Research & Collections

January 3, 2022

Collection Spotlight: Gato Negro Ediciones

For more than a half century, the UC San Diego Library has made it a priority to acquire and preserve materials that benefit the UC San Diego community, as well …

Book cover for Into the Impossible
October 21, 2021

Popular Science Reading Fall 2021

A lot of new titles for the Popular Science Collection have arrived in time for the start of the academic year. And now with added browsing (since the building is …

October 1, 2021

Celebrating International Open Access Week 2021

“It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity.” Textbook and course material affordability continues to be an obstacle to many students’ academic success. Open access initiatives encourage equitable distribution …

August 9, 2021

Access to Copyrighted Items via HathiTrust Ends September 7

When the Library closed in March 2020 and we were unable to circulate physical materials, HathiTrust — in response to the COVID-19 emergency — initiated the Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS). This service …

July 7, 2021

New Web of Science

The new Web of Science interface that has been available as a “preview” since last fall is now the default interface. The “classic” interface can still be accessed from the …

May 4, 2021

Popular Science Reading – May 2021

Our first update to the popular science collection in…well, a while. You may not be able to physically browse the whole collection, you can at least browse the latest titles. …