Research Support

News: Research support

The UC Davis Library conducts an active research program, both in partnership with UC Davis faculty and in research projects of our own that inform the future of scholarly communication, information science and library operations.

New Health Sciences eBook Collections

Did you know you can access many electronic books in the health sciences via our ebook collections? Check out our three newest collections (Library VPN required for ...

July 2, 2019

Library to Combine Archives and Special Collections

This summer, the library will combine its Special Collections department and its Archives and Institutional Assets program to form a new department: Archives and Special Collections. Special Collections houses, stewards, and provides students and researchers with access to the library’s rare books, ...

June 10, 2019 • Jessica Nusbaum

Library to Create New Departments Focused on Researcher and Student Support

In anticipation of a Fall Quarter 2019 launch, the library is preparing to introduce two new departments — Researcher Services and Student Services — that will take the place of our current Research Support Services department. The goal of the restructure is to continue to provide excellent research ...

April 22, 2019 • Jessica Nusbaum

Astrophysics, Black Holes and the Universe: 10 Books to Improve Your Understanding of the Cosmos

X-rayWide Field of M87 Galactic Core. Credit, X-ray: NASA/CXC/Villanova University/J. Neilsen; Radio: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration The idea of black holes has captured our imagination for over two hundred years and on April 10, 2019 citizens of Earth got their very first look at a real black hole. ...

April 12, 2019 • Jennifer Harbster

New Resource to Find Historic Maps Online

FIMo (Fire Insurance Maps online) is a user-friendly online research platform for finding historic maps. Through the UC Davis Library, researchers, students and anyone with a UC Davis CAS login can now access online fire insurance, real estate and other land use ...

March 21, 2019 • Jillian Kido

BrowZine: Keeping up in the New Year

Your fields are constantly evolving. Are you looking for different ways to keep up with new knowledge in 2019 but get overwhelmed by all the different ways to access scholarly articles? With BrowZine you can: Browse and read journals: Browse thousands of top journals by subject, easily review tables ...

January 10, 2019 • Amy Studer