June 21, 2022
Popular Science Reading – Summer 2022
Here are some titles that we have added to the Popular Science Collection this spring. You can browse the new titles, as well as anything on order. If there’s a …
Tag Archive: Science & Engineering
June 6, 2022
SciFinder “Classic” Interface Retirement – July 31
On July 31, the University of California’s access to the “classic” SciFinder interface will be retired. SciFinder-n (or SciFindern), which was introduced in 2020, will be the only SciFinder access …
May 17, 2022
New California-wide transformative open access agreement with the American Chemical Society (ACS)
Today, the University of California (UC) announced a transformative open access agreement with the American Chemical Society (ACS), the fourth largest publisher of scholarly journal articles by researchers in the …
March 18, 2022
UC Pilot Agreement Offers Discount on Open Access Publishing with Wiley in 2022
On March 15, 2022, Wiley and the University of California announced a one-year pilot agreement that makes it more affordable for UC authors to publish open access in Wiley journals, …
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 …
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 …
August 3, 2021
UC Announces Open Access Publishing Agreement with National Academy of Sciences for PNAS
The University of California (UC) announced a two-year open access agreement with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) that makes it easier and more affordable for corresponding authors at UC campuses and …
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 …
June 4, 2021
San Diego Circuit Membership Paused Until 2022
Update 10/28/2021: UC San Diego Library’s rejoining of the San Diego Circuit System has been delayed until 2022. On July 27, the Roger and Melvyl library catalog systems that the …
May 25, 2021
Interlibrary Loan Paused to Prepare for UC Library Search
On July 27, the Roger and Melvyl library catalog systems that the UC San Diego Library has worked with for decades will retire and be replaced with a new unified …