Category: Shared Collections
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update – September 2011
By Adolfo Tarango, Head, Systemwide Collection Services The Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) provides catalog records for the University of California campus libraries. Established in January 2000, the program is based at UC San Diego. To learn more about SCP, see […]
Introducing Literature Resources from Gale (LRG), a new path to LRC
Literature Resource Center (LRC): http://uclibs.org/PID/20324 Twayne’s Authors Online: http://uclibs.org/PID/220768 Scribner Writers Online: http://uclibs.org/PID/220769 Literature Resources from Gale (LRG) is the new gateway to the following systemwide databases — Literature Resource Center (LRC), Twayne’s Authors Online, and the Scribner Writers Online. […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update – August 2011
By Adolfo Tarango, Head, Systemwide Collection Services The Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) provides catalog records for the University of California campus libraries. Established in January 2000, the program is based at UC San Diego. To learn more about SCP, see […]
UC Libraries expand access to orphan works
The University of California Libraries will join with the University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin and University of Florida in a groundbreaking initiative to identify and make available digital versions of “orphan works” (http://www.lib.umich.edu/orphan-works) within the holdings of the HathiTrust […]
New,Transitioned Licensed Resources/Platform: RISM, Shanghai News; SIAM e-books; Web of Knowledge
UC campuses now have access to these electronic resources as part of CDL consortial and Tier 2 licenses. (Some campuses may have already had access to these titles through previous local campus subscriptions): Répetoire International des Sources Musicales / International […]
HathiTrust Constitutional Convention; 3-year Review
A HathiTrust Constitutional Convention will be held in Washington, D.C. from October 8-10, 2011. The Constitutional Convention will consist of a series of sessions over 3 days, attended by delegates from each partner institution and consortium. The sessions will be […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update – July 2011
By Adolfo Tarango, Head, Systemwide Collection Services The Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) provides catalog records for the University of California campus libraries. Established in January 2000, the program is based at UC San Diego. To learn more about SCP, see […]
HathiTrust – It Just Gets Better
HathiTrust full-text search now leverages the richness of bibliographic data, and building and searching collections just got easier! Read on for more details of what this means for researchers. Full-text Search The HathiTrust full-text search index now includes bibliographic data, […]
SciFinder is now Web-only
As of June 30, 2011, SciFinder Scholar – the research discovery tool provided by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) – is available only as a web resource. Previously, SciFinder Scholar was available via client-downloadable software. For the past two years, […]
New Licensed Resources: Newspapers, Gale Resources, JSTOR, TTL
UC campuses now have access to these electronic resources as part of CDL and campus one-time purchases (some campuses may have already had access via local subscriptions): 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers (All campuses. On the Gale platform.) […]