MORE 'WORLDCAT-LOCAL' POSTS
Discovery Services: WorldCat Local Adds New Databases and Collections During May
Data Files, Gale, Journal Articles, Management and Leadership, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|This OCLC announcement includes the following list of new services added to the WorldCat Local Central Index during May, 2011. CrossRef, which provides bibliographic data and persistent links through Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for more than 35 million journal articles and other scholarly content. BioOne, which provides access to critical, peer-reviewed research in the biological, […]
University of California Will Use WorldCat Local As Next Gen Melvyl Infrastructure
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Reports
|From a California Digital Library Blog Post by Ellen Meltzer: With the endorsement of the University Librarians, UCLA purchasing is now processing the paperwork to procure WorldCat Local (WCL) as the infrastructure for Next Generation Melvyl; once finished, Melvyl @ University of California will become UC’s official Melvyl discovery and access service. The decision was […]
New Preprint: "Interlibrary Loan Requests for Locally Available Materials: WorldCat Local's Impact"
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Libraries, Patrons and Users
|The preprint is now posted on the College & Research Libraries web site. The article is scheduled for publication in the November, 2011 issue. “Interlibrary Loan Requests for Locally Available Materials: WorldCat Local’s Impact” by Megan Gaffney (U. of Delaware) Abstract: Several studies have researched the reasons and patterns for academic library users’ interlibrary loan […]
"WorldCat Local offers more content from leading publishers"
Archives and Special Collections, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), EBSCO, Gale, Libraries
|From an OCLC Announcement: Databases recently added to the WorldCat Local central index include: American Psychological Association: PsycARTICLES, PsycBOOKS, PsycCRITIQUES Alternative Press Center: Alternative Press Index, Alternative Press Index Archive Content providers that will soon add databases to the WorldCat Local central index include: Accessible Archives Oxford University Press Taylor & Francis CABI OECD Sabinet […]