1. The Library: Your Partner in Research and Teaching
New Graduate Student Orientation
Fall 2017
Corliss Lee

3. Where? Over 20 libraries on campus
Doe, Main Stacks and Moffitt Libraries
Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Area Studies
Bancroft Library
Rare books, Special Collections
Western Americana, Latin American Studies
And many more!

4. Places and Spaces Library home > Hours and Map
Access may vary…check library web sites!
Main Stacks, Moffitt, Grad Services – show ID
Bancroft – registration required
Law – restricted access
Graduate Services
Humanities and Social Sciences reserves
Dissertation Writing room
Find a Study Space
Group study rooms (reserve online)
Carrels, whiteboards, presentation displays…
Computer Labs (campus; departmental; OCF)
– for Word, Excel, etc.

5. Dissertation Writer’s Room

6. Interdisciplinary Resources
Media Resources Center
Data Lab
Newspaper Room
Bancroft Library

7. Always bring your Cal ID

8. Library home: “Start Your Search”

9. “Start Your Search”
Library catalog – books, journal titles, DVDs, maps…
Includes SOME article databases
Real time circulation information
Save items to a list and export the list
Create lists that persist across sessions
Advanced searching: limits by language, format, years, library…
Receive alerts about new materials

10. Library Catalogs
Finding books, DVDs, maps, sound recordings…everything except articles
Library web page > Guide to Library Catalogs
OskiCat – UC Berkeley
MELVYL
- all 10 UC campuses
WorldCat (through MELVYL)
Over 10,000 libraries worldwide!

11. OskiCat

12. Library catalogs - OskiCat
OskiCat – UCB only (most UCB libraries)
Real time circulation information
Online paging! (bring materials to library you choose)
Access “My OskiCat” – your library record; place holds; renew online, etc.
NRLF: storage (request online)
Send library and call number info to your cell phone!
Receive alerts about new materials (see “Preferred Searches”) or set up an RSS feed
Save items to a list and export the list
Create lists that persist across sessions
Advanced searching: limits by language, format, years, library…

13. Library Catalogs - MELVYL
Includes all UCB libraries
Including some not included in OskiCat
Berkeley Language Center, Earthquake Engineering Research Center, Law Library, etc.
Includes all 10 UC campuses
“Request” feature allows you to request items from other campuses
Pull-down menu allows you redo your search in Worldcat (tens of thousands of libraries worldwide)

14. Finding Databases - more than 1200 databases

15. Finding Article Databases
Library home > Databases > Browse
Article databases by subject
Use UC e-links to find full text of article and/or library location of journal
Most allow you to save items to a list and /export the list
Some have alerting services/RSS feeds

16. Online resources for research
Library web site > Databases:
Encyclopedias
Atlases
Image databases
Statistics
Government information
Archival sources
E-books
and more!

17. Off Campus Access to E-resources
Library home > Using the Libraries > Connecting from Off Campus
Set up proxy server on each browser OR
VPN also available

18. Beyond Berkeley Interlibrary Loan Research Library Cooperative Program
Use “Request” feature in MELVYL/Worldcat
Or use request form on Library web site
“My ILL”
“My OskiCat”
Research Library Cooperative Program
Stanford
Contact: 133 Doe Library (510)

19. Google Scholar
Set up your Google Scholar preferences to display library locations at UCB!
“Settings” > Library Links
Search for UC Berkeley; check off:
“University of California Berkeley uc e-Links”
“Open Worldcat – Library Search”
Click on Save

20. Citation Management Software
Zotero
Refworks
EndNote
Mendeley

21. More about technology! Borrow a laptop or ipad!
Moffitt, Biosciences, Engineering, Social Research libraries
Borrow a phone charger (Iphone and Android)
Moffitt and Engineering Libraries
Read scholarly journal articles on your tablet or phone with the BrowZine app
Tech Support for Students – Moffitt Library
(Airbears, software downloads, etc.)

22. Research Data Management/ Data Acquisition
Library has funding for acquisition of data sets
Assistance with managing the data you generate while doing research
Assistance with mining resources and data sets

23. Scholarly Communication
Library’s Scholarly Communication Officer
Rachael Samberg
Help you make your scholarship discoverable
Discuss and evaluate publishing options
Track and promote your publications
Retain or negotiate your intellectual property rights
Discuss use of licensed materials or IP in your work

24. UC Open Access Policy UC Academic Senate policy as of July 2013
All faculty deposit their scholarly articles into a digital repository
Policy expanded to include graduate students
We can help you upload your articles into eScholarship, the UC digital repository
If you want to publish in an open access journal that charges an “article processing” fee we may be able to help you cover the cost

25. Especially for Grad Students
Library home > Information for Students > Information for Graduate Students
Borrow, recall, renew, NRLF/storage
Copying, printing
Find your librarian liaison’s contact information
Scholarly communication/copyright
Library policies
Support for your teaching: library instruction, assignment consultation, course reserves…

26. Getting ready for Fall 2017 Library web page for your discipline
Research Support> Guides and Tutorials > Library Research Guides
Find the name of your librarian
Help > Subject librarians
Information for Graduate Students web page
Information For Students > Graduate students
Set up Google Scholar preferences
Explore citation management options

27. Getting Ready for Fall, cont’
Attend a workshop: citation management, tools for research, digital publishing
Library home > Exhibits and Events
Airbears2; EduRoam
Library home > Connect from off campus
Synchronize your passphrase (maybe)
bit.ly/calnet-sync

28. Jobs in the Library! Library web: “Jobs in the Library” (bottom)
Human Resources: 110 Doe Library

29. Morrison Library Recreational reading Graphic Arts Loan Collection
Lunch Poems
Story Hour

30. Don’t despair... We can help

31. Doe Library Reference Desk

32. Assistance 24/7!
From the Library home page:

34. In addition to your librarian liaison…
Corliss Lee
Library Liaison to Graduate Division