UC Newsroom: "A digital library revolution takes flight " by Michelle Simone
Fri, May 15, 2020 9:10 AM
Read the full article:
UC Newsroom Article: "A digital library revolution takes flight" by Michelle Simone.
Read the full article:
UC Newsroom Article: "A digital library revolution takes flight" by Michelle Simone.
On Tuesday, May 5th beginning at 1:30am Pacific Time, LibCal will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately 10 minutes. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will create minimal disruption to our users’ research.
Creating Newspaper Alerts Workshop
These sessions will be of interest to anyone who wants to be notified, via email alerts, of news content whether you are following a favorite publication or keeping current with a specific topic like COVID-19 or UC Merced's 2020 Project.
Three sessions are available and registration is appreciated, but not required to attend. Visit the event links below for more details and Zoom information.
On Tuesday, April 28th at 4am through 4pm Pacific time, Web of Science will undergo scheduled maintenance. During this time, access may be intermittent. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will create minimal disruption to our users’ research.
UC Merced Library is #BobcatProud- A Video Message to Our Students (0:33)
Published: April 24, 2020
The MIT Press Direct eBooks 2020 Frontlist is now available to all UC campuses. Comprising 150 ebooks, the collection features the following subjects: economics; environmental science; philosophy; and science, technology, and society, and is available solely via the MIT platform.
Millions of electronic books are now temporarily available to UC Merced users through the HathiTrust Digital Library’s Emergency Temporary Access Services (HT ETAS). By providing University of California students, faculty, and staff with access to digital versions of the printed volumes held by any campus library in the University of California system, this service helps UC Merced Library continue to serve its mission of teaching, research and learning in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic and the cascade of disruptions that have followed.
To take advantage of this temporary expanded access:
Visit HathiTrust Digital Library and click the yellow “LOG IN” button.
Select “University of California, Merced” and log in using your UCMNetID.
Search the HathiTrust digital library to locate the item you wish to view. (Be sure to choose the Catalog search option—not the “Full-text” option—in order to access all the books available via HT ETAS.)
Click on the Temporary Access link at the bottom of the record to Check Out the item through the Emergency Temporary Access Service.
You can view the materials from anywhere with an internet connection—no VPN or special setup is required.
This ten-minute video in YouTube demonstrates how to search for and access books available via HT ETAS.
Additional Resources:
View the HT ETAS Library Guide (no longer available)
HT ETAS Information Sessions for Faculty and Graduate Students
Join one of the HT ETAS information sessions, "Accessing 17 Million Books via HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Services: A Live Zoom Session for Faculty and Graduate Students" presented by Deputy University Librarian, Donald Barclay.
2:30pm- 2:50pm
1:30pm - 1:50pm
10:00am - 10:20am
11:00am - 11:20am
1:40pm - 2:00pm
Beginning Sunday, April 12th, 2020, F1000Prime becomes Faculty Opinions. In the short term, patron set filters, searches and selections will not change. Patron account domains will automatically redirect, but you should bookmark the new url in your browser. With the new name comes a streamlined focus to create a real alternative to the Journal Impact Factor and a better way of assessing the quality of researchers’ contributions.
Beginning Saturday, April 11th at 11pm through Sunday, April 12th at 7am, F1000Prime and F1000Workspace will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will create minimal disruption to our users’ research.
UC Merced Deputy University Librarian, Donald Barclay outlines what fake news is, how to spot it, and how to find trustworthy news sources in a recent article, "Q&A with Donald Barclay on Fake News in the Time COVID-19" .
Donald Barclay is also the author of "Fake News, Propaganda, and Plain Old Lies: How to Find Trustworthy Information in the Digital Age" (2018).
Copyright @ The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.