ELIB
Even Better
The
Library's ELIB service has been providing an easy method
of accessing electronic databases for a number of years.
The
service was mainly accessed using an Information Systems
Managed PC such as those in
IS-run
Student Cluster rooms or on staff members' desks. The original
Managed PC architecture is now outdated and has been replaced
by WTS, a new platform-independent 32-bit service delivered
by IS.
Following
a similar architecture to the WTS service, the new ELIB
service offers over 60 electronic databases to the students
and staff of UCL. Additionally it can be accessed from a
wide range of the 10,000+ computers within UCL including
PCs, Macs, UNIX workstations and laptops. Subjects available
include law, general reference works, biomedicine, languages
and arts. The ELIB service brings these databases to the
desktop without the user ever having to install them or
perform updates to the data.
Users
of the Information Systems' Staff WTS and Student services
will already be able to gain access by double clicking on
the 'ELIB Service' icon on the desktop. All other users
of departmental managed computers and their own individual
PCs can access the ELIB service by following some simple
instructions available at: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/elib
Content
by Duncan
Cooper