Secure Electronic Delivery

Our internal inter-library loan service is now able to deliver requests via the British Library directly to your mail inbox. This Secure Electronic Delivery service costs the same price as requests for loans or photocopied articles but appears to be much quicker. Please make sure you have a compatible version of Adobe Reader before asking for the service. Full details and a link to a test document to try are available from here.

ejournals@cambridge links in Google Scholar

As part of the upgraded ejournals@cambridge service, we have recently introduced a new feature for users of Google Scholar. When viewing search results in Google Scholar, ejournals@cambridge links can now be displayed that link to Cambridge appropriate full text ejournal holdings.

Users accessing Google scholar from a machine on the Cambridge domain should see these links automatically. Those working from outside of the domain will have to set their link preferences in Google Scholar. To do this:

• Go to the initial Google Scholar search screen
• Click on the preferences link by the search box.
• Follow the instructions under 'library links' and search for ejournals@cambridge.
• A list of linking options should now appear
• Select ejournals@cambridge and save your selection

Similar links have been activated in other abstract and index database platforms subscribed to by Cambridge University Library, including Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Ovid and ISI Web of Science / Knowledge.

More information on ejournals@cambridge linking can be found on our help pages (http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/sfx/search.html#linking).

ejournals@cambridge

The University Library has launched the new ejournals@cambridge interface, based upon the SFX Link Resolver software. This new service replaces the old A-Z list which will be available for a limited period.

Using the new service, users can search by journal title, subject, vendor or citation. To get a more detailed set of results, providing information regarding coverage and access routes, users are advised to switch from table to detail view.

Vacation borrowing for third and final year undergraduates

This year, the University Library is introducing vacation borrowing for third and final year undergraduates. Instead of the normal 2 week loan period, there will be an extended vacation loan period to cover the Christmas and Easter vacations. Please note, however, that all loans are subject to recall by another reader and may need to be returned earlier than the original due date (see Recalled Books)

Digital Resources Area

The Central Science Library is pleased to introduce a new digital resources area. This area provides a dedicated room in which readers can consult the wide range of electronic resources to which the Library subscribes.

The area is part of the DRA service provided by the University Library and as such accounts created at the UL will also work here.

The service is managed by CSL library staff and the Electronic Services and Systems department of the Main University Library.

Readers wishing to make use of the facility should first enquire at the 1st Floor Enquiry Desk.

Use of University Library IT facilities is governed by the Rules made by the IT Syndicate of the University and JANET Acceptable Use Policy

Reference book acquisitions

New reference book acquisitions for the Michaelmas term 2006.

Increase in fine rates at the CSL

The Science Libraries Sub-syndicate has approved an increase in rate of fines for overdue books. The rate had remained unchanged since 1985. From 1 August 2006, readers returning overdue books charged out for a regular loan period will be fined 25 pence per book for each working day that they are overdue.

The fine rate for overdue short loans (journals, reserve books and non-book media) will remain at 50 pence per item per working day.