Library Resources for Faculty and Graduate Students

Teaching

Course Reserves

Put materials on reserve for your classes at either Shields Library or the Carlson Health Sciences Library.

Librarian Subject Specialists

Contact the librarian specializing in your subject area to: arrange a library instruction session, consult on a library assignment, find out about databases and research tools in your discipline, or recommend a book for purchase.

Library Instruction

Request a custom library instruction class or consult a description and schedule for drop-in library classes. Guides and tutorials for using the library and library resources are also available.

Library Links for Course Web Pages

Research

Harvest UC Davis Library Catalog (http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu/): Search for books, journals and other items in the UC Davis libraries.
Melvyl (http://ucdavis.worldcat.org): Search for books, journals and other items at all UC libraries, and request materials from other UC campuses.
Electronic Journals By Title: Browsable alphabetic list of full-text journal subscriptions. Electronic journals are also accessible via UC-elinks from databases and catalogs.
Subject Guides: Choose an article database by academic subject. General and multidisciplinary databases are also listed here.
Electronic Databases By Title: Multidisciplinary and subject-specific indexes and full-text resources. Many indexes also link to full-text via UC-elinks.
Citation Managers (Endnote, Procite): Learn about bibliographic citation managers such as Endnote and Procite. Get instructions for using filters and connections files to import citations into Endnote from databases using Windows or Mac.

Publishing

Reshaping Scholarly Communication (http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/): Actions you can take to influence the scholarly communication system and increase the impact and benefit of your scholarship.
eScholarship: eScholarship provides a suite of open access, scholarly publishing services and research tools that enable departments, research units, publishing programs, and individual scholars associated with the University of California to have direct control over the creation and dissemination of the full range of their scholarship. eScholarship also provides deposit and dissemination services for postprints, or previously published articles.
Scholarly Communication: Learn about the latest developments, initiatives, and strategies to address the crisis in scholarly communications.
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Initiatives: News and information on cooperative electronic publishing projects and alternatives to traditional commercial publishing.
Sherpa (http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/): Check publisher copyright policies (http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php) and get information on copyright, scholarly publishing, and self-archiving.
Copyright & Intellectual Property: Know your rights and responsibilities concerning copyright, intellectual property, patents and trademarks.

Guides

Guide to Library Services (http://science-grad-student-guide.pdf)PDF: Guide to the library for new science graduate students.

Library Services & Contacts

Request a Book/Article via ILL: Use online forms to request books and articles not available at UC Davis.
Document Delivery: Request items from UC Davis libraries. Copies of journal articles are delivered electronically wherever possible. Registration is required and fees may apply to some staff and students.
Borrowing/Circulation: Obtain a library card, access your account, and authorize a student or employee to check out materials for you with a proxy card.
Connect From Off Campus: How to connect from off campus using either the proxy server or VPN.
Directories: Phone numbers and email addresses of library staff and library departments, including a link to librarian subject specialists.
Hours: Get the hours for the UC Davis libraries, including holidays and exceptions.
Locations: Get maps, floorplans and directions to the UC Davis libraries.
Recommend a Title for Purchase: Recommend a book or journal for purchase by the library.

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