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  1. Collection

    Teaching Bee

    • This collection of documents provides teaching exercises and information for instructors of students ranging from junior high school through college.
    • Date: 2005 to 2013
  2. Collection

    Living Salk Institute Project Video Collection

    • David Chapin and Zeynep Turan (architects in the Ph.D. program in Environmental Psychology, Graduate Center, City University of New York) 2004 video research project entitled, "The Living Salk Institute."
    • Access: Some items restricted
    • Date: 2004-2005
  3. Collection

    Posters of the Chinese Independent Film Festivals

    • Posters from Chinese independent film festivals from 2004 to 2016.
    • Date: 2004-2016
  4. Collection

    Khirbat en-Nahas Project (Jordan)

    • A collection of archaeological artifacts and data for the excavation of the Khirbat en-Nahas site, and exploration of Iron Age state formation in southern Jordan.
    • Date: 2002 to 2009
  5. Collection

    Scripps Argo Trajectory-Based Velocity Product

    • This collection contains absolute velocity estimates from quality controlled Argo trajectory files. Both Scripps trajectory products include trajectories from Core, BGC and Deep Argo floats starting in 2001. The Scripps trajectory products provide velocities between 800-1200 dbar or 100-6200 dbar.
    • Date: 2001 through 2020
  6. Collection

    We Chinese in America Magazine Collection

    • We Chinese is a monthly Chinese-language magazine published in San Diego, featuring news concerning Chinese Americans in Southern California the and San Diego area.
    • Date: 2001 to 2012
  7. Collection

    BindingDB: Measured Binding Data for Protein-Ligand and Other Molecular Systems

    • This collection contains the full BindingDB dataset of experimental protein-ligand and host-guest binding data.
    • Date: 2000 to present
  8. Collection

    Data from: A Climatic Sand Management Model for Cardiff State Beach, CA

    • Annual mean beach width and nearshore sand volume survey estimates for 2000-2019 at South Torrey Pines and Cardiff State Beach, CA, and associated sediment budget modeling code for Cardiff State Beach.
    • Date: 2000 to 2021
  9. Collection

    UC San Diego LGBT Resource Center Student Organizations Records

    • The LGBT Resource Center Student Organizations records documents the event and outreach activities of the student organizations and community groups affiliated with the LGBT Resource Center at UC San Diego.
    • Access: Some items restricted
    • Date: circa 2000-2013
  10. Collection

    Norman Spencer Photographs

    • Norman A. Spencer, Ph.D., professor at SUNY, Nassau, documents artists, writers, directors, actors and other notable personalities in the underground and independent Chinese film and art scenes. His photographs were taken between the years 1999-2019.
    • Date: 1999-2019
  11. Collection

    dataMares Collection

    • DataMares holds a massive amount of fishery, reef, mangrove, and other data pertaining to the ecology of Mexico, particularly coastal and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of California, and delivers this information in an interactive and digestible manner.
    • Date: 1998 to present
  12. Collection

    dataMares: Ecological Monitoring

    • This collection contains databases from regular surveys conducted to track annual changes in the structure, function, and health of marine ecosystems, as well as organisms like fishes and invertebrates at numerous island and coastal sites.
    • Date: 1998 to present
  13. Collection

    SIO Centennial Oral Histories

    • A collection of sound recordings and transcripts of interviews with six Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientists, conducted for the SIO Centennial Oral History Project.
    • Date: 1998-2002
  14. Collection

    Explorations: Video Editions

    • Supplementary video editions to Explorations, a Scripps Institution of Oceanography publication. The videos document the Institution's research and history.
    • Date: 1997-2006
  15. Collection

    SWellEx-96 Experiment Acoustic Data

    • SWellEx96 was an ocean acoustic experiment, conducted off San Diego, May 1996. It collected broadband/multitone signals between 50 and 400 Hz on horizontal, vertical, and tilted line arrays.
    • Date: 1996-05-10 to 1996-05-18
  16. Collection

    Data from: North American Monsoon Impacts Southern California’s Coastal Low Clouds

