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E-ZBorrow - CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
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Due to the coronavirus, E-ZBorrow is NOT available.
Easily request BOOKS (but not articles or ebooks) from other libraries.
E-ZBorrow Help Page
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FACULTY: Create Database Links You Can Share
Faculty, as you work in the online environment, you may need to create web links to resources found in library databases. These links have to be formatted correctly for them to work. Use the following tool to create them.
OpenAthens Link Generator
If you want to share an online link to a result or a search set from one of Cal's subscription databases, you need to have a link that allows the user to authenticate (prove they have access to Cal's subscription). This tool enables you to create the appropriate link using "OpenAthens," our authentication system. To learn how, click on "more" below.

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How to Create an Authenticated (Shareable) Link:
1. Enter California in the search box. That should be enough to see California University of Pennsylvania appear.
2. Paste in the URL that you wish to target (direct people to).
3. The Link Generator will provide the proper URL for you to share.
Note: EBSCO databases offer what is called a "Permalink." This link is already authenticated and does not need to be run through this tool.
NEW LIBRARY DATABASES!
Due to the impact of coronavirus on college campuses, some library resource vendors have offered temporary, FREE access to their databases. The following are some of those NEW, TEMPORARY RESOURCES:

Jove: Peer Reviewed Scientific Videos
JOVE publishes videos of scientific lab experiments and demonstrations of scientific principles and concepts. Lab experiments include written protocols and descriptions. Subjects covered include biology, physics, chemistry, earth and environmental sciences, clinical health skills, and psychology. Note: JOVE is free through June 15, 2020 due to the coronavirus situation. Faculty: Read this if you want to link to JOVE videos in D2L.

Booklist Online
Booklist Online provides book reviews published by the American Library Association back to 1992. If you are looking for ideas on what to read, check it out. Note: This is a temporary, free resource provided due to the coronavirus situation.
Royal Society Journals
The Royal Society (London) publishes high quality science journals. In the current spirit of sharing information openly, they have removed the paywall from their journals! You may search them (with full text) "for the time being." Most publishers are allowing free access until June.
FREE CONTENT ADDED TO PubMed!!
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, scholarly publishers have banded together to remove paywall restrictions limiting access to their journals. The following publishers have enabled FREE access to journal articles that are indexed in the NIH National Library of Medicine database PubMed:
American Chemical Society, American Society for Microbiology, Annals of Internal Medicine, British Medical Journal, Cambridge University Press, Cell Press, Elsevier, Emerald Publishing, Lancet, Microbiology Society, New England Journal of Medicine, Oxford University Press, PLOS, PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, Royal Society, SAGE Publishing, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, Wiley, Wolters Kluwer, and more!
See the full joint publishers statement: Sharing research data and findings relevant to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak (Jan 31, 2020).