Join us for one or more of our 20 minute Research Starters the week of September 16th. These will all be hosted in KL 361. See each event for details and to RSVP.

Six Strategies for Reading Scholarly Articles

Tuesday, September 17th
12:30 - 12:50pm

Find Scholarly Articles with Academic Search Complete

Wednesday, September 18th
12:30 - 12:50pm

Melvyl - A Tool for Your Academic Success

Thursday, September 19th
1:30 to 1:50pm

YouTube For Research - Citation Basics

Friday, September 20th
11:30 to 11:50am

View our entire lineup of library workshops for Fall 2019 semester.

MUSE in Focus: Addressing Gun Violence

Wed, August 28, 2019 3:40 PM

UC Merced patrons now have access to Project MUSE’s “MUSE in Focus: Addressing Gun Violence”. Providing free access to more than a dozen journal articles and books focused on understanding and preventing gun violence, the collection was created in hopes of informing policymakers as well as educating researchers and other concerned citizens with evidence-based work on the topic.

Check out this new collection here.

Access Alert - ACLS Humanities

Thu, August 22, 2019 11:00 AM

On Monday, August 26th from 3am to 5am Pacific Time, the Fulcrum platform which currently hosts the ACLS Humanities eBook collection will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance. ACLS eBooks may not be accessible during this time frame. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will create minimal disruption to our users’ research.

Access Alert - Course Resources

Thu, August 15, 2019 3:35 PM

From Thursday, August 22nd at 5pm to 9pm Pacific Time, the Course Resources tool in CatCourses will be down for server maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will create minimal disruption to our users’ research.

Access Alert - Wireless Connection

Fri, August 2, 2019 12:35 PM

Beginning Friday, August 9^th at 5:30pm through Saturday, August 10^th at noon Pacific Time, the Office of Information Technology will upgrade the wireless network in buildings north of Scholar’s Lane Bridge, including the Library. The wireless network will be unavailable during this time frame (wired connection will still be available). We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will create minimal disruption to our users’ research.

Access Alert - ACLS Humanities

Mon, July 29, 2019 12:45 PM

On Tuesday, July 30^th from 3am to 5am Pacific Time, the Fulcrum platform which currently hosts the ACLS Humanities eBook collection will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance. ACLS eBooks may not be accessible during this time frame. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will create minimal disruption to our users’ research.

ProQuest Congressional Redesign

Wed, July 24, 2019 1:25 PM

Beginning July 24th, ProQuest will launch their redesigned ProQuest Congressional interface. This redesign hopes to simplify retrieval of information by students unfamiliar with government content, while preserving the ability to perform complex queries as desired. Databases such as ProQuest Congressional and ProQuest Digital Bills and Resolutions will move to this interface.

Some improvements included in this redesign:

Search results organized by Content Type to guide users to the best results.
A streamlined Advanced Search layout with duplicate entry points to content removed.
Search by Number enhanced with clearer navigation and page organization.
Search results relevance revised to emphasize content types.
Congress in Context featured more prominently on the page to illustrate what was going on during each Congress, including information on House and Senate leadership and partisan composition.

For more information, visit ProQuest’s redesign webpage.

Access Alert - Course Resources

Tue, July 23, 2019 12:00 PM

On Friday, August 2nd from 6pm to 9pm Pacific Time, the Course Resources tool in CatCourses will be unavailable due to systems maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will create minimal disruption to our users’ research.

New Resource: Superstar Journals Database

Wed, July 17, 2019 2:30 PM

UC Merced patrons can now access the Superstar Journals Database. Containing 7,470 full-text Chinese journals and more than 1,200 core journals, coverage spans from 1949 to the present. A variety of disciplines, including engineering, agronomy, social science, culture, education, philosophy, and medicine, are represented in this collection. Major academic journal coverage within the package focuses on social sciences and humanities, with unique titles in the fields of science and technology rounding it out.

Check it out here.

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