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ProQuest's Ebook Central July 27, 2017 As of July 26th, the Ebrary and EBL platforms has been upgraded to Ebook Central, a new, full service ebook platform that delivers an intuitive and easy-to-use research experience. Our patrons now have access to the same ebook content previously supplied through each vendor, just under a new and improved homepage with increased copy and print limits per ebook. EBL patron bookshelf contents were moved to Ebook Central automatically, while ebrary patrons will have an option to copy their ebrary bookshelves to Ebook Central upon their first login. |
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Transitions: Portraits of a Decade Long Journey Author: Breanna Wright July 17, 2017 The period of life between teenager to young adult is a critical time for young people; full of exploration, growth and change. There are an endless number of paths to travel, and whichever is chosen has the ability to shape who someone will become. A decade ago, did you think you would be where you are now? Ten years ago, in 2005-2006, photographer Roger J. Wyan set out to document the first individuals as they began to journey through their formative years at the first research university built in the 21st century, UC Merced. In total 220 students, mostly freshmen, were photographed. A decade later, Wyan re-photographed and interviewed 38 of the original students. The goal? Find out where life has taken them. Wyan describes Transitions as “a remarkable narrative of an influential time in young people’s lives;" it documents a period of life that sociologists call “emerging adulthood,” defined by exploration,... |
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Access Alert - Science Direct July 10, 2017 Access to Science Direct content has been restored. |
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UCB College of Environmental Design images in Artstor July 6, 2017 UCB College of Environmental Design images in Artstor will be temporarily unavailable from August 1 – October 15, 2017 while they are migrated. Please note that it is only UCB College of Environmental Design images will be affected. All other Artstor Digital Library content and all other content provided to you by University of California institutions will remain available during this time. |
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Access Alert - Melvyl June 27, 2017 Access to Melvyl is restored.
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Summer RefWorks June 26, 2017 Learn how RefWorks can help you this summer! RefWorks is a citation manager that lets you capture citations and correctly cite them in the style you need. During the 50 minute workshop, you will learn how to make RefWorks work for you. Choose one of the following workshop dates: Tuesday, June 27 - 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 28 - 2 p.m. Thursday, July 6 - 11 a.m. All workshops located in KL 371 Please click this link to RSVP.
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Announcing CNP eBooks June 22, 2017 All campuses except UCSF have agreed to participate in a Demand-Driven Acquisitions eBook project for access to the CNP eBooks. This project with the China National Publications Import & Export Corporation (CNPIEC) is a one-year pilot for ebook access focused on subjects in the social sciences and humanities including history, political science, sociology, anthology, literature, philosophy, religion, classics, media studies and others. Titles have been chosen from more than 300 regular, university and society publishing houses with new titles added to Melvyl every two months. |
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Taylor & Francis Open Access Publishing for UC Authors May 24, 2017 The California Digital Library has brokered a deal with Taylor & Francis via our license agreement for 2016 through 2018 granting up to a 75% discount on gold open access article publishing charges (APCs) for all UC authors. This discount applies to all articles published in Taylor & Francis Open Journals and Open Select Journals through the first 400 articles published per annum. After the limit is reached for UC as a whole, a 50% discount will be applied for the remainder of that year to all articles submitted. |
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Save your Artstor Digital Library notes and citations before June 1st May 23, 2017 Artstor will be implementing some feature changes which may require users to save their work in their Digital Library. The new features are part of the release of an improved platform with a redesigned interface, streamlined features, and which runs on the same technology that powers JSTOR. Features you may wish to save: Please contact the Artstor Support Team at support@artstor.org for more information. |
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UCM Librarians Recognized in LIRT Top 20 for 2016 May 4, 2017 The American Library Association’s Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) has selected an article authored by Sara Davidson Squibb, UC Merced Library’s Head of Research & Learning Services and Susan Mikkelson, former UC Merced Instruction & Scholarly Communications Librarian and current Librarian of Merced High as one of the Top 20 Library Instruction Articles for 2016. Published in the March edition of College & Research Libraries, “Assessing the Value of Course-Embedded Information Literacy on Student Learning and Achievement” reviewed the impact of a curriculum developed by UC Merced librarians and Writing faculty that integrated information literacy into introductory composition courses to improve academic performance. Read the full article here. |
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