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E-resources Questions
Access problem?
UCLA users with valid UCLA Logon IDs can access restricted resources from home using UCLA's Bruin Online proxy server or VPN (Virtual Private Network).
Do not know the exact title?
Finding a journal from a reference (citation) sometimes requires knowing the full title from the abbreviated one. A useful resource in science and engineering is CASSI (Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index). The CAS Source Index (CASSI Search Tool can be used look up abbreviations and confirm publication titles. The CASSI database contains a listing of publications indexed by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) since 1907.
Other abbreviation tools are available at: Reference E-Resources - Acronyms and Abbreviations
Journal title seach shows Ø hits?
When searching the UCLA Library Catalog with abbreviated journal titles, for example Ark. Kemi, you will need to replace any periods in the journal abbreviation with question marks (truncation symbol), resulting in, for example Ark? Kemi (a minimum of three letters is required before truncating. For best results you must use "Journal Title" to search truncated titles.
Caution: Holdings information for online resources in the UCLA Library Catalog may be inaccurate or out-of-date due to recent acquisitions of backfiles or changes in licensing agreements.
Volume needed not available online?
Click on the link following ONLINE ACCESS to check the publisher's Web site for up-to-date information on available volumes. Many publishers are adding scanned images of their earlier print (paper) volumes. If item needed is not available online or in print at a UCLA Library, UCLA users may request an article.
No online access listed for UCLA?
Caution: Melvyl Catalog may not indicate UCLA has online access even though we do. (HINT: Try linking to another campus's online access; sometimes UCLA users will have access as well; if it asks for a password, forget it.)
Cannot reach SciFinder Scholar or CrossFire?
SciFinder Scholar now has a web version which requires user registration for UC users. Remote access is available through UCLA's Bruin Online proxy server or VPN. Chemical Abstracts will retire the client version of SciFinder Scholar on June 30, 2011.
As of Jan. 1, 2011, Elsevier has ceased supporting the CrossFire Commander platform (client version). The University of California now has access to the Beilstein and Gmelin data through Reaxys. (Note: The MarvinSketch structure editor works with the campus VPN, but not the proxy server.)
