Digital Management Plan Tool August 13, 2014 Need to create a data management plan? |
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Structures of Utility Photography Added to Library Permanent Art August 8, 2014 Photographs by California photographer David Stark Wilson have been added to the library's |
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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) August 8, 2014 The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) maintains a database of genetic and molecular biology data for the model higher plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Data available from TAIR includes the complete genome sequence along with gene structure, gene product information, gene expression, DNA and seed stocks, genome maps, genetic and physical markers, publications, and information about the Arabidopsis research community. Gene product function data is updated weekly from the latest published research literature and community data submissions. TAIR also provides extensive link to other Arabidopsis resources. |
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context Now Available July 14, 2014 Opposing Viewpoints in Context is now available to UC Merced students and faculty. This database covers today's hot social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration, and provides multiple perspectives on a topic, allowing students to deal with a wide variety of data for their research, writing assignments, debates, presentations and coursework. The resource includes pro/con essays, topic overviews, primary source documents, court-case reviews, data and statistics, podcasts and articles. |
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2014 Student Research Award Winners Announced May 15, 2014 Congratulations to UC Merced undergraduates Stacey Van and Kristen Renberg, both winners of $100 prizes for the 2014 Undergraduate Library Research competition. Stacy and Kristen participated in the research poster competition sponsored by the UC Merced Office of Research and earned the library awards by submitting their research bibliographies and essays about the library research process. |
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9th Annual Bobcat Art Show On Display in Library and UCM Art Gallery April 10, 2014 The Annual Bobcat Art Show opened on April 7th and will be on display through May 7. The show is being held simultaneously in the UCM Art Gallery and the second floor of the UCM Library. |
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Open Access Week - Local Events and UC Progress March 31, 2014 Open Access (OA) Week, celebrates and encourages free, immediate, online access to scholarly research and the right to use and re-use research results. During this week, libraries, universities, and researchers plan events designed to raise awareness of the ways open access to information can benefit society and individuals. |
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OCLC WorldCat Local Melvyl March 31, 2014 On Friday June 245h, the legacy version of Melvyl (the online public catalog for UC Libraries) was decommissioned to make way for the new and improved Melvyl. This new version of Melvyl which utilizes theOCLC Worldcat Local interface has the ability to search 800 million+ items from research institutions throughout the world, connecting UC faculty and students to books and materials across the globe. |
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Open Access Week - Resources for Open Data March 31, 2014 Susan Borda, UC Merced Digital Curation Librarian will present a workshop on Open Access Resources for Data Sharing. |
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Library Provides Access to SCOPUS March 5, 2014 The UC Merced Library has recently acquired trial access to SCOPUS, a popular abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature which features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Content covers research output in the fields of technology, medicine, social sciences, arts, and humanities. |