Access to Blackwell’s Table of Contents Ended on December 31, 2000

The only access to Blackwell’s Table of Contents has been via the RLG native mode interface (Eureka) in both the web and telnet versions of the CDL-hosted databases.  RLG recently informed the CDL that it discontinued providing access to the Blackwell’s Table of Contents file on December 31, 2000.  Consequently, no access to this database will be available starting with this calendar.

Since 1997, RLG has offered customers access to the Blackwell’s Table of Contents file at no additional charge to them.   When the contract for this file came due for renewal, Blackwell’s price increase was so substantial that continuing access was not feasible.

Note that RLG will continue the weekly loading of Blackwell’s Enhanced LC-CIP records into the RLG union catalog under the Library Identifier XBCP.