CONTENTS
- Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Developments (Linda Kennedy, UCD)
- Historical Newspaper Online now available
- CDL Web Site Updates
- For More Information
- CDL News
- Contacts for Questions or Problems
- Information about CDLINFO
1. Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Developments (Linda Kennedy, UCD)
Keeping up to date with changes in Lexis Nexis Academic Universe is a challenge; new titles are added and deleted every month. There are currently more than 5,000 sources covered in the database. The "Sources" button on the Academic Universe pages will take you to an alphabetic, searchable list of sources.A recent development includes the removal of the New England Journal of Medicine from Academic Universe at the request of the publisher. The New England Journal of Medicine had been a popular resource, highlighted in the "Medical--Medical Journals" section of the database. Lexis-Nexis will continue to negotiate with the publisher in the hopes of returning the journal to Academic Universe.
You can keep tabs on the additions and deletions at the following web site, which lists the changes by month: [http://cisweb.lexis-nexis.com/marketsource/reports.htm]. This site also provides journal lists in Excel and text format that include titles, ISSN, coverage, and whether the publication is full-text, selected full-text or abstract.
Other developments related to the "Trade Magazines" category and Time Inc. titles are available at: [http://www.lexisnexis.com/cispubs/Catalog/Universe/newsletter/whatsnew_menu.htm]. Past newsletters and sign up for the e-mail distribution of the monthly "Universe News" are also available from this site.
Readers are reminded that Academic Universe is licensed for use through SOLINET by the following six campuses: Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Santa Barbara.
2. Historical Newspaper Online now available
Historical Newspapers Online (available at: http://historynews.chadwyck.com/) contains indexes of newspaper articles from The Times® and The New York Times and a substantial portion of full-text for The Times.
It is comprised of 4 databases:
-Palmer's Index to The Times (coverage: The Times 1790 to 1905)
-The Official Index to The Times (coverage: The Times 1906 to 1980)
-The Historical Index to The New York Times (coverage: 1851 to September 1922)
-Palmer's Full Text Online (coverage: The Times 1785-1870 full text)
The Palmer's Index to The Times, Official Index to The Times, and The Historical Index to The New York Times are starting points for students and scholars of all aspects of British life and world affairs in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The three indexes contain records for millions of articles, ranging in topic from the French Revolution to Margaret Thatcher's first administration.
Palmer's Full Text Online 1785-1870 enables users to find the full text of every article in every issue of The Times newspaper during one of the most important periods in the social, political and economic development of the industrialized world. This exciting new resource consists of a fully searchable electronic index to The Times in which each record is linked to a high quality image of the relevant article. Using Palmer's Index to The Times, users can move from the index entry directly to any column of any issue of The Times from its foundation as The Daily Universal Register in 1785 up to 1870.
Because portions of Historical Newspapers Online have been tested favorably at several campuses, the CDL consulted with the Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections, and was able to pursue a systemwide agreement for this resource. The CDL funded a one-time ownership fee which, while substantial, included a favorable discount and a three-year waiver on access fees for all campuses. The additional access to all of the content for all of the campuses is another example of co-investment because the previous investments from several campuses contributed to the discounted purchase price and because access fees will be assumed by the campuses after the initial three years.
3. CDL Web Site Updates
New additions to the CDL Web site include the "1999-Spring 2000 Highlights" document, which includes an overview of the CDL projects from the past year. It is available at: [http://www.cdlib.org/news/highlights.html]
The CDL Milestones page [http://www.cdlib.org/news/milestones.html], which contains a chronology of events and developments at the CDL, has also been updated (it is updated quarterly).
Finally, a reminder that the Adaptable Outreach and Instructional Materials page is available [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/comm/outreach/]. It contains links to descriptive documents such as the new highlights documents (mentioned above) and guides/instructional materials for resources and services.
4. For More Information
a. CDL News
Several items of interest, including "Milestones," "Highlights 1997-1998," "What's New," and previous issues of CDLINFO are posted on the CDL web site (http://www.cdlib.org/) under News and Developments. Please share news of this resource with your colleagues!Remember also that reports, working documents, and status information of particular interest to library staff, are all available at http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/.
b. Contacts for Questions or Problems
If you have problems accessing or using the system or have questions, including questions about the status of electronic journal collections and Internet resources, you can contact CDL staff in one of the following ways:- For immediate assistance, call the CDL Helpline at (510) 987-0555. Callers with TDD equipment, please call 1-800-735-2929 in California for the telephone relay operator.
- Send an e-mail message to cdl@www.cdlib.org.
- Click on "News" at http://www.dbs.cdlib.org/ (also known as http://www.melvyl.ucop.edu) for information about system outages, problems with particular databases, the status of a resource, etc.
For information about whether your UC campus has access to a particular electronic journal or Internet resource, contact your local collection development officer.
c. Information about CDLINFO
CDLINFO is designed to inform UC Librarians, and the UC community, about the progress of the CDL, policy issues under discussion, and newly available electronic resources. We hope that subscribers from the UC libraries will pass on selected information from the newsletter to faculty, staff, and students on their campuses, as appropriate. More complete information about the CDL, as well as the Directory of Collections and Services which leads to digital resources, is available at the CDL website at http://www.cdlib.org.
Eligible subscribers: UC library employees
To subscribe for email distribution: Please send the following line to listserv@listserv.ucop.edu: SUBSCRIBE CDLINFO-L (your name)
CDLINFO is also published on the web at http://www.cdlib.org/news/cdlinfo/
Frequency of publication: Biweekly, or as new information warrants.
Communicating with the Listserv: While the CDL Listserv does not accept submissions, subscribers are encouraged to send suggestions, thoughts, and comments on material in the Listserv or on related issues to the CDL at cdl@www.cdlib.org.