Category: Discovery & Delivery
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, […]
CDL Database Transitions
The Transition Steering Committee, Users Council, and associated Resource Liaisons have been notified of the availability of the following databases and asked to begin testing. Other library staff may also try the databases, but public access is scheduled to begin […]
Request Update
Lately, there has been a lot of behind-the-scenes activity in the Request project. The RFP for consortial borrowing system (CBS) software, issued late in 2000, has culminated in a contract with Fretwell-Downing for their VDX application. Implementation is planned to […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Ovid Chosen as Replacement Vendor The Transition Steering Committee, with analysis from the Resource Liaisons, has recommended Ovid Technologies as the vendor for the following databases: -BIOSIS Previews, 1970-present -Current Contents, 1993-present -Ei Compendex Plus, 1970-present -INSPEC, 1969-present -MLA […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. WorldCat Retires from CDL-hosted Versions December 13, 2001 The CDL-hosted versions of WorldCat-telnet and web will retire December 13, 2001. The CDL repeatedly asked OCLC to extend our versions through the end of UC Berkeley’s finals period, the last […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. CDL-Hosted MEDLINE/HealthSTAR Updates to Retire As part of the CDL-hosted MEDLINE/HealthSTAR retirement this 12/21/01, MEDLINE Updates will cease later this fall when the last file is loaded from NLM. Messages will be sent to MEDLINE Update subscribers on Friday, […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Planning for the New Melvyl: Good News on the Personal Author Front One of the many features that distinguish Melvyl as a catalog with extraordinarily sophisticated power is that users can look for personal authors and retrieve the pertinent […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. RILM Changes (Michael Colby, Resource Liaison for RILM) On August 15, RILM transitioned from the OCLC interface accessible via the CDL-hosted databases interface, to the native interface offered by NISC. UC access to RILM can now be found at […]