Next-Generation Melvyl Pilot
Have you tried it yet?
In late spring UC launched a pilot version of a replacement for its current Melvyl Catalog, which contains records for holdings at all ten UC campuses. Try UCLA's pilot version soon and send the managers feedback on how well it meets your needs; a survey is linked from the right side of the banner.
The pilot features a single interface that searches holdings in all UC libraries, those of libraries around the world, and UC books digitized by Google. It also searches for article references in education from journals indexed in ERIC, medicine and health from journals indexed in MEDLINE, U.S. government publications from journals indexed in GPO, and general topics from journals indexed in ArticleFirst. UC-eLinks can then be used to access the full text or print-copy information for journals to which there is a UC subscription.
Because the process of loading records into the pilot database is extremely complex, most but not all Melvyl records are available during this testing phase. Throughout the pilot, the current Melvyl Catalog and all its functionality will be maintained and available as usual, as will the UCLA Library Catalog.
