Category: Shared Collections
SciVerse Hub is Retiring in August 2013
For those accessing Elsevier via the SciVerse Hub, the SciVerse Hub is being retired as of 24 August 2013. (CDL does not provide a database level record pointing to the SciVerse interface.) In order to ensure a smooth transition, Elsevier […]
HathiTrust May 2013 Update
May brings changes and challenges to HathiTrust as you can read in the May newsletter. This issue includes the following: A message from Executive Director John Wilkin on his appointment as the Dean of Libraries at the University of Illinois. […]
SciFinder Moves to Unlimited Access
By Teri Vogel, UCSD, SciFinder Resource Liaison The University of California Libraries now have unlimited access for Chemical Abstracts Service’s (CAS) SciFinder. The libraries have had a concurrent use limit of 36 seats for some time, but CAS has been […]
HathiTrust April 2013 Update
By Heather Christenson, Project Manager, Mass Digitization The HathiTrust April 2013 Update is now available. Several important new developments are announced in the newsletter: Service to support access for users with print disabilities at partner institutions Updated, enhanced HathiTrust web presence […]
HathiTrust Services for Users With Print Disabilities
By Heather Christenson, Project Manager, Mass Digitization In an important new development, HathiTrust now provides a way for the UC campuses to offer full view of some of the in-copyright books in HathiTrust to our print disabled patrons. A designated […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update — May 2013
By Adolfo Tarango, Head, Systemwide Collection Services Last month Springer topped our list for most titles distributed, 2731, which included the first titles sent, 41, for the newest Springer subject collection, Energy monographs. These include all the recently licensed 2013 […]
Licensed Resources: Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) and Periodicals Index Online (PIO) Transitions
The transition of Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) and Periodicals Index Online (PIO) from the Chadwyck-Healey to the ProQuest Platform will be complete when access to Chadwyck-Healey’s version of the databases ends on June 30, 2013. Both versions of the databases […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update — April 2013
By Adolfo Tarango, Head, Systemwide Collection Services Some interesting developments and cancellations have kept us on our toes the last few months. Changes involving the CRC Press NETBASES are without a doubt the most complicated of these. As it stands […]
Licensed Resource: National Palace Museum Transition
National Palace Museum http://uclibs.org/PID/126960 AIRITI, a Chinese e-content provider of Chinese academic e-journals, is no longer distributing the Tier 2 resource NPM (National Palace Museum), an image archive of treasures at the National Palace Museum in Taiwan. The collection includes […]
Two Enhancements from HathiTrust: Interface Redesign and Research Center Tools
Redesigned Website By Heather Christenson, Project Manager, Mass Digitization HathiTrust has released an updated, fresh design and new features for its website. The latest design incorporates feedback submitted by HathiTrust users and input from HathiTrust’s User Experience and Communications working groups. We encourage […]