Category: Discovery & Delivery
Detailed Description Of New Vendor Versions Of Transitioning Databases
a. Detailed Description Of New Vendor Versions Of Transitioning Databases On April 11, 2002, INSPEC via Ovid became available to the UC community at http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=N&PAGE=main&D=insz. Access to INSPEC via CDL-hosted Databases is expected to continue until December 31, 2002. INSPEC […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Current Contents and INSPEC via Ovid now Available Current Contents and INSPEC will now be accessible via Ovid’s interface, beginning April 11, 2002 with UC-eLinks activated for links to full electronic text and holdings. A link to Request will […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Usability Testing Begins on the CDL Interface of Melvyl-T The campuses will begin conducting interface usability tests on an early prototype of the Melvyl-T database beginning the week of April 1. The tests will concentrate on basics of the […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Article Level Links Now Available for Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals via UC-eLinks Linking to the article, rather than journal level is a significant breakthrough, since CDL licenses over 1,000 Elsevier titles. From a citation in a CSA Database, for example, […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. UC-eLinks: Permeating the Databases UC users of CDL databases will begin to see UC-eLinks increasingly as it appears on the transitioning databases. UC-eLinks, based on the “OpenURL” linking technology being widely adopted in the library community, will eventually […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Melvyl-T Catalog Unveiling Rescheduled For Fall 2002 There is a change in schedule for the debut of the new Melvyl-T catalog. The new schedule is necessary because quality assurance testing is taking longer than anticipated and because several enhancements […]
Request Update
UC’s long awaited Consortial Borrowing System (CBS), which uses Virtual Document Exchange (VDX) software from Fretwell-Downing, to combine workflows for filling interlibrary loan requests, provide patrons with new features such as the ability to check the status of requests, and […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. PAIS Available Via CSA PAIS (Pubic Affairs Information Service) via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) is now available, and will be turned off via SilverPlatter on January 17, 2002. UC-eLinks (CDL’s SFX server) will not be turned on, however, until […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Reminder – Access to OCLC Database Changing WorldCat (WCAT), PapersFirst (PAPR) and ProceedingsFirst (PROC) will be available ONLY in OCLC’s web interface (native mode) and no longer available via Z39.50 in the CDL-hosted databases interface. This change is earlier […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. MLA’s Retirement from SilverPlatter It was announced in the October 25, 2001 issue of CDLINFO that Ovid was the new vendor selected for the MLA Bibliography. There will be an overlap period running from January 1 through February 28, […]