Information: 530-752-6561; 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 and Resource Economics Library and the Medical Center Library in Sacramento. The combined collections of the various General Library facilities total more than 2.6 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 Physical Sciences Library collections 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 25,000 volumes. A law library, administered by 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 and on the Internet. The libraries also offer access to databases and numerous other electronic resources, both on site and via UCD Network. Terminals with Internet access are available for patron use in all of our facilities.
Information about library services, new full text 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
530-752-2498; http://arboretum.ucdavis.edu
The 95-acre UC Davis Arboretum, located along Putah Creek's historic north fork, maintains a documented collection of more than 4,000 different kinds 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 flowering perennials and small shrubs, 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).
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I.T. Express
First Floor, Shields Library
530-754-HELP (754-4357); ithelp@ucdavis.edu; http://it.ucdavis.edu
The Division of Information Technology (I.T.) provides computing, communications and media resources and services in support of research and instruction. The Network 21 project is installing a high-speed fiber-optic infrastructure that will enable UC Davis to participate in Internet 2, which will connect research institutions across the nation.
Every UC Davis student is issued a free campus e-mail account, which is required for many computing services, including use of computer classrooms. Computer classrooms provide access to the Internet and a range of software programs in use in UC Davis courses. Classrooms are available on a drop-in basis when not being used for instruction (TB 114 is reserved solely for drop-in use). Multimedia labs provide access to media production and editing equipment.
At I.T. Express, you can activate your e-mail account, consult with staff about the various information technologies used at UC Davis, make use of copy services, and pick up publications on computing and information technology.
I.T. Training offers free computer workshops, technology presentations, self-paced technology training materials on topics ranging from word processing and databases to desktop publishing, and on-line training materials. Creative Communications Services offers audio-visual equipment loan; photographic, digital imaging, and graphic services; and copy services. The Center for Advanced Information Technology will help you evaluate computer systems and software.
Students who have their own computers may purchase Bovine Online, a comprehensive Internet software package, at the UCD Bookstore or I.T. Express, or download the programs for free. UC Davis contracts with a number of software vendors to make widely used programs available to all UC Davis affiliates at minimal or no cost.
ResNet, the residence hall computer network, will extend to all UC Davis residence halls in 1998-99 and allow residents with computers to connect directly to the campus network. Students living off campus need a modem to access the campus network. The campus modem bank can provide only limited access, so some students opt to connect via an Internet Service Provider.
Information about I.T.'s many services, including computer classroom locations and hours, IT Express hours, training classes and materials, is available at I.T.'s extensive Web site.
UC Davis 1998-99 Online General Catalog. Posted July 31, 1998.
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