    • This collection contains data from "North American Monsoon Impacts Southern California’s Coastal Low Clouds" (Clemesha et al. 2023). Data files include: satellite-derived Coastal Low Cloudiness (CLC) for May - September 1996 - 2020, seasonal cycle fit of CLC used to create daily anomalies, San Diego airport cloud cover, precipitable water content from 850 to 300 hPa from observations in southern and northern California, a previously published single column model radiative scheme with input and outputs files used in this study.
    • Date: May through September, 1996 to 2020
  17. Collection

    Data from: The Influence of Cloudiness on Hydrologic Fluctuations in the Mountains of the Western United States

    • Daily cloud cover indices derived from 4x4 km GOES visible albedo product for snow pillow sites and stream gauges in the mountains of the western U.S.
    • Date: 1996-01-01 to 2015-12-31
  18. Collection

    Lou Rowan Papers: Digital selections

    • Email and correspondence from the papers of writer Lou Rowan.
    • Access: Restricted View
    • Date: 1996-2018
  19. Collection

    San Diego Technology Archive Oral Histories

    • The San Diego Technology Archive (SDTA), an initiative of the UC San Diego Library, documents the history, formation, and evolution of the companies that formed the San Diego region's high-tech cluster, beginning in 1965.
    • Date: 1996-
  20. Collection

    Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) Study

    • The WHEL Study was a multisite, randomized, controlled trial of the effectiveness of a high-vegetable, low-fat diet in reducing additional breast cancer events and early death in women with early-stage invasive breast cancer.
    • Date: 1995 to 2006
  21. Collection

    Data from: Interannual variations in meltwater input to the Southern Ocean from Antarctic ice shelves

    • Height changes and basal melt rates of Antarctic ice shelves from satellite remote sensing, 1994–2018.
    • Date: 1994 to 2018
  22. Collection

    UC San Diego Campus Notices and Flyers

    • Campus Notices and Flyers distributed information to a large segment of the campus community.
    • Date: 1993-2022
  23. Collection

    Data from: The Seasonal Cycle of Significant Wave Height in the Ocean: Local Versus Remote Forcing

    • This collection consists of NetCDF files that contain intermediate products derived from observer and modelled data produced by the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER) and Remote Sensing Systems, corresponding to analysis by Colosi et al. (2021).
    • Date: 1993-01-01 to 2016-12-31
  24. Collection

    Data from: Ocean Surface Salinity Response to Atmospheric River Precipitation in the California Current System

    • Oceanic and atmospheric measurements, reanalysis and modeled outputs in the California Current System.
    • Date: 1992 to 2019
  25. Collection

    inSite Archive

    • A selection of records from the InSite Archive, documenting the arts organization's collaborative contemporary public art projects in the San Diego-Tijuana region, and Mexico City.
    • Date: 1992-2018
  26. Collection

    inSite Archive: Selections

    • A selection of documents, images, video, and sound from the inSite Archive at UC San Diego’s Special Collections & Archives.
    • Access: Some items restricted
    • Date: 1992-2006
  27. Collection

    Tracings: A Newsletter of the University Library - University of California, San Diego

    • Internal newsletter published by the UC San Diego Library every week; informing staff, students, and faculty on various campus events.
    • Date: 1991-1999
  28. Collection

    California Tobacco Survey (CTS)

    • The objective of these surveys is to collect representative statewide data on cigarette smoking behavior, attitudes towards smoking, media exposure to smoking, and use of tobacco products other than cigarettes, from populations living in California.
    • Date: 1990 to 2011
  29. Collection

    CONNECT

    • CONNECT is a premier innovation company accelerator in San Diego that creates and scales great companies in the technology and life sciences sectors.
    • Date: 1990-
  30. Collection

    Data from: Plankton energy flows using a global size-structured and trait-based model

    • This collection includes a global 20 year (1990-2009) climatology of diagnostic and prognostic variables for the Size-based Plankton Ecological TRAits (MARBL-SPECTRA) model.
    • Date: 1990 to 2009
  31. Collection

