CDLINFO News
PsycINFO Database Regeneration Test
Please test the latest regeneration of the PscyINFO database, which makes available new indexes and reduces the number of limits on searches, making more things directly searchable in the database. For example, General Terms (or Topics) is a new index […]
CDL Welcomes David Walker as New CDL-T Director
CDL is pleased to announce the appointment of David Walker as Director, California Digital Library (CDL) Technologies, effective December 1, 1999. David will provide leadership for the ongoing technical design and implementation of the CDL. He will report in Information […]
Request for Articles Test Begins
Extending REQUEST to CDL-mounted journal-article databases is planned to debut with the January 2000 release of the CDL Directory. Testing of the service and its interface by PIR liaisons will commence this week. Outreach materials, which can be adapted to […]
Reminder: PREMEDLINE Going Away December 1, 1999
Remember that the Telnet PREMEDLINE database will not be available after December 1 of this year. PUBMED, which includes PREMEDLINE content is available via the National Library of Medicine’s free site at [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed
New Resources Update: Wiley and Institute of Physics Coming Soon
Contracts are in negotiation now for licenses to John Wiley and Institute of Physics journal titles. Trial access with Wiley, with full expectation of continued access, is expected to start by November 10th. IoP access is also expected for November […]
Compendex Plus Database Access to Change
Background In December 1996, UC signed a favorable 6-year (6 years limited to CPI-based price increases) contract with Engineering Index (EI) to license the Compendex Plus database and to mount it locally within 27 months. Interim access was provided by […]
OCLC FirstSearch Interface Changes
OCLC has released the new FirstSearch service, which includes a new interface and many new features. OCLC will continue to add more features and databases. Please consult their Web site for an implementation schedule [http://www.oclc.org/oclc/fs_new/features.htm]. A guided tour graphically illustrates […]
January Release: Tests and Mockups Available
With the January 5, 2000 “release” of CDL collections and services, several interface changes are scheduled. For example, the CDL home page will have a new look that will retain the basic elements of the current page and will […]
Campus-based Entryways into the CDL Directory
The CDL Directory was designed to provide library web managers with the ability to create unique “entryways” into the Directory’s content. In this way, the campus libraries are able to maintain more control over the content that can be delivered […]
JSC Expanded Meeting
The CDL Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSC) will be holding an all-day meeting on November 9 at UC Irvine to share information, procedures, and advice on negotiating multi-campus licenses for digital resources in the Humanities and Social Sciences. […]