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New Access to Journals in Ecology and Botany Through JSTOR

Tue, November 19, 2013

 

 

 

 

Thanks to a California Digital Library consortial license, UC researchers now have access to JSTOR’s Ecology & Botany Collection II. This collection includes access to journals such as:

This collection expands coverage of Ecology & Botany Collection I, and broadens the scope in the areas of biological and plant sciences.  By 2016 the collection will include at least 80 journals from key institutions, such as the California Botanical Society; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Naturhistorisches Museum; Società Italiana di Patologia Vegetale, Ecological Society of America, and International Association for Plant Taxonomy.

See more details at http://about.jstor.org/content/ecology-botany-ii.

 

UC Access to Superstar Chinese Discovery System

Tue, September 10, 2013

UC Libraries have a one-year trial of the Superstar Chinese discovery system, 中文发现 [ss.zhizhen.com]. The system uses intelligent analysis and knowledge mining to search Chinese-language books, journals, newspapers, dissertations and other publication formats across subject disciplines, and includes visual analysis of search results. If you have questions or feedback about the system, e-mail elin@ucmerced.edu.

UC Libraries and Access to Taylor & Francis Journals

Wed, July 10, 2013

After careful consideration and evaluation, the UC libraries have discontinued systemwide access to a number of Taylor & Francis journals.  As needed, individual campuses are retaining local subscriptions for selected titles.  In addition, content for many T&F titles 2012 will remain available even though the T&F package has been discontinued.  For details regarding the decision making process, view this news announcement from California Digital Library (CDL).

UC-eLinks Announcement

Tue, June 18, 2013

UC-eLinks, the link resolver used by University of California libraries to connect to full-text articles, will be unavailable from 5:30 - 8:00 AM on Thursday, June 20, 2013. Please contact the library if you have questions regarding this scheduled downtime for UC-eLinks.

Improved Labels in Melvyl for HathiTrust eBooks

Thu, May 16, 2013

HathiTrust is a collection of over 10 million digitized books, all of which are findable in Melvyl (The all UC libraries catalog). About 1/4 of HathiTrust titles are in the public domain, immediately available in full view with a single click from the Melvyl catalog record. Want to read Tom Sawyer? You can, for free! How about Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet or Tolstoy's Anna Karenina? Yes, those are available too, along with millions more. What's not to love about that?!

It's the remaining 7.5 million or so titles that have had librarians scratching their heads for the past couple of years. Because just like the titles that are available in full view, when these limited view, restricted titles came up in a Melvyl search, it looked like they should be fully available. But they weren't. There's plenty not to love about that.

Recently, however, it got easier to determine if HathiTrust titles discovered in Melvyl are available in full view or limited view. New labels for HathiTrust books differentiate between Full View and Limited View titles. For more details on this positive change, visit "10,000,000 HathiTrust Records Now Have Clear Labels in Melvyl" from the California Digital Library (CDL).

The Research Process Tutorial Series – Content Updated

Wed, January 23, 2013

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The Research Process tutorial series now has a section titled “Make Citations” to assist students in discovering why accurate citation creation is important and in becoming familiar with the information required in most citation styles.

In addition, the library has converted much of the tutorial content from Flash to HTML5 in order to make accessible on devices such as the iPad. More will be converted by fall 2013. New quizzes have been created and are available at the end of each tutorial section.

Students in WRI 1, WRI 10, or CORE can Join their course in the tutorial in order to allow their professors to view their scores for class assignment credit.

To view the tutorial series, visit The Research Process guide. Details are available from the guide for both students and faculty.

 

The Research Process Tutorial Series – What is it?

Wed, January 23, 2013

 

The Research Process tutorial series is an online interactive series on topics related to finding and using information. Series sections can be done at your own pace and quick quizzes are available at the end of each section to check your understanding. Take the series to become a savvy researcher.

Note: This series has since been retired.

CRL to purchase 11 new collections

Fri, December 21, 2012

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The Center for Research Libraries will purchase eleven valuable microform and reprint collections, which will soon be available through interlibrary loan from CRL.

Many major microform and reprint sets and collections can be too costly for individual institutions, and are not readily available through interlibrary loan. Through the CRL Purchase Proposal Program, libraries nominate microform and hard copy collections for CRL purchase. Participation in this cooperative purchase program is one of the benefits of a CRL membership.

For more information on the purchase and details on the new collections, visit http://www.crl.edu/news/8945.

Front page of edition of Völkischer Beobachter, a newspaper from Nazi Germany available as part of the new collections

Access to Electronic Book Library (EBL) titles has been improved!

Wed, December 19, 2012

EBL titles are now accessible with your UCMnetID rather than a separate account. 

You can also access EBL titles with your UCMnetID and password from off-campus locations even if you are not connected through the VPN. 

If you have used EBL titles in the past, your existing login information is no longer valid or needed. This new Log in page prompts you to log in with your UCMnetID.

New Springer platform access issues and work-around

Mon, December 3, 2012

http://link.springer.com/

Springer online content (journals, books, protocols) moved to a new platform last Monday (November 26th). Currently, access issues with the new Springer platform are being reported from all UC campuses. Springer customer service is aware of the issues and is working on correcting them. As campuses have identified affected titles, these have been forwarded on to Springer for resolution. Until the problems are corrected, you can use the following work-around to access licensed Springer content online.
 
First, click through to the online content on the new platform; the URLs for the new platform all begin with ‘link.springer.com’. Then, click the “Access old SpringerLink” link in the gray banner on the right side of the screen. See below.
 

 
Once at the old platform (the URLs for the old platform all begin with ‘www.springerlink.com’), you’ll need to browse or search for the item (book, journal, or protocol) title. Once on the item’s homepage, you should be able to drill down to the appropriate volume/issue or chapter to display and download the online content.
 

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