CDLINFO News
WorldCat Discovery beta: APA, MLA and Chicago citations added
This month’s WorldCat Discovery installation on July 23, 2015 included the following new features, enhancements and bug fixes. The running list of release notes can be found at http://www.cdlib.org/services/d2d/melvyl/public/. (Note that many of these do not have an impact […]
It’s alive! Calisphere BETA soft launch
The UC Libraries Digital Collection (UCLDC) project team is pleased to announce the soft launch of Calisphere BETA. The beta site is the public interface to all collections that have been aggregated through the UCLDC platform, and represents the successful […]
New Licensed Resource – International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed.
All UC campuses now have access to the International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed.; some campuses may have already had access via local subscriptions: http://uclibs.org/PID/274924 (All campuses; on the ScienceDirect platform) The second edition of […]
Melvyl & FirstSearch transition to WorldCat Discovery delayed
CDL has confirmed with OCLC that development work we are awaiting will not be done this summer. WorldCat Discovery is not yet at functional parity with WorldCat Local Melvyl, so UC libraries will not be switching over to WorldCat Discovery […]
New Licensed Resource – Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions, 1789 – Present
All UC campuses now have access to Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions, 1789 – Present; some campuses may have already had access via local subscriptions: http://uclibs.org/PID/6941 (All campuses; on the ProQuest Congressional Publications platform) ProQuest Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions […]
New Google Scholar Button makes research easier
Google Scholar recently released a new browser plug-in (for Chrome, Firefox and Safari) that adds a Scholar button to your browser toolbar for easy access to Google Scholar from ANY web page. Click the Scholar button to: Find full text […]
HathiTrust Mobile – With You Wherever You Go
Did you know that HathiTrust Mobile is a digital library that’s small enough to carry wherever you go? It’s a simplified version of the HathiTrust Digital Library optimized for mobile devices. The collection of 13 million volumes includes 5 million open […]
Update delivered at ALA Annual 2015 WEST Member Meeting
The ALA Annual WEST Member Meeting took place on Sunday, June 28, 2015 from 1:00-2:00 pm in the Hotel Nikko San Francisco. Thank you to everyone who joined us! In addition to discussing WEST’s archiving progress, the WEST project team provided […]
New Licensed Resource – Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science
All UC campuses now have access to the Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science. (All campuses; on the Wiley Online Library platform) This title has been cataloged by the Shared Cataloging Program (SCP). CDL fully funded the Handbook on […]
New Licensed Resource – Early American Newspapers, Series 2, 1758-1900
All UC campuses now have access to America’s Historical Newspapers / Early American Newspapers, Series 2, 1758-1900. http://uclibs.org/PID/42513 for Series 1, 1690-1876; http://uclibs.org/PID/275700 for Series 2, 1758-1900. (All campuses; on the Readex / NewsBank platform) America’s Historical Newspapers allows users to search […]