Category: Discovery & Delivery
CDL Database Transitions
a. Melvyl-T Update As many readers are aware the CDL announced earlier that there would be a rollout of Melvyl-T to library staff in January 2003. On February 5th CDL University Librarian Greenstein sent a message to campus ULs acknowledging […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. A & I Databases Successfully Retired In addition to the public retirement of the CDL-hosted journal article databases, the CDL has successfully removed the CDL-hosted databases from SearchLight and the CDL Directory; removed the data from the relevant disk […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Update on Gale InfoTrac Services (Frank Gravier, UCSC) Two services planned for Gale InfoTrac databases; including Expanded Academic ASAP, the Computer Database, and the National Newspaper Index have been delayed by the vendor: — Download citations into bibliographic management software […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. A Final Farewell: CDL-Hosted Journal Article Databases This is the last time the CDL will remind staff that the CDL-hosted abstracting and indexing journal article databases will be retired at the end of the year, since this is the […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Reminder: Eureka Telnet Access to RLG Databases to Retire November 29 A reminder that as of November 30, telnet users will no longer have access to any of the RLG/Eureka databases via Eureka’s telnet or via USE Eureka from […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. A & I Database Transition “Canned” Answers The CDL receives queries and complaints about the new vendor versions of the A & I journal article databases via CDL Feedback or from campus librarians. Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst, […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Digital Dissertation Links in Ovid MLA Links directly to titles in Digital Dissertations have been activated in Ovid’s version of the MLA International Bibliography. When users find a citation to a dissertation in the results of an MLA search, […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. CDL Updates Retirement Notices Sent On September 25, the CDL sent out bulk mail messages notifying Updates holders of the upcoming database retirements and alternatives for Updates/Alerts in the vendor versions of the CDL-hosted journal article databases. They were […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. UC-eLinks Pop-Up Window Version 1.3 Coming Next Week A new version of the UC-eLinks pop-up window will be released next week. Several improvements in this interface have been made, based on what was learned in usability testing. 1. The […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Timeline for Notifying Users CDL staff and TSC members have created a timeline and plan for notifying users and library staff of details for retiring the CDL-hosted journal article databases from now through the end of the year. The […]