Month: July 2002
New Resource Available
a. Oxford Reference Online Oxford Reference Online [http://uclibs.org/PID/9817] is a Tier 2 resource licensed by Irvine, Santa Barbara, San Diego and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The Core Collection, the first database to be available as part of Oxford Reference Online, […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. MLA Via SilverPlatter to Retire Rob Melton, Resource Liaison for MLA International Bibliography, has consulted with the UC Literature Bibliographers regarding the retirement of MLA via SilverPlatter. They have advised the CDL to retire the SilverPlatter version at the […]
Library Staff News
a. Annita Auyang – New Database Administrator for the CDL Annita Auyang joined the CDL on July 1, 2002 to assume responsibilities fordatabase administration, which were last covered by Fathilah Kamaluddin before she left the CDL. Annita most recently worked […]
CDL Shared Cataloging Program Article
Members of the CDL Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Steering Committee [Pat French (UCD), Lai-Ying Hsiung (UCSC) and Becky Culbertson (UCSD)] have authored a recently published article describing the SCP program. he article describes the formation, ongoing practices and future […]
Circulation Status Now Available for UCSB
As of Wednesday, July 24, 2002, the Melvyl Catalog includes the circulation status information for items held by UC Santa Barbara. In the web version of the Melvyl Catalog, you can see the circulation status of a particular item by […]
CSA Re-Load of PsycINFO Database
CSA has just completed reloading the PsycINFO database with new 2002 data from the American Psychological Association (APA). This reload provides several new features and enhancements: Cited References — Cited references are now displayed in the References (RE=) field. There […]
New Online Archive of California (OAC)Interface
On July 15, 2002, a new version of the Online Archive of California (OAC) was released to the public at www.oac.cdlib.org. The Online Archive of California (OAC) describes and provides access to over 6000 collections of primary source materials such […]
UC Press NetLibrary Titles Coming
On behalf of the UC community, the CDL purchased netLibrary files for almost 1500 University of California Press titles. The books will join other UC Press titles available in XML through the eScholarship program (http://texts.cdlib.org/ucpress/). Titles will be released in […]
New Resources Available
a. 10 Proquest Databases The databases included in this package from ProQuest have long been high priorities for UC campus subject selectors. EEBO, in particular, was repeatedly requested by English literature, Women’s Studies, and Performing Arts librarians. The Joint Steering […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Melvyl-T Prototype Catalog Now Available! The Melvyl-T prototype catalog, a small prototype catalog database of ~630,000 records, or about 3% of the current Melvyl catalog, is now available for review and testing by library staff and selected public. (An […]