How Do I Find...

Articles

Use the PSE Subject Guides List or the PSE Database List to select a database that indexes articles in your subject area. For additional help see: How Do I Find An Article?

Books

Use the Harvest Library Catalog to find books at UC Davis. Use Melvyl (http://ucdavis.worldcat.org) to find books at all UC campuses. These catalogs also list journals, conferences, dissertations, and other materials. For additional help see: How Do I Find A Book?

Connect From Off Campus Information

Current UC Davis students, faculty, and staff can access licensed library resources from off campus using either the VPN, or the Proxy Server.

Dissertations

Use Melvyl (http://ucdavis.worldcat.org) to find UC dissertations. Use Dissertation Abstracts to find non-UC dissertations. For more help see: Finding Theses and Dissertations

Electronic Journals A-Z

A list of all electronic journals available at UC Davis. Note: all journals are not available in electronic format.

Electronic & Print Journals

Use the Harvest or Melvyl (http://ucdavis.worldcat.org) catalogs to find both print and electronic journals.

Electronic Reference

Useful online reference works including: dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, unit conversions, etc.

Guides & Tutorials

Tips on using some databases and catalogs.

Patents

Information on patents and patent databases.

Standards

Overview of standards and specifications available at PSE, includes links to standards databases.

Subject Guides

Subject Guides list article databases, encyclopedias, handbooks, and other online and print resources by academic discipline.

For In-Person Assistance...

The PSE Reference Desk is staffed Monday through Friday from 11am to 5pm. You can also send e-mail to pse@ucdavis.edu or call (530) 752‑0540.