    Ernst Krenek Newsletter

    • The Ernst Krenek Newsletter contains original and reprinted articles concerning composer Ernest Krenek’s life, analysis of his works, his place in twentieth century music, as well as information concerning performances of his music, and book reviews.
    • Access: Restricted to UC San Diego use only
    • Date: 1990-1998
  32. Collection

    Underway Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (SADCP) Data Archive

    • Underway shipboard acoustic Doppler current profiler (SADCP) database assembled from the public archive of CODAS post-processed data.
    • Date: 1990 to 2020
  33. Collection

    Scripps O2 Program Data

    • The Scripps O2 Program website at https://scrippso2.ucsd.edu provides access to openly available atmospheric O2/N2 ratio and CO2 concentration data from various sources along with graphics. Redundant copies of the atmospheric O2/N2 and CO2 data from 12 sampling stations are being deposited here, through the UC San Diego Library, to provide enhanced discovery, long-term accessibility, and preservation. The latest data archives from the 10 active stations are added to this collection as they become available.
    • Date: 1989 to present
  34. Collection

    Data from: Machine learning for daily forecasts of Arctic sea-ice motion: an attribution assessment of model predictive skill

    • MATLAB R2021b, Python and bash files used for data download and analysis. Processed data and MATLAB R2021b plotting files.
    • Date: 1989 to 2021
  35. Collection

    Data from: The Agricultural Productivity Gap

    • Dataset contains data by country for about 150 countries on GDP per capita, employment share in agriculture, value added share in agriculture, agricultural productivity gap, average hours worked, years of schooling, and human capital.
    • Date: 1988 to 2011
  36. Collection

    Franja de Propaganda Electoral de Chile en 1988

    • This Collection is composed of thirteen hours of Chilean television programming known as the "Franja de Propaganda Electoral" produced and aired in 1988 in the 27 days preceding the plebiscite resulting in the transition from the military rule of Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte to democratic governance. 
    • Date: 1988
  37. Collection

    Cell Centered Database

    • A collection of high resolution 2D, 3D and 4D data from light and electron microscopy of tissues from the nervous system and other systems.
    • Date: 1986 to 2012
  38. Collection

    Slab City

    • Interviews with residents, various community activities (swap meets, holiday parties etc.) of the Sonoran Desert community of Slab City (Imperial County, California).
    • Access: Some items restricted
    • Date: 1986-1997
  39. Collection

    Norma Cole Papers: Selections

    • Digital and digitized selections from the papers of Norma Cole, San Francisco based poet, painter, translator and educator.
    • Access: Some items restricted
    • Date: circa 1985-2014
  40. Collection

    North Korean Propaganda Posters

    • Reproductions of North Korean propaganda posters.
    • Date: 1985-2002
  41. Collection

    Stephen Leavitt Recordings

    • Field recordings created by American anthropologist Stephen Leavitt include interviews and events related to the ethnography of the Bumbita Arapesh people of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
    • Access: Restricted View
    • Date: 1984-1989
  42. Collection

    UCSD Oral Histories

    • Oral history interviews, with various persons involved with the establishment and development of the UC San Diego, and the development of various campus academic programs.
    • Date: 1984-1999
  43. Collection

    Chinese News

    • The Chinese News is a weekly newspaper in San Diego containing local and international news articles written in Chinese in addition to advertising in English and Chinese.
    • Date: 1983-1996
  44. Collection

    Stuart Collection Records: Selections

    • Video and audio recordings of the UC San Diego Stuart Collection site-specific public sculptures and interviews with the artists.
    • Date: 1982 - 2006
  45. Collection

    Stuart Collection Photographs

    • Photographs and design drawings of the site-specific public sculptures in the UC San Diego Stuart Collection.
    • Date: 1981 - 2015
  46. Collection

    Latin American Political Campaign Ephemera Collection

    • Political campaign materials from elections in various Latin American countries.
    • Date: 1980-2009
  47. Collection

    Center for Research in Computing and the Arts Collection

    • UC San Diego Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA) collection documents the activities of the experimental music and art research unit. Contains produced works, event recordings and photographs, and writings produced by the CRCA and its affiliates.
    • Access: Some items restricted
    • Date: 1978-2010
  48. Collection

    American Friends Service Committee - U.S.-Mexico Border Program Records: Selections

