Month: December 1999
Tools and Services Working Group: Call for Ideas
The CDL Tools and Services Working Group has been working during the last year to identify areas in need of new tools and services, as well as define a process for soliciting and developing ideas. We have targeted the area […]
SciFinder Scholar is Coming
Access to the world’s most comprehensive database of chemical literature and patents will begin soon for CDL users. The CDL and Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) are close to finalizing an agreement that will enable UC to use SciFinder Scholar to […]
PREMEDLINE Goes Away Next Week
Remember that the Telnet PREMEDLINE database will no longer be available beginning next Monday, December 13. PUBMED, which includes PREMEDLINE content is available via the National Library of Medicine’s free site at [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/].
PCI/UC Holdings Links
CDL’s continues to work with vendors to allow links from their search results pages into the California Periodicals holdings. The PCI/UC holdings links are now available. Here’s a sample search: Go to PCI home page (http://pci.chadwyck.com) Click Search Articles Type […]
Access to Compendex Plus Changing on January 1, 2000
UC’s interim access to the Compendex Plus database on SilverPlatter’s ERL system will end on December 31, 1999. Beginning January 1, 2000, UC users will access the Compendex Plus database directly from Engineering Information’s own Web site. As you may […]
“Data Warehouse” to Lead CDL Government Information Initiative
As the next step in developing a systemwide strategy towards digital government information, the CDL has committed to establishing a CDL “Data Warehouse” by July 2000. This action is being taken in response to Andrea Sevetson’s report “Developing a Strategy […]
Karen Butter to Assume Leadership Position for CDL
The CDL is pleased to announce that Karen A. Butter, Acting University Librarian at UCSF, will assume a position as Senior Associate in the California Digital Library, effective January 2000. She will be responsible for leadership of Request and other […]