2. top 10 tips
Physics-Astronomy Library
Resources & Services

3. Find your LIBRARY
 GET HELP!
 YOUR LIBRARY ACCOUNT
 QUIET STUDY
 PRINTER / SCANNER
 RESERVES
 NEW BOOKS!

4. Articles
~~ on a topic = search a database.
Best:
 Web of Sciences, INSPEC, Compendex
 arXiv, ADS = OPEN ACCESS preprints
 Others: Melvyl, Google scholar.

5. eJOURNALS
Know the article you need?
have journal name, article title, author, volume, page
 eJournals list – UCB
 A to Z – UC System
 Google works
 Melvyl works
 Link to Springer Downloads

6. FIND BOOKS, Ebooks +
2 catalogs:
 OskiCat (UCB) = renew, holds, recalls, reserves
 NRLF = books & articles not on campus
Melvyl (UC) = books, ebooks, articles & other
collections.

7. Off campus?
use library resources
from home
SET UP the Proxy server or VPN

8. ILL =- Interlibrary Loan
 ITEMS NOT @ UC Berkeley
 Use REQUEST in OskiCat for NRLF
 Use REQUEST in Melvyl for ILL
 Check your ILL requests online.
 Check Stanford – special arrangements.

9. …. an app for that……

10. how do you keep up?
 Most SCIENCE journals are online…..
 Use ALERTS, FEEDS, APPS, UPDATES….

12. ..MANAGE
 TRACK PDFs, articles,
 CREATE LISTS, DOWNLOAD & SAVE
 USE SOFTWARE
= Refworks – free Refworks login …..
= EndNote – UC Berkeley discount
= Zotero, Firefox add-in, Mendeley

13. DATA ~~
National Science Foundation, January 18, 2011
Scientific Data Services = help
 DMPTool
 EZID
 DOI
 Merritt

14. PHUN……
 Free Speech Movement Café – Moffitt Library
 Morrison Library – comfy reading
 Media Resources Center – DVDs & videos
 Music Library – listen
 CAFES: Yollies, Strada…