    • Redacted abuse and complaint files from the records of the American Friends Service Committee - U.S.-Mexico Border Program.
    • Date: 1977-2001
  49. Collection

    UC San Diego LGBT Campus Historical Collection

    • The UC San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Historical Collection documents the experiences of LGBTQIA+ community at UC San Diego, and reflects the activities and interests of students, staff, faculty, and alumni.
    • Date: 1977-2020
  50. Collection

    Zambian Storytellers

    • Images, video and audio recordings, and images from professor of African and Comparative Literature Robert Cancel's research in Zambia and other regions of Africa.
    • Date: Between 1976 and 1997
  51. Collection

    Alice Notley Artworks

    • A selection of artworks by American visual artist and poet Alice Notley. Images include collages, fans, masks and sketches.
    • Date: 1974-2004
  52. Collection

    Charles Bernstein Papers: Selections

    • Digital files from the personal papers of poet Charles Bernstein.
    • Access: Some items restricted
    • Date: 1974 - 1998
  53. Collection

    Lyn Hejinian Papers: Selections

    • Selected reformatted materials from the Lyn Hejinian Papers.
    • Date: 1974-2010
  54. Collection

    1973 Guardian Tour of China

    • The photographic slides in this collection, taken in August of 1973, depict people’s daily lives and scenes of cities and villages in Northeast China in the midst of the Cultural Revolution.
    • Date: Between 1973-08-09 and 1973-08-30
  55. Collection

    Ann Skinner-Jones and Joan Larcom Photographs

    • Anthropologist Joan Larcom traveled with Photographer Ann Skinner-Jones in 1981 to create a photographic essay of the people and culture of Vanuatu during the first anniversary of the country's independence.
    • Date: Between 1973 and 1985
  56. Collection

    Edwin Hutchins and Dona Hutchins Collection

    • Materials created by American anthropologist, Edwin Hutchins, and his wife, Dona Hutchins, during research in the Trobriand Islands of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea in 1975-1976.
    • Access: Some items restricted
    • Date: 1973-1976
  57. Collection

    Robert Entenmann Collection

    • Robert Entenmann’s travel notes and government documents related to his 1972 visit to China.
    • Date: 1972
  58. Collection

    CCHDO Hydrographic Data Archive

    • The CCHDO Hydrographic Data Collection contains high quality, global, vessel-based CTD and Niskin bottle data from GO-SHIP, WOCE, CLIVAR and other repeat hydrography programs past and present.
    • Date: 1972 to present
  59. Collection

    Gloria Frym Papers: Selections

    • Audiovisual recordings from the collection of poet and educator Gloria Frym.
    • Date: 1972-2000
  60. Collection

    New Writing Series: Recordings

    • Recordings of readings from the UC San Diego New Writings Series.
    • Date: 1972 - Present
  61. Collection

    Stephen MacKinnon Collection

    • Slides and documents contributed by Stephen MacKinnon, member of the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars (CCAS) Friendship Delegation that traveled to China in 1972.
    • Date: 1972
  62. Collection

    Wantok Niuspepa

    • Wantok Niuspepa is the only Tok Pisin language newspaper in Papua New Guinea.
    • Date: 1972 to 2016
  63. Collection

    William A. Joseph Collection

    • Slides and documents contributed by William A. Joseph, member of the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars (CCAS) Friendship Delegation that traveled to China in 1972.
    • Date: 1972
  64. Collection

    Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars Friendship Delegations

    • Slides and documents contributed by members of the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars (CCAS) friendship delegations that traveled to China in 1971 and 1972.
    • Slides and documents contributed by members of the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars (CCAS) friendship delegations that traveled to China in 1971 and 1972.
    • Date: 1971 - 1972
  65. Collection

    Hannah Weiner Papers

    • The papers of Hannah Weiner, an experimental New York City poet. Materials include scanned notebooks, journal entries, original manuscripts, and sound recordings documenting her writing and creative process.
    • Date: 1971-1997
  66. Collection

