Information:
916-752-6561
World Wide Web: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu
The General Library at UC Davis is one of the premier research libraries in North America. In addition to Peter J. Shields Library, there are four other General Library facilities: the Physical Sciences Library, the Loren D. Carlson Health Sciences Library, the Agricultural Resource Economics Library and the Medical Center Library in Sacramento. The combined collections of the various General Library facilities total more than 2.5 million volumes, and more than 41,000 periodical and journal titles are received annually. An extensive variety of government documents, maps, microfilms and CD-ROMs are also part of the collection.
Shields Library houses the collections in the humanities, arts, social sciences, biological sciences, agricultural sciences, mathematics and computer science. The collections of the Physical Sciences Library support teaching and research in engineering, chemistry, geology and physics. The Carlson Health Sciences Library serves the Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. The library at the UC Davis Medical Center provides a clinical collection of 27,000 volumes. A Law Library, under the administration of the School of Law, is located in King Hall.
The MELVYL® System, an online catalog of books and journals, can be used to access the collections of UC Davis and the other eight UC campuses. The MELVYL System can be searched in the libraries, at campus computer laboratories, and remotely with a modem on the Internet. The libraries also offer access to databases and numerous other electronic resources, both on site and via UCD Network. Additionally, terminals with Internet access are available for patron use in all of our facilities.
Information about library services, new full test electronic databases, important subject-specific World Wide Web sites and a current schedule of free library classes on the use of MELVYL and the Internet is available at the library's Web site. Librarians are also available for consultation on resources for research projects.
Information:
Arboretum Headquarters
916-752-2498
The 150-acre UC Davis Arboretum, located along Putah Creek's historic north fork, maintains a large documented collection of trees, shrubs and perennials for use in teaching and research. Outstanding plant collections include the Shields Oak Grove, the Mary Wattis Brown Garden of California native plants, the Ruth Storer Garden of drought-tolerant flowering perennials and the T. Elliot Weier Redwood Grove. The arboretum program of seed exchange, international in reputation, serves to distribute California native plants throughout the world and has provided the university with numerous exotic plant specimens. Internships are available in nursery management, landscape design and maintenance, environmental education, conservation biology, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Information:
916-754-HELP (754-4357); e-mail: ithelp@ucdavis.edu;
World Wide Web: http://itexpress.ucdavis.edu/
I.T. Information & Events: 754-9832; e-mail: itpubs@ucdavis.edu
Creative Communications Services: http://ccs.ucdavis.edu
The Division of Information Technology (I.T.) provides computing, communications, and media services in support of research and instruction. I.T. Express, located on the first floor of Shields Library, offers copy services and consultation on the various information technologies in use at UC Davis. Faculty can reserve specially equipped classrooms for multimedia presentations and computer-assisted learning, and some of these classrooms are available for individual student use on a drop-in basis when not reserved for classes. Multimedia labs provide students with access to media production and editing equipment. Other computer labs host PCs, Macintoshes, Silicon Graphics workstations and scanners. In addition, time can be reserved at several national supercomputing centers.
A free campus e-mail account is required for many computing services and to use computer labs. For information on activating your account, see the Student Computing Guide (available at I.T. Express) or the Faculty Services Guide (contact I.T. Information and Events). Other services include free computer workshops and technology presentations, computer systems and software evaluations, and computer and printer repair. Creative Communications Services offers media and publishing services for professional-quality presentations and publications, as well as digital imaging, graphic design, photography, video and multimedia production, Web page design, and photocopying services.
UC Davis 1997-98 Online General Catalog. Posted August 1, 1997.
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