Ruth Gustafson
Student Services
Student Services and Researcher Services Librarian
530-752-1883
UC Cooperative Extension Services
by Ruth Gustafson – January 11, 2021
This guide brings together information resources for UC Cooperative Extension Specialists and Advisers. Your librarians are happy to help any time you have questions.
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Services for Library Users at Remote Sites
Find out how to establish your library privileges, borrow books by mail, or request electronic delivery of an article or book chapter from resources we have only in print.
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Instructions and software download for UC Davis affiliates to access our licensed resources from off campus.
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Leyla Cabugos, Plant and environmental sciences subject specialist.
Erik Fausak, Veterinary medicine subject specialist.
Ruth Gustafson, Animal and ecology subject specialist.
David Michalski, Human development subject specialist.
Adam Siegel, Agricultural economics subject specialist.
Find Other Subject Librarians for specialized research help or to suggest a purchase of materials by the library.
Google Scholar Library Links
Google Scholar will show you records of articles from the open internet, even if the article itself is not available online, or is behind a paywall. In order to access these articles, you may need to go through the library.
You can access library licensed articles directly in Google Scholar if you configure your Google Scholar settings to work with our library subscriptions.
Open your Google Scholar settings, and choose “Library Links” from the menu bar.
Search for and select the following:
California Digital Library – Select California Digital Library – UC-eLinks
University of California, Davis– Select UCD-eLinks
You should see the following:
Find Physical Books
Borrow by Mail
As a user at a remote site, you can have library books from any UC campus mailed to your office. Shipping from the library is free to you; you are responsible for return shipping. For more information, see Services for Users at Remote Sites.
Search Catalog for items held in the UC Davis Library. This includes books and ebooks, journals, maps, government documents, films, musical scores, manuscripts and photos. Start with Advanced Search, and use Browse Search to see resources organized by subject.
All UC Libraries Catalog (Melvyl)
Search physical resources (e.g. print books) held by any UC campus.
Special Collections Online
Here are links to online collections of information resources in agriculture and related fields, including digitized UC Cooperative Extension publications.
California Agricultural Resources Archive (CARA)
Digital collection of materials on crop research, agricultural production, technology, land use, socioeconomic development, 4-H and youth development, among other subjects, from the County Offices of the UC Cooperative Extension Service. A built-in search tool locates UCANR publications across several online databases, including Calisphere, Hathi Trust, and Internet Archive.
Calisphere “provides free access to unique and historically important artifacts for research, teaching, and curious exploration [which have been] digitized and contributed by all ten campuses of the University of California and other important libraries, archives, and museums throughout the state“.
“The OAC is a website that provides free public access to detailed descriptions [and in some cases digital copies] of primary source collections (artwork, manuscripts, papers, historic photographs, and so on) maintained by more than 200 libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California — including collections maintained by the 10 University of California (UC) campuses”.
ArchiveGrid provides descriptions of documents, personal papers, family histories, and other archival materials held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives. The majority of the records are from US institutions, and were harvested from WorldCat.
Hilgardia was the primary technical publication of University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources for 70 years, published from 1925 to 1995. The full series has been digitized.
California Agricultural Experiment Station Publications
The following CAES publications have been digitized, and can be found in the catalog of the UC Davis Library: Bulletin, Circular, Extension Service Circular, Lithoprint, Manual, and Publications in Agricultural Sciences.
**Note: each volume is cataloged separately. To find everything in the series, choose the “Advanced Search” option, and enter the publication name and the phrase “California Agricultural Experiment Station”.
A collection of CAES publications is also available in the Internet Archive. It contains:
Bulletin series, 1884 to 1983.
Circular
Published from 1903-1974, Circulars are the third series produced by the California Agricultural Experiment Station. It was intended for distribution only as called for by those specially interested in the subjects embraced in them. From 1921-1951 the Circular was supplemented by the Extension Circular, which was subsequently absorbed by Circular to become the California Agricultural Experiment Station Extension Service, Circular.
A. P. Giannini Foundation Research Report Series
The Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics promotes and supports research and outreach activities in agricultural economics and rural development relevant to California. Members of the Giannini Foundation are University of California faculty and Cooperative Extension specialists in agricultural and resource economics on the Berkeley, Davis, and Riverside campuses. Established in 1930.
Open Access Resources
A library guide to freely available information resources for the agricultural sciences.
A library guide to UC Open Access Policies, UCD open access funds for authors, and more.
Information on using copyrighted work, and on your copyrights at UC Davis.
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