Tag: resource_change
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, […]
Taylor & Francis Journals move to the Atypon platform
The Taylor and Francis Journals (T&F) will migrate platforms beginning Saturday, June 25, 2011 with expectations that the process will be completed Monday, June 27. The journals will then be on the Atypon platform. Current URLs for all journals will […]
Materials Research Society Publications – Platform transition
The Materials Research Society (MRS) has migrated its publishing content to the Cambridge Journals Online (CJO) platform. This migration affects local campus subscriptions to the Journals of Materials Research and the MRS Bulletin, as well as CDL licensed access to […]
World Banking Abstracts Transition
UC’s access to the licensed content (from 2006 to the present) of World Banking Abstracts (ISSN 0265-9484) was previously available via the Wiley Online Library platform. Wiley has now made World Banking Abstracts available on a new platform. As before, […]
CrossFire Beilstein transitions to Reaxys for 2011
Access to the Beilstein database (via the CrossFire search interface) will end on December 31, 2010. The Beilstein database will be replaced by Reaxys, Elsevier’s workflow solution for research chemists. Reaxys search, analysis and workflow tools are designed around the […]
ProQuest Transition Delayed for UC
ProQuest databases are beginning a transition to a new platform beginning in January 2011; however, CDL will not activate the new platform until a later date. In CDL and Resource Liaison testing, we have discovered problems with Web VPN compatibility […]
New Licensed Resources – Asahi Kikuzo II Visual; People’s Daily
UC campuses now have access to these electronic resources as part of CDL consortial or Tier 2 licenses. (Some campuses may already have had access to these titles through previous local campus subscriptions.): Asahi Kikuzo II Visual, Premium Value Pack […]
Licensed Resource Change: Alternative Press Index & Archive
Alternative Press Index and Archive are moving to a new vendor. Alternative Press Index http://uclibs.org/PID/7399 Alternative Press Index Archive http://uclibs.org/PID/49179 As announced last spring (http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/questions/), EBSCO has acquired the rights to license several OCLC FirstSearch databases, including Alternative Press Index […]
Access to Landolt-Börnstein Content Changes on November 1st
By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst Previously, UC had licensed the Landolt-Börnstein content (data collection in all areas of physical sciences and engineering) from Springer-Verlag. At the beginning of 2010, Springer introduced a new database (SpringerMaterials: The Landolt-Börnstein Database) […]
New Licensed Resources – BBIH, Duxiu, Morgan & Claypool, TBRC
By Ellen Meltzer, Information Services Manager UC campuses now have access to these electronic resources as part of CDL consortial or Tier 2 licenses. (Some campuses may already have had access to these titles through previous local campus subscriptions.): Bibliography […]