Category: Shared Collections
New Licensed Resource – German Literary Expressionism Online
All UC campuses now have access to German Literary Expressionism Online (Der literarische Expressionismus Online). http://uclibs.org/PID/273394 (all campuses; on the De Gruyter platform) CDL fully funded the German database on behalf of all campuses at the request of the European […]
Announcing the Clinics of North America on Elsevier’s ScienceDirect
In December 2014, Elsevier discontinued the MD Consult (MDC) platform. MDC provided access to medical textbooks and some Elsevier journals, among them many Clinics of North America titles. As an alternative, Elsevier released a product called ClinicalKey, a new platform […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update: June 2015
The major monograph distributions were for Springer (2209 titles), NBER working papers (1027 titles), Naxos (323 titles), Elsevier (348 titles), Loeb Classical Library (211), OECD (163 titles), IEEE (147 titles), SPIE (146 titles), Wiley (83 titles), Apabi (77 titles), and […]
New Licensed Resource – Scientific American Archive (1845-2005), Supplement & Builders Archive Collection
All UC campuses now have access to Scientific American Archive (1845-2005) and Scientific American Supplement & Builders Archive Collection; some campuses may have already had access via local subscriptions. http://www.nature.com/scientificamerican/archive/index.html (All campuses; on the Nature platform) CDL fully funded the Archive […]
Morgan & Claypool Colloquium Digital Library of Life Sciences – Collection 3 is available
Morgan & Claypool (M&C) Publishers has two full-text series of short books acquired as a Tier 2 purchase: Synthesis and Colloquium. The Colloquium Digital Library of the Life Sciences is now in its third series and continues to span biological, […]
New Licensed Resource – RILM Retrospective Abstracts of Music Literature
Eight UC campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz) now have access to RILM Retrospective Abstracts of Music Literature RILM; some campuses may have already had access via local subscriptions: http://uclibs.org/PID/272440 (B, D, I, […]
The Elephant Weighs In: Updates from HathiTrust and UC Libraries
It’s been a busy year for HathiTrust Digital Library. In April, the five millionth volume was opened for public reading and partner downloading. That’s a weighty accomplishment and it couldn’t have happened without the vast contributions made by UC libraries, librarians, and staff. […]
New Tier 2 Licensed Resource – Chinese Periodical Full-text Database (1911~1949)
Four campuses (Irvine, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and San Diego) began participation in a Tier 2 opportunity for access to the Chinese Periodical Full-text Database (1911~1949) Series 1-9. I, LA, SB, SD; on the National Index to Chinese Newspapers & […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update: May 2015
The major monograph distributions were for Naxos (902 titles), YBP/Ebrary DDA (284 titles), Wiley (249 titles), IEEE (178 titles), Harvard University Press (134 titles), Open Access (67 titles), and CRC Press (45 titles). For serials our major distributions were for […]
UC Systemwide Licensed Content Video Series
Are you curious about how electronic information resources are licensed systemwide for access by users at campuses throughout the University of California? How are resources selected, paid for, activated, monitored and assessed? How are decisions made, and who performs ongoing […]