By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst Beginning immediately, four of the World Bank databases that previously were restricted to several campuses as part of the World Bank e-Library license … More…
CDLINFO News: Authored by Jayne Dickson
New E-Journal Troubleshooting guide highlights the CDL ERMS Portal
By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst Have you ever wondered if you should be able to access the online content of a specific journal but found different resources (your … More…
More details about the Scientific American Archive Online discontinuation
By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst As reported earlier this month, the Scientific American Archive Online (SAAO) will no longer be available after May 31, 2010. See Scientific American … More…
BHA Database is now available via the Getty’s web site
By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst UC’s access to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) database via the CSA Illumina platform was discontinued yesterday (March 31, 2010) … More…
Cochrane Library Platform Transition
By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst The Cochrane Library has moved from Wiley InterScience to a new platform: http://www.thecochranelibrary.com. Current subscribers include Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego, … More…
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) to be discontinued 3/31/10
By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst The Getty Research Institute, publishers of the Bibliography of the History of Art, will not provide access to BHA beyond March 31, 2010. … More…
CDL’s System Status web page – ‘One stop shopping’ for system information
By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst At the top right of CDL’s newly redesigned website (http://www.cdlib.org) is a link to CDL’s System Status web page. This System Status page … More…
Emily Stambaugh in Print
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is initiating a new series of invited reports addressing emerging roles for research libraries and Emily Stambaugh, CDL’s Manager of Shared Print, is writing the report on New roles in providing print collections: remote storage and collection consolidation.
Reporting problems with Google Books
Occasionally, book links in the catalog records link incorrectly to another book via the Google Books Search API. The best way to report these mis-links and other problems with the Google Books content is to use the Melvyl Catalog and WCL implementation feedback links to report the problem to CDL.
CDLAlert Archive
Have you ever noticed that a resource was down and wondered if the vendor had sent a downtime message? The easiest way to find out is to check the CDLAlert Archive.