    John LeRoy Photographs

    • Photographs created by American anthropologist John D. LeRoy, in the context of field research with the Kewa people of the Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
    • Access: Some items restricted
    • Date: 1971-1972
  67. Collection

    Paul Pickowicz Collection

    • Slides and documents contributed by Paul Pickowicz, member of the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars (CCAS) Friendship Delegation that traveled to China in 1971.
    • Date: 1971 - 1972
  68. Collection

    UCSD Audio Visual Theses and Dissertations

    • A subset of the dissertations produced by students at UC San Diego which contain audio and visual components.
    • Access: Restricted to UC San Diego use only
    • Date: between 1971 and 2009
  69. Collection

    Anne Tardos Papers: Selections

    • Audiovisual recordings from the papers of poet and artist Anne Tardos.
    • Date: 1970-1990
  70. Collection

    Armed Revolutionary Organizations in Mexico

    • Collected material, including periodicals and ephemera, created by revolutionary groups in Mexico between 1965 and 1998.
    • Date: 1965-1998
  71. Collection

    Bill Mohr Papers: Selections

    • Audiovisual recordings from the collection of poet, editor, and educator Bill Mohr and Momentum Press.
    • Access: Some items restricted
    • Date: 1970-2015
  72. Collection

    Center for Music Experiment Recordings Archives

    • Audio recordings from the Center for Music Experiment Archive. Includes conferences, computer music, and performances.
    • Access: Some items restricted
  73. Collection

    ECE Distinguished Lecturer Series

    • Lectures in Electrical and Computer Engineering recorded in 1991 and 1992 at UC San Diego.
    • Access: Restricted to UC San Diego use only
  74. Collection

    Edna Watson Bailey Photographs

    • Photographs collected by Edna Watson Bailey, a graduate student at the Marine Biological Association of San Diego. Subjects include Bailey and members of her family, work colleagues, La Jolla, early Scripps laboratory facilities, and the July 25, 1906 wreck of the research vessel Loma.
    • Date: 1905-1940
  75. Collection

    Robert Peters Papers: Selections

    • Sound recordings of poetry readings and lectures from the papers of poet Robert Peters.
    • Date: 1970-2009
  76. Collection

    Roger Reynolds Ping Collection

    • Ping is a 1968 multimedia work by Roger Reynolds on a text by Samuel Beckett. This collection is an illustrative portion of the components and related documentation, including compositional sketches and diagrams, films, interviews with Reynolds, and photographs from both the 1968 and 2011 performances at UCSD.
  77. Collection

    Social Sciences Data Collection

    • The Social Sciences Data Collection includes an assortment of numeric and textual datasets collected by the Library to support the research and learning needs of UC San Diego students, staff, and academics. Some datasets are open access, while others are licensed by the Library and restricted to UC San Diego IP addresses.
    • Access: Some items restricted
  78. Collection

    UC San Diego Department of Music Concert Archive

    • UCSD Department of Music recordings from 1967-2006 of degree-required concerts, faculty concerts, most class concerts, and other selected events.
    • Access: Restricted to UC San Diego use only
  79. Collection

    William Rodman and Margaret Critchlow Photographs

    • Photographs taken by Canadian Anthropologists Margaret Critchlow and William Rodman during research trips conducted in Vanuatu.
    • Date: 1970 to 1995
  80. Collection

    Cinewest Archive

    • Materials documenting the several Cinewest production initiatives including Border Brujo, Murals off the Walls, and Mexico History and Image and others.
    • Date: 1969-1992
  81. Collection

    History of the UC San Diego Visual Arts Department

    • Images documenting the history of Visual Arts Department at UC San Diego from 1969 to 1989.
    • Date: 1969-1993
  82. Collection

    Joel E. Dimsdale, M.D. Holocaust Survivor Interview Collection

    • Interviews collected in the 1970s discussing coping behaviors and stress experienced by Holocaust survivors.
    • Access: Restricted View
    • Date: 1969-1973
  83. Collection

    Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart Recordings

    • Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart are a husband and wife research team who carry out long-term fieldwork in Papua New Guinea. The two tapes, recorded in 1967 in Pangia, Papua New Guinea, document Namasu sing-sing, a celebration for an opening of a store, stories of tambaran cults told by local informants, and woman and man stories.
    • Access: Restricted View
    • Date: 1967
  84. Collection

