; 2) identify enhancements that producers might make; 3) coordinate input on their respective databases from colleagues; 4) review online and […]