Accessing the Library from Home
Access to licensed electronic resources,
including e-journals, databases, and
e-Reserves, is available to current UCSD
students from anywhere off-campus.
Follow the instructions at:
libraries.ucsd.edu/services/remote.html
Welcome!
Have You Heard…?
The UCSD Libraries include 9 unique libraries.
Within the Geisel Library building, there are 4
libraries: Arts, Mandeville Special Collections,
Science & Engineering, and the Social Sciences
& Humanities Library. Through the Libraries,
you can tap into tons of information that you
won’t find anywhere else. Your UCSD ID card is
your library card.
• Librarians have specialized master’s
degrees in Library & Information Science.
Get expert research help – Ask-a-Librarian!
• The Geisel Library building name is a
tribute to Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr.
Seuss. We host a birthday party every year
in his honor on March 2nd.
Research Help
Help is available any time you have questions.
We have friendly, expert staff that are here
to help you succeed! You can get help at any
library or you can:
• We have presentation practice rooms,
a Data & Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) Lab, and Wi-Fi throughout the
Libraries!
Library Hours
• Call us: (858)534-3339
• Chat or email Ask-a-Librarian:
libraries.ucsd.edu/ask
• We have a web page that answers new
students most commonly asked questions
about the libraries.
We also have more than 50 subject specialist
librarians available for one-to-one assistance
with your research projects.
libraries.ucsd.edu/help/newusers
Library hours vary across libraries and at
different times during the year.
You can find all library hours online at:
libraries.ucsd.edu/hours
You can also call us for current hours:
(858)534-3339.
UCSD LIBRARIES
Contact Information
Course Reserves
For general questions or library account info
• Call us: (858)534-3339
Ask-a-Librarian
• Phone: (858)534-3339
• Online: libraries.ucsd.edu/ask
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Course reserves and electronic reserves
(“e-Reserves”) are materials assigned by your
professors. These include textbooks, journal
articles, audio and image files. These materials
are available through the Libraries’ online
course reserves system. See if your courses
have materials “on reserve” at:
libraries.ucsd.edu/reserves
Geisel Library Building Map
Where to Find…
The Best Places to Study
To find items in the Libraries, we have a
number of digital tools that you can use but,
the main one is our online library Catalog.
It contains every single item that the UCSD
Libraries own from books to music to databases
to e-documents.
Express
Checkout
Circulation Desk
Help
Desk
Student
Employment
Office
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Data &
GIS Lab
Social
Sciences &
Humanities
Library
Help Desk
Mandeville Special
Collections
Library
Science &
Engineering
Library
Main Floor
Floors 4-8
contain
SSHL items
276
You will find a variety of study spaces
throughout the Libraries. In Geisel, Floors 4-8
are quiet floors. There are small group study
rooms in the Science & Engineering Library in
Geisel, and on other floors, as well as at CLICS
and the Biomedical Library. Try the SI0 Library
for ocean views. Each library has its own
personality and unique study spaces - check
them all out to see which environment best
suits your study needs.
To print from any library computer, use your
student ID. Copies are $.10/page for black &
white and $.50/page for color. Printing in the
ACMS computing labs is $.05/page for black &
white and $.35/page for color. More info at:
libraries.ucsd.edu/services/printing-copying/
index.html
Location Initials:
AAL: Art & Architecture Collection (Geisel
building)
ARTS: Arts Library (Geisel building)
BML: Biomedical Library
CLICS: Center for Library & Instructional
Computing Services
FVL: Film & Video Collection (Geisel
building)
IR/PS: International Relations & Pacific
Studies Library
MCL: Medical Center Library
MSCL: Mandeville Special Collections Library
(Geisel building)
MUS: Music Collection (Geisel building)
S&E: Science & Engineering Library (Geisel
building)
SIO: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Library
SSHL: Social Sciences & Humanities Library
(Geisel building)
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Video
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Music Books
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Computers
You will find computers connected to the
Internet, computing labs with many software
applications, including Microsoft Word, and
outlets for laptops. All nine libraries are
Wi-Fi zones.
Find Stuff in the UCSD Libraries
Arts Library
Art &
Architecture
Books
Science &Engineering
Library
If we don’t have something at UCSD
that you need, let us know and we’ll
get it for you!