Tag: resource_change
National Technical Information Library (NTRL) is now Open Access
The National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) has become an open access resource, following a decision made by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). NTRL was previously licensed as Tier 2 by five UC campuses. With the change of NTRL to […]
Enhanced Cochrane Library platform debuts
On August 7, 2018 the redesigned and enhanced Cochrane Library platform was launched. Currently, six campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco) participate in the license of the Cochrane Library. (http://uclibs.org/PID/4649) (B, D, I, LA, SD, […]
WorldCat Discovery beta: Access DOIs in record descriptions
The WorldCat Discovery installation on July 26, 2018 included the following new features and enhancements. The running list of release notes can be found at https://help.oclc.org/Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Release_notes. (Note that many of these enhancements do not have an impact on Melvyl since […]
ProQuest platform interface enhancements will be rolled out July 26
The July 26, 2018 ProQuest platform release will introduce redesigned basic search and search results pages. These improvements will put more emphasis on source types to help researchers retrieve more relevant results from across the platform. These changes only affect […]
SpringerProtocols.com content transitions on July 25
On Wednesday, July 25th 2018, the SpringerProtocols.com platform will be deactivated. SpringerProtocols content is being concurrently-hosted on SpringerLink and is searchable on the new research platform, Springer Nature Experiments (http://uclibs.org/PID/127001), an interface specially designed and optimized for searching protocols and […]
New look for FirstSearch coming July 14th
On July 14th, the OCLC FirstSearch platform interface will display “an updated, more contemporary look.” The changes are limited to a restyling of the new interface and do not affect functionality, navigation or site structure. Databases currently hosted on the […]
Statista is cancelled effective Saturday, June 30, 2018
The CDL subscription to Statista has been cancelled effective June 30, due to unsustainable price increases from the vendor. A price increase imposed by the vendor when CDL requested an adjustment of pricing terms that was needed to accommodate changes […]
Project MUSE launches redesigned platform
Today (June 14, 2018), Project MUSE released its newly-redesigned web presence. This is an interface change only, no changes to URLs or landing pages. Project Muse PID is http://uclibs.org/PID/31861. Per the announcement, “This launch is a redesign and re-engineering of […]
EBSCOhost added to ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) record
Previously, the catalog record for ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) only displayed links to this database via ProQuest and GPO Online. The UC campuses also have complementary access to this database via EBSCOhost. Now, the catalog record for this database […]
Blackwell Reference Online titles migrating to new platform
Wiley is in the process of completing a multi-phase migration to the Atypon platform as mentioned in https://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2018/03/16/wiley-online-library-moves-to-atypon-literatum-platform/. As part of this, the Blackwell Reference Online titles are also being moved to the main Wiley Online Library platform. CDL only […]