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RSC eBooks
May 15th, 2012 by Cory CraigRSC eBooks are now available!
UC Davis now has access to the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) eBook Collection.
This collection of over 1000 books, published by RSC between 1968 and 2012, are now available as digital content to UC Davis faculty, students, and staff.
Search the collection or see a full list of all 1,000+ titles available.
Law Library: call first, renovation underway
May 14th, 2012 by Cory CraigNeed to visit the UC Davis Law Library?
As of May 18th, access might be temporarily limited due to a planned renovation project.
If you need to visit the Law Library, or to contact Law Library staff, please call: 752-3327 first.
Synthesis Digital Library Update for March 2012
May 2nd, 2012 by Robert Heyer-GrayThe following new titles were published in March.
- The Future of Personal Information Management, Part I: Our Information, Always and Forever by William Jones, University of Washington. (Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services Series)
- Mobile Robotics for Multidisciplinary Study by Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. (Control and Mechatronics Series)
- Privacy in Social Networks by Elena Zheleva (LivingSocial), Evimaria Terzi (Boston University), and Lise Getoor (University of Maryland, College Park). (Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Series)
Synthesis Update from Morgan & Claypool Publishers
April 3rd, 2012 by Robert Heyer-GraySynthesis Digital Library Update for February 2012
The following new titles were published in February.
- Advanced Circuit Simulation using Multisim Workbench by David Báez-López, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, Mexico (Digital Circuits & Systems Series)
- Essentials of Applied Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists, Second Edition by Robert G. Watts, Tulane University and United States Naval Academy (Mathematics and Statistics Series)
- Gazing at Games: An Introduction to Eye Tracking Control by Veronica Sundstedt, Blekinge Institute of Technology (Computer Graphics and Animation Series)
- A Little Book on Teaching: A Beginner’s Guide for Educators of Engineering and Applied Science by Steven F. Barrett, University of Wyoming (Engineering Series)
- Mobile Platforms and Development Environments by Sumi Helal, University of Florida; Raja Bose, Nokia Research Center, North America Lab; and Wendong Li, Nokia, Location & Commerce (Mobile and Pervasive Computing Series)
- Query Answer Authentication by HweeHwa Pang, Singapore Management University; and Kian-Lee Tan, National University of Singapore (Data Management Series)
- Quorum Systems: With Applications to Storage and Consensus by Marko Vukolić, Eurecom (Distributed Computing Theory Series)
MORE Textbooks on Reserves in Shields Library
March 20th, 2012 by Robert Heyer-GrayThe Provost’s office generously supplemented the Library’s Reserves budget for Spring Quarter 2012, allowing the library to add multiple copies of some of the most heavily used and most expensive textbooks required for the following classes:
BIS101
Sanders, Mark Frederick, and John L. Bowman. Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach. Boston: Benjamin Cummings, 2012.
CHE002A, B, C
Petrucci, Ralph H. General Chemistry: Principles and Modern Applications. New York: Learning Solutions, 2011.
CHE008A
Bruice, Paula Yurkanis. Essential Organic Chemistry. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2010.
CHE118A, B, C
Vollhardt, K. Peter C., and Neil Eric Schore. Organic Chemistry: Structure and Function. New York: W.H. Freeman, 2011.
ENG017
Nilsson, James William, and Susan A. Riedel. Electric Circuits. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2011.
LIN001
Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman, and Nina M. Hyams. An Introduction to Language. Boston, Mass: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2011.
MAT016A, B, C
Larson, Ron, and Bruce Edwards. Math 16 for UC Davis (CUSTOM edition of Calculus: An Applied Approach). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2009.
MAT017A, B, C
Neuhauser, Claudia. Calculus for Biology and Medicine. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2011.
MAT021A, B, C
Weir, Maurice D., Joel Hass, and George B. Thomas. Thomas’ Calculus: Early Transcendentals. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2010.
STA100
Samuels, Myra L., Jeffrey A. Witmer, and Andrew A. Schaffner. Statistics for the Life Sciences. Boston: Prentice Hall/Pearson, 2012.
Finals Hours
March 20th, 2012 by Phoebe AyersGood luck with finals! This week (finals week) the library will be open:
- 8:00am-10:00pm — Tuesday Mar. 20-Friday Mar. 23
- 10:00am-6:00pm — Saturday, Mar. 24
- 1:00pm-5:00pm — Sunday, Mar. 25
Shields library is open longer hours:
- 7:30am-2:00am — Tuesday Mar. 20-Thursday Mar. 22
- 7:30am-1:00am — Friday Mar. 23
- 8:00am-6:00pm — Saturday Mar. 24
Don’t forget to contact us if you need any research help!
SciFinder and Mac OS X Lion: possible problems
January 26th, 2012 by Cory CraigSome problems have been reported with the use of SciFinder on the Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) operating system. The nature of the problems can vary. Please contact the CAS Customer Center (http://www.cas.org/support/custcare.html) for solutions.
Synthesis Update from Morgan & Claypool Publishers
December 21st, 2011 by Robert Heyer-GraySynthesis Digital Library Update for November 2011
The following new titles were published in November.
- Analysis of the MPEG-1 Layer III (MP3) Algorithm using MATLAB by Jayaraman Thiagarajan and Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University (Algorithms and Software in Engineering Series)
- Central Nervous System Tissue Engineering: Current Considerations and Strategies by Ashley Wilkinson, Aleesha McCormick, and Nic Leipzig, University of Akron (Tissue Engineering Series)
- Conceptual Models: Core to Good Design by Jeff Johnson, UI Wizards Inc. and Austin Henderson, Rivendel Consulting & Design (Human-Centered Informatics Series)
- Discourse Processing by Manfred Stede, University of Potsdam, Germany (Human Language Technologies Series)
- Ethics for Bioengineers by Monique Frize, Carleton University and University of Ottawa, Canada (Biomedical Engineering Series)
- Phase-Change Memory: From Devices to Systems by Moinuddin K. Qureshi, Georgia Tech, Sudhanva Gurumurthi, University of Virginia, and Bipin Rajendran, IBM Research (Computer Architecture Series)
- Quality of Service in Wireless Networks over Unlicensed Spectrum by Klara Nahrstedt, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Mobile & Pervasive Computing Series)
- Search User Interface Design by Max Wilson, Swansea University, UK (Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services Series)
- Spatial Data Management by Nikos Mamoulis, Hong Kong University (Data Management Series)