The Library has received a gift of 2,200 books from the personal library of Keith L. Nelson, emeritus professor of history at UC Irvine. The books are mainly about American and European history with a focus on international relations, arms control and globalization. The donated books are being cataloged and added to the library’s collection.
This story is featured in the latest issue of Panorama.
Recently, Oxford University Press began transitioning all OUP Journals to the new Oxford Academic platform; on February 1st that all journal content migration was complete. In addition to journals, Oxford Academic will eventually house the majority of Oxford’s digital book and online product content.
CDL has identified two display issues which do not limit access to the content, but may cause user confusion and is working with Oxford to resolve these issues. First, site branding may cycle through different wording for an individual campus. While navigating or refreshing pages, users may see the site branding text change in the upper right corner. This is due to campuses having multiple administrative accounts on the platform that have differing account names. Secondly, access icons for subscribed content may display incorrectly as a shopping cart though the article is available. Should users encounter a shopping cart icon when browsing subscribed content, clicking “View Article” should still provide access. Note: Only UC- licensed content is still accessible. Shopping cart icons on content that UC does not subscribe to correctly indicates unavailability.
Notwithstanding these issues that are being investigated, the new platform has enhanced features such as device-agnostic design, more browse options and improved results list filters. For more information, visit the Oxford Academic FAQ page.
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2. Canada
3. China/Hong Kong
4. Japan
5. Mexico
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| Crops | $ Amount (million) | Ranking in CA | % of State Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milk | $856 | 2nd |
14.2% |
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Almonds |
$552 | 5th |
7.7% |
| Chicken | $364 | 2nd | 32% |
| Cattle and Calves | $357 | 4th | 7.9% |
| Sweet Potatoes | $194 | 1st | 89.9% |
The main reason Merced was chosen as one of the pilot counties was because of its importance to the San Joaquin Valley and to California agriculture. Additionally, Merced County Cooperative Extension has the added benefit of being close to UC Merced, which has allowed me to become familiar with Cooperative Extension and their records without having to travel far.
| Crops | $ Amount (million) | Ranking in CA | % of State Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berries, Strawberries, Fresh Market | $567 | 2nd |
25.3% |
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Lemons |
$259 | 1st |
33.6% |
| Berries, Rasberries | $228 | 1st | 48.4% |
| Celery | $194 | 2nd | 37.8% |
| Avocados | $188 | 1st | 47.2% |
| Crops | $ Amount (million) |
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| Cattle & Calves, Unspecified | $52 |
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Nursery Products, Misc |
$50 |
| Milk, Market, Fluid | $42 |
| Cattle, Milk Cows | $16 |
| Goat Cheese | $12 |
Due to an Amazon Web Server outage, many websites (including our LibGuides and JSTOR) are currently unavailable. We apologize for this inconvenience and hope access will be restored shortly.
With the SAGE Premier 2017 journals renewal, CDL purchased a 6-year license to SAGE Research Methods (SRM) with updates through 2022. SRM comprises the SAGE Research Methods Base Model, Case Studies and Datasets. SAGE Research Videos are not included in the CDL purchase.
The SRM Base Model grants access to more than 1,000 books, reference works and journal articles from across the social sciences. These resources encompass every aspect of research skills training and can help users at all levels through every step of the research process.
SRM Cases provides more than 500 case studies, showing the challenges and successes of doing research. Cases are peer-reviewed and come with instructional tools including learning objectives and discussions questions.
SRM Datasets is a collection of teaching datasets and instructional guides that give users a chance to learn data analysis by practice. Indexed by method and data type, these sets can be used in classroom exercises or in exam papers.
Find out more about this new resource at About SAGE Research Methods.
UC Merced instruction librarians and several faculty members from the Merritt Writing Program (MWP) met Jan. 5 for a one-day Teaching Research and Information Literacy (TRAIL) workshop.
This is the fourth group of faculty members from the writing program to attend the workshop with the intent of integrating TRAIL activities, readings and tutorials into their Writing 10: College Reading and Composition sections.
Read the full article in Panorama.
Beginning Saturday, February 18th at 11pm PST and continuing for up to seven hours, OCLC will be performing systems maintenance which may make online catalog services like WorldCat Local unavailable to our patrons. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will create minimal disruption to our users’ research.
BYU Radio host Matt Townsend interviewed Deputy Librarian Donald Barclay about the challenges libraries are facing in the era of fake news. He addresses questions such as: how do we choose what information to consume in a world where there is essentially limitless information?, can we avoid an ‘echo chamber’ and find objective truth when different sources offer “alternative facts?". Donald then explains how libraries are trying to help people evaluate information for themselves.
Listen to the full interview here.
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