For Faculty

Resources for Research

• Requesting Books and Journal Articles:
  • Interlibrary Loan: To obtain loans of books and copies of articles or book chapters.
  • Recommend a Purchase: To request that the Library purchase books, journals etc. for our permanent collections.
• Citation and Reference Management Tools - View side-by-side comparisons of EndNote, Mendeley, & Zotero features
• Data & GIS Lab - Learn about the Library's dedicated lab space, services, software programs, hardware, and datasets that can help with your data and Geographic Information System (GIS) needs
• Impact Metrics:
  • Journal Citation Reports (JCR) - (UCSD only) Database of Impact Factors and academic journal rankings
  • Research Impact Metrics - Information on other sources of metrics for individuals, journals, etc. 
• Research Data Curation Services - Access the Library program for managing, sharing, and preserving your research data
• Systematic Review Service  Learn how health sciences librarians can help your team with systematic searches of the literature. 

Resources for Teaching

• Request Library Instruction for your class - Librarians are available to help augment instruction for your students' assignments. Contact us to find out how we can help
• Instructional Design Consultation Request - Get help with designing a library session for your students and their research
• Online Course Guides - Get customized library assistance for your student assignments.  Contact your subject librarian to create an online guide just for your class
• Course Reserves - Information on putting your course materials on reserve
• Subject Guides - Locate customized guides of research resources by topic
• Instructor/TA Consulting Space - Provides details on Library locations you can use for small group instruction or office hours
• Library Workshops - The Library offers workshops on citation management tools, databases, and research data curation.  Attend one or request one for your class

Resources for Publishing

• Reshaping Scholarly Communication - Covers UC-wide policies and mandates
• UC eScholarship Repository - Provides a one-stop platform for UC-wide Open Access browsing & depositing of scholarly publications
• SHERPA/RoMEO - Find out which publishers will allow you to self-archive pre-print, post-print, or publish PDF versions of your articles
• NIH Requirements for depositing articles in PubMed Central - Discover this guide built for the UC San Diego research community on how to comply with the NIH Public Access Policy
• Open Access and Scholarly Communication - Use this guide for UC San Diego-specific details about OA initiatives, publisher discounts, funder mandates, and workshops

Library Publications for Faculty - Read the Library-produced newsletters for faculty

Quick Start Guide (PDF) - Are you a new faculty member? This is a quick overview of Library services