The UCSB Libraries
http://www.library.ucsb.edu
Art Library: located in the Music Building across campus toward the UCen
The Art reference desk will help you find architecture, art, and art history reference materials as well as
books, photographs, videos, pamphlets, auction and art exhibition catalogs. Research tools include
traditional reference materials and art CD-ROMs.
See Also “ Music Library”
Ask a Librarian: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/help/ask/
Get help online!
Circulation & Reserve Book Service: 1 South
Located at the main entrance to the Davidson Library. Students use their Access cards to check out books
and or pick up Interlibrary Loan items. UCSB reserve materials are available here. Many of the study notes,
exams, etc. are also available on ERes, the electronic reserves service.
Classes
Interdisciplinary 1 and 100: Library classes offered for credit introduce students to library research
methods and resources including the Web and article databases.
Copying & Printing
Self-service photocopiers are available and will accept copy cards and cash. Purchase a copy card for
photocopiers, computer printers, and microformat copiers.
Curriculum Lab: 1 North
The children's literature collection, approved state textbooks, and teaching software are kept here.
East Asian Studies Collection: 5th floor
Materials in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages are located on the 5th floor. Staff in the East Asian
Collection offices (Rooms 5537 and 5539) behind the elevators can assist you in accessing the collection.
Ethnic and Gender Studies Library: 2 South
Houses collections of books, magazines, pamphlets of special interest to ethnic and gender studies.
Reference help for this collection is available at the Reference & Information Desk (1 South).
• Andelson Collection (Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Studies)
• Asian American Studies Collection
• Black Studies Collection
• Coleccion Tloque Nahuaque Collection (CTN, or Chicano Studies)
• Native American Studies Collection
• Women’s Studies Collection
Government Information Center: 1 North
Materials published by the federal, state and local Tri-County governments as well as some foreign or
international agencies are housed here. Much of the library’s holdings in microform are kept here.
Interlibrary Loan: 1 North
Obtain materials from other libraries. http://www.library.ucsb.edu/depts/access/ill.html
Lost and Found: Safety Office, 1 North
This is located at the back entrance to the library.
Map and Imagery Lab: 1 North
Atlases and gazetteers are shelved on the walls outside MIL and are available whenever the library is open.
The lab has an extensive Imagery Collection, Digital Data, and specialized computer or photographic
equipment for accessing and reproducing images.
Microforms: 1 North, Government Information Center
Items are shelved by type (fiche, film or print) and then by call number. To print, purchase a copy card
from the dispenser near the Reference & Information Desk, 1 South.
Music Library: located in the Music Building across campus toward the UCen
Staff at the second floor desk can assist you in locating and using the library's music periodicals, books,
scores, and recordings. Music CD-ROMs are available.
New Arrivals Area: Main Entrance
New books, government publications, and other new items will be on display here. These new items can be
checked out.
Proxy Server: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/help/proxy/
Use our electronic resources from off-campus!
Reference & Information Desk: 1 South
Get help with your research questions in the humanities and social sciences. Research consultations may
be scheduled with subject specialists. Stop here for information on all library services.
Sciences-Engineering Library (SEL): 2 Central
Here you will find books, current and bound journals (G-GE, Q-V), and reference tools in the sciences and
engineering. Ask at the SEL reference desk for research help in these areas.
Serial and Newspaper Reading Area: 1 North
Current journals in the humanities and social sciences are shelved here. Recent newspapers are
alphabetical by title. Some newspapers are discarded after a few months; those we keep are on microfilm
by call number in Microform Area, 1st floor, Government Information Center.
Special Collections: 3 South
Rare, valuable, unique, and historical materials are kept here. Major collections include the Wyles
Collection (Civil War, Lincoln, western history), Printers Collection, California Ethnic and Multicultural
Archives (CEMA), American Religions Collection, and University Archives.
24-hour Study Room: Just outside the front entrance. Food & drink are allowed here!
Wireless:
The library offers wireless access in a number of areas, including throughout most of the 1st floor, the
South side of the 4th floor, the 24-hour study room, and the Arts Library. There are also tables in the 24hour study room and on the 4th floor (South) where you can physically plug your laptop into our network
(open port). To use either this network or the wireless network, you must be a university employee or
currently enrolled student.
Word Processing
Designated computers in the library may be used for word processing. Please ask at the Reference &
Information desk for locations. In addition, computers with word processing software are available at
UCen (3rd floor) and the Instructional Computing labs on campus.
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