    Harry Crosby Photographs

    • Photographs of UC San Diego taken during the mid-1960s, including photographs of Baja California (1967-1962), and photographs of Sonora, Mexico (1958-1986).
    • Date: 1967-1992
  85. Collection

    UCSD Guardian

    • Primary student newspaper of UCSD campus. Includes earlier versions of the Guardian, such as the Triton Times and special issues titled Hiatus.
    • Date: 1967-
  86. Collection

    Chinese Cultural Revolution Posters

    • Propaganda posters created during the Cultural Revolution by various Chinese agencies.
    • Date: 1966-1989
  87. Collection

    Jerome Rothenberg Papers: Digital files and sound recordings

    • Digital files from the collection of Jerome Rothenberg.
    • Access: Some items restricted
    • Date: between 1965 and 2005
  88. Collection

    Leslie Scalapino Papers: Digital selections

    • Digital selections from the papers of Leslie Scalapino, San Francisco Bay Area poet, scholar, experimental prose writer and founding editor of O Books. Content includes poetry, essays, interview transcripts, photographs, and sound and videorecordings reformatted or captured from digital media.
    • Access: Restricted View
    • Date: circa 1965-2014
  89. Collection

    Mikhail V. Propp Negatives

    • Photographic negatives taken by Russian marine biologist Mikhail V. Propp, documenting a Soviet Antarctic expedition (1965-1966) at Mirny Observatory, Antarctica.
    • Date: 1965-1966
  90. Collection

    Susan Howe Radio Program Sound Recordings

    • Sound recordings from poet Susan Howe's radio show, Poetry, originally broadcast on WBAI New York.
    • Date: 1965, 1971-1981
  91. Collection

    Thurgood Marshall College. Office of the Provost Records

    • Photographs documenting UC San Diego's Thurgood Marshall College participation in campus and San Diego community events, provost office staff, and college programs.
    • Date: 1965-2000
  92. Collection

    Camp Matthews Buildings Photos

    • Photographs and plans of Camp Matthews buildings after Camp Matthews closed operations.
    • Date: 1964-1967
  93. Collection

    Herman Baca Collection

    • A selection of documents illustrating the work and activities of Chicano activist Herman Baca and the Committee on Chicano Rights.
    • Date: 1964-2006
  94. Collection

    John Huber Photograph Collection

    • The John Huber photograph collection is a small selection of images digitized from Huber’s original color slides, dating from 1964-1971. The images focus on significant UC San Diego events and feature prominent members of the campus community.
    • Date: 1964-1971
  95. Collection

    Robert Glasheen Photographs

    • Photographs of University of California, San Diego faculty, staff, campus life, buildings, and events.
    • Date: 1964-1986
  96. Collection

    Archive for New Poetry: Cataloged sound recordings

    • Sound recordings of poetry readings and events that emphasize the experimental and collaborative nature of poetry, from the Archive for New Poetry collection at the UC San Diego Library.
    • Access: Restricted View
    • Date: 1963-1984
  97. Collection

    Charles H. Graves Photographs and Films

    • Film and color slides created for and used in a photographic documentary of early UCSD events.
    • Date: 1963-1967
  98. Collection

    Jane Goodale Recordings

    • Jane C. Goodale was an American anthropologist and photographer who conducted ethnographic research on Kaulong-speaking people of New Britain Island in Papua New Guinea. The sound recordings document the details of the social life, customs, and song performances of the Kaulong recorded by Goodale in Umbi and Angelek.
    • Access: Restricted View
    • Date: 1963 to 1974
  99. Collection

    Kenward Elmslie Papers: Selections

    • Audiovisual recordings from the collection of poet and performer Kenward Elmslie.
    • Date: 1963-2010
  100. Collection

    Roger M. Keesing Collection

    • Photographs and sound recordings taken by anthropologist Roger M. Keesing during field research with the Kwaio people of Malaita, Solomon Islands.
    • Access: Some items restricted
    • Date: 1963-1989