Hi all,

Effective 12/13/01, WorldCat, PapersFirst and ProceedingsFirst will no longer be available via the CDL hosted databases web and telnet interfaces.

You can get to the databases in the FirstSearch web interface via:

The CDL Collections and Services Page
http://www.cdlib.org/collections/ (under "Other Databases")

The CDL hosted databases  Web page
http://www.dbs.cdlib.org/ (under "More Databases")

CDL Directory entry for WorldCat
http://www.cdlib.org/cgi-bin/search_title?title=WorldCat+[via+FirstSearch/OCLC]

The move to the native mode WorldCat will not solve the number of
turnaways (ports full message) that UC libraries are experiencing.
Ways to remedy the situation are being investigated.

Please share this information with your colleagues.

Thanks,
Sherry Willhite & OCLC Resource Liaisons