November 23, 2020
Preview the New Web of Science
UC San Diego faculty, students and staff can now access a “preview” version of the new Web of Science that will go live next summer. Just go to the button on …
Research & Collections
October 5, 2020
UC San Diego Library Celebrates International Open Access Week 2020
The UC San Diego Library is celebrating the 10th Annual International Open Access Week (October 19–25, 2020) with two webinars that address this year’s theme, “Open with Purpose: Taking Action …
September 22, 2020
AccessEngineering – McGraw-Hill Handbooks, Textbooks, Videos
The UC San Diego Library has licensed McGraw-Hill’s AccessEngineering (https://www.accessengineeringlibrary.com/) for a 3-year trial. AccessEngineering content: 830+ books Engineering handbooks, textbooks, and other reference works from McGraw-Hill, including Perry’s Chemical …
June 16, 2020
SciFinder-n at UC San Diego
UC San Diego now has SciFindern (or SciFinder-n), the new, streamlined SciFinder interface from CAS (Chemical Abstract Service) that covers the chemical literature, indexing millions of journal articles, patents, substances, …
June 16, 2020
Springer Nature Transformative Open Access Agreement and Elsevier Update
We are pleased to announce that the University of California (UC) has reached a transformative open access agreement with Springer Nature, the world’s second-largest academic publisher. Under the agreement, all …
June 12, 2020
Anti-Racist Resources From Our Librarians
By: Amber Gallant In an effort to encourage ourselves and others to commit to learning about Anti-Black racism, the Diversity and Inclusion Committee at the UC San Diego Library has …
June 11, 2020
O’Reilly for Higher Education (formerly Safari/O’Reilly Tech Books)
UC San Diego now has O’Reilly for Higher Education, replacing the Safari/O’Reilly Tech book collection that is being retired. We now have access to more IT/tech publisher content (including videos) …
June 10, 2020
Giving the Gift of Knowledge
“Give and not to count the cost; give and not to ask for any reward” is the motto of dedicated community member and philanthropist, Sally WongAvery. Serving the Chinese community …
May 29, 2020
Collection Spotlight: Archive for New Poetry
A collaborative novel typed on a roll of toilet paper; collage art on a folding fan; journal entries detailing self-doubt and fear; letters between families, lovers, and friends; drafts of …
May 20, 2020
Cultured Data Symposium: Bridging Areas of Scholarship
The growing datafication of cultural materials along with the explosion of new data generation, collection, and analysis practices create a new state of cultured data: culture as data, and data …