The e-mail includes instructions for the following options:
1. If you are using ChemBioOffice Ultra version 11 on a PC, you will need to reactivate your access.
2. If you are using ChemBioOffice Ultra version 9 or version 10 on a PC, you may either upgrade to version 11, or may keep version 9 or 10 by reactivating with your existing serial number.
3. If you are using ChemBioOffice Ultra version 8 on a PC, you need to download the 11 version.
4. If you are using ChemDraw on a Mac, you need to get a new serial number and registration code.

If haven’t used ChemBioOffice or ChemDraw before, start here to find out about registration and downloading the software.

We’re trying to figure out what’s going on, but for now we recommend:

1. Clearing your browser’s cache and cookies. Sounds strange, but some users have reported back that this fixed the problem.
2. Switching to Firefox for the Science Direct articles.

If you still cannot get into Science Direct, please let us know.

Please test NGM vigorously and often, and let us know what you think–what worked and what needs improvement. We already have a list of “known issues.” Your feedback will help shape the future functionality of NGM, and help us when we assess the pilot.

This update was only to fix compatibility issues that were discovered with OS 10.5 and does not include new features. SciFinder Scholar 2007 is still the most current version for both PC and Mac users.

From the results page, you can now run your search again in

• Circuit (SD Libraries)
• the NextGen Melvyl pilot (UC Libraries and beyond)
• Google Books
• Google Scholar

From the single record view, you can run the search again in Circuit, NextGen Melvyl, Google Books, AND Amazon. Under the list is the “Send by Text Message” feature if you want to send yourself the book’s call number.

The UC Libraries have launched Next-Generation Melvyl, a potential replacement for the UC-wide Melvyl Catalog.

Through a single interface, NextGen Melvyl searches holdings in:
• UCSD, all UC Libraries, and libraries around the world (with UCSD stuff listed first)
• as well as:
  • UC books digitized by Google
  • citations for articles in MEDLINE (PubMed) and ArticleFirst, which includes some physical science and engineering articles

Other key points:

• Throughout the pilot, the current Melvyl Catalog and all its functionality will be maintained and available as usual.
• Not all current library holdings are represented in the pilot.
• Users can request items held elsewhere, both within the UC system and beyond. However, we recommend using Circuit to request books from our Circuit partners (SDSU, etc.).

NextGen Melvyl will be available for at least 6 months and is very much a work in progress as improvements continue to be made. YOUR FEEDBACK DURING THIS PILOT PHASE IS VITAL. Please test NextGen Melvyl as frequently and as vigorously as possible, and use the “Survey - Your Voice Counts!” link located in upper-right corner to give us that feedback.

• More About this Book, which includes a brief description of the book, reviews, references to the book on other websites, and links to Amazon and other sites to buy or borrow the book.
• Preview This Book Online! With these books, you can search the text of the book and view a limited number of pages.
• Read This Book Online! This is the “full view” of the book, and you can view every page. You may also be able to download a PDF copy of the book. To see an example, go to Melvyl and search for Einstein’s theories of relativity and gravitation.

More information about UC’s mass digitization projects, including the one with Google.

Due to the size of these programs, you cannot directly download the files to your computer and install. Instead, you will copy the ISO files to your computer, then burn those files onto CDs, and then use the CDs to install in the programs. Instructions for doing this are on our CSD Guide.

The ISO files and the new site and confirmation codes are at the UCLA CSD site. Proxy or VPN access is required to get those codes, which you will need the first time you run CSD on your computer and when you download the January 2008 content update from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre.

Please contact the Chemistry Librarian if you have any questions.

CrossFire 7.1 supports Windows 2000/XP/Vista and connects to UC-eLinks. For each reference, you can click the full-text button to open UC-eLinks and connect to the article if we have it online, as well as check our holdings in Roger and get a Request/ILL form if needed. However, CrossFire 7.1 does not have Autonom.

Please read the section TO INSTALL CROSSFIRE 7.1, as there are differences between CrossFire 7.1 and the previous 7.0/6.0 versions. The files are not yet on the UC CrossFire site, and you will need to supply some additional information during the installation to enable UC-eLinks.

If you have questions about CrossFire, Beilstein or Gmelin, please contact Teri Vogel.

Major Changes:
• The new site defaults to Basic Search, with the actual search box in the upper left. The Fielded Search is the advanced search where you can use the drop-down menus to search by keyword or property. The Browse tab will bring up the familiar list of subject areas that you can click to bring up lists of titles, as well as view new titles, titles with productivity tools, etc. User Preferences is not yet available.
• The “Search Within This Title” feature has disappeared. We have already contacted Knovel about bringing it back.

There have been some performance issues with the new interface, though most of them appear to be resolved as of March 2. However, please contact support@knovel.com if you experience any problems using Knovel, such as:

• The redirect to the new site takes too long.
• You get error messages when you try to access tables and graphs identified in your search results.
• You lose your list of relevant pages, tables and graphs while navigating through the list of titles that came up in your search, and instead get the full table of contents for those titles.

Please contact the S&E Library if you have questions about using Knovel or other science/engineering resources.