Inside CDL

Suggestions for Linking into CDL Web-Based Services

This document provides suggested link text, descriptions, and preferred URLs for UC library web sites and others who wish to link into:

  • CDL services for patrons.
  • Web sites that provide information about the CDL.

The document uses the following scheme:

Suggested link text

  • Suggested description
  • Preferred URL

Suggestions for Linking into CDL Web-based Services
Service Name For More Information
Calisphere  
  • Provides a single point of access for the publicly-available digital collections produced or managed by UC.
  • Calisphere
N/A
Citation Linker  
For information on how to use Citation Linker, see Citation Linker page on Inside CDL.
Counting California  
N/A
eScholarship Repository  
  • The eScholarship Repository is a central location for faculty to deposit any research or scholarly output that is deemed appropriate by the participating University of California research unit, center, or department.
  • http://repositories.cdlib.org/escholarship/
For logos and information on deep linking, see the eScholarship Repository linking assistance
Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive (JARDA)  
  • Houses a digital collection of finding aids, digital images and electronic texts from the holdings of a number of California repositories documenting the experience of Japanese Americans in World War II internment camps.
  • http://jarda.cdlib.org/
N/A
Melvyl®: The Catalog of the University of California Libraries OR Melvyl® Catalog  
  • The Melvyl Catalog contains records for materials (books, journals, movies, maps, music scores and recordings, computer files, dissertations, government documents, etc.) held by the libraries of the nine UC campuses.
  • http://melvyl.cdlib.org/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b

For important details on linking into the Melvyl Catalog, see: [RTF]

For details about how to refer to the Melvyl Catalog, see trademark protection and use of the name "Melvyl"

Online Archive of California (OAC)  
  • Provides access through a single, searchable database to materials such as manuscripts, photographs, and works of art held in libraries, museums, archives, and other institutions across California.
  • http://www.oac.cdlib.org/
N/A
Request  
  • Enables UC faculty, students, and staff to identify and enter requests from the Melvyl Catalog and journal article databases for borrowable materials at another UC campus.
  • Individual web-based services link into Request; Request does not have a main URL.
N/A
UC-eLinks  
  • Provides a way to move from an article or book citation in an indexing database to a list of services such as linking to the full electronic text of the item, checking the library catalog for print or electronic versions of the item, or borrowing the item from another library via Request.
  • Individual web-based services link into UC-eLinks; UC-eLinks does not have a main URL.
N/A
UC Image Service  

For off-campus access, proxy server or VPN information, see Questions and Answers for Users.

For linking instructions, see http://imageservice.cdlib.org/linking.html

University of California Press eScholarship Editions  
  • The University of California Press eScholarship Editions are made available through a partnership between the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program. More than 500 of the titles are available to the general public; the rest are for University of California faculty, staff, and students only.
  • http://content.cdlib.org/ucpress/
For logos and information on deep linking, see the UC Press eScholarship Editions linking assistance
Suggestions for Linking into Web Sites that Provide Information About CDL
Web Site Suggestions
California Digital Library (CDL)  
  • As a collaborative partner library of the 10 campuses of the University of California system, the CDL uses innovative technology to efficiently share materials held by UC, provide greater and easier access to digital content, and develop new tools and innovations for scholarly communication.
  • http://www.cdlib.org/

This is the main URL for CDL the organization.

It is appropriate for a UC Library to link into the CDL web site from an area on its web site that lists library partners or other UC web sites.

Inside CDL  
It may be appropriate to link into the "Inside CDL" portion of the CDL web site from library intranets or library staff pages.