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Movie Night- The Internet's Own Boy


October 9, 2019


Join Movie Night and the screening of The Internet's Own Boy, the story of Aaron Swartz and ideas about freedom of information and the internet. An Open Access Week Event.

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A Guide to Success in Scientific Publishing


October 7, 2019


UPDATED EVENT DETAILS! Michal N Dawson, Editor-in-Chief- Journal of Biogeography will lead a workshop on November 14, 2019 sharing his perspectives for those who are interested in publishing their first work or those who are simply interested in learning more about the process.

The Joy of Search: Research with Open Content


October 4, 2019


Join The Joy of Search: Research with Open Content with Google's Senior Research Scientist for Search Quality and User Happiness, Daniel Russell. Hear from Daniel what Google's searchers think about open content and why open access is not yet the perfect solution to all information access problems.

New Dryad Platform


September 27, 2019


This past May, in an effort to drive adoption by meeting researchers in their existing workflows and encourage further promotion of UC’s repositories by publishers, CDL announced its formal partnership between itself and Dryad, an international disciplinary repository for data curation. This partnership has now launched the new Dryad Platform focused on the features which best support the researching community’s ever-changing needs.

Punctum Books: Experimental Publishing & Unconventional Scholarlship- A Talk with Eileen Joy


September 26, 2019


Join Eileen Joy, co-founder and publisher of Punctum Books, for a talk about innovative publishing models and unconventional scholarship. An Open Access Week event.

MIT Press Direct eBooks


September 25, 2019


UC campuses now have access to MIT Press Direct eBooks, a broad range of books from MIT Press’ front- and backlist publications. Almost 3,000 ebooks will be available by the end of 2019, DRM-free (users may print and download PDFs by chapter) with unlimited simultaneous user access.

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Fourth Floor Library Renovation


September 20, 2019


The library's newly renovated 4th floor offers students a comfortable place for quiet study.

Readex AllSearch


September 13, 2019


UC Merced patrons now have access to Readex AllSearch, a fully cross-searchable platform for Readex content.

Early English Books Online is Moving to ProQuest


September 5, 2019


Beginning August 22nd, Early English Books Online is migrating from its former Chadwyck-Healey interface to the newly-enhanced ProQuest Platform. An overlap period where both platforms are available will continue through September 15, 2019. As of Monday, September 16, 2019, ProQuest will be the sole source for UC’s subscription to Early English Books Online.

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Using & Finding Data Workshops


August 30, 2019


This series of workshops will help you better use the data you have gathered, as well as find data critical for your research. All workshops will take place in KL 361.
Presenter: Elizabeth Salmon, Research Services Librarian-UC Merced Library

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