You should have access to the library resources in the labs if they are connected to the UC campus network. Learn to use electronic journals and install SciFinder Scholar and Crossfire databases on your computer. Take a library class the Teaching Library does a variety of Internet Workshops, Library Research Workshops, and Faculty Seminars. Faculty Seminar programs are free for graduate students. If the book or journal article you want is not part of our campus collection, you have a variety of interlibrary borrowing options .
Forms are available at the circulation desk.
It takes about two days to two weeks to get your requested material, depending on the service you choose. Inventory is also a fast way to find out if material you have recalled has arrived. Avoid being billed. Read the Chemistry Library Newsletter to stay current on new resources. More than half of the journals in the sciences and engineering at UCB are available electronically, generally from 1997 on.