Library Services Available - COVID-19 Response
For the safety and wellbeing of our community, Geisel Library and the Biomedical Library Building are closed effective Monday, March 16, 2020 until further notice. Learn more about services available at the Library during the COVID-19 response.
Page Last Updated: April 14, 2020 9:35 a.m.
Campus Community
- For personalized service, assistance, or questions with borrowing of Library materials, reach a Library staff member at LibraryBorrowing@ucsd.edu.
- Research Assistance Users can get real-time online research assistance through our 24/7 online chat service, ask questions via email, or schedule a consultation with a subject specialist. Please note that the 24/7 service is staffed by a national network of librarians while email is staffed exclusively by UC San Diego librarians.
- VPN connection is required to access most resources outside the UC San Diego Campus. Be sure to select 2-Step Secured - Allthruucsd when connecting to access Library resources. Learn more about connecting from off-campus.
- Interlibrary Loan staff can assist with article and most book chapter requests. Requests for physical materials will be placed on hold and processed when libraries in the system reopen.
- Renew Library materials online in My Library Account or contact LibraryBorrowing@ucsd.edu.
- To return library items, use the drive-up book returns at the Geisel turn-around, which will continue to be emptied on a regular basis. You may also use the book returns at the Geisel entrance, but do not return items to the book returns outside the Biomedical Library Building. Items will remain on your account until staff may safely return to work.
- Keep your tech lending item(s) for now. Due dates have been adjusted to June 20. To avoid damage to tech equipment, we kindly ask that you do not return tech lending items via the book returns. Email LibraryBorrowing@ucsd.edu with questions.
- Submit a billing appeal form online.
- Library tours are currently suspended, but digital tour clips are in progress. Watch for more details as they're completed and made available.
- Access to hundreds of thousands of copyrighted materials belonging to UC San Diego's physical collections in addition to millions of digitized public domain volumes are temporarily available via HathiTrust. Learn more about HathiTrust emergency temporary access to copyrighted books.
- Many publishers are offering temporary expanded access. View the Electronic Library Resources Spring 2020 Guide for a full list of available resources.
- linkedinlearning.com is a library of over 100,000 video tutorials on software, technology, design, photography, business, life skills, and more. UC San Diego faculty, staff, and students can email LinkedInLibrary@ucsd.edu to get a license.
Faculty
- For Spring Quarter, Library instruction will be online only. Request Library Instruction.
- For questions about Library instruction contact our Library Instruction Coordinator, Crystal Goldman.
- For personal assistance with Library instruction and materials for your courses, contact your subject librarian.
- Submit requests for course reserves for Spring Quarter.
Electronic copies of texts will be purchased, when available. Scanning of print materials is not currently available. For more information, or contact reserves@ucsd.edu. - Search Library Guides by subject for connections to databases and other resources
- For help with moving your courses online contact:
- The Teaching and Learning Commons for best practices and assistance
- Educational Technology Services for technical support with Canvas, video and podcasts
- For Copyright and License Information:
- Read this brief overview about copyright of course materials at UC San Diego.
- Link to Library licensed content such as journal articles or do a fair use assessment if you want to post the actual content. Be sure to remind the students they need to sign on to the VPN to get access to Library content remotely.
- Locate an Open Educational Resource (OER). All are open access and Creative Commons licensed so that you can post the actual content immediately.
- Don't have time to dig through licenses and fair use assessments? Use Open Educational Resources (OER) - all types of content and ancillaries!
- Contact scholcomm@ucsd.edu for copyright, fair use, and OER questions.
- For questions about teaching or research with Special Collections & Archives materials during the closure contact spcoll@ucsd.edu. We will gladly assist you with finding creative solutions to teaching or research inquiries until our regular services resume. Digitized materials are available through the Library Digital Collections.
Students
Virtual Services are available for you!
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- Use the Library Guide for Getting Started with Research.
- Search Library Guides by subject to connect to databases and other resources.
- Find course-specific Library Guides.
- See if your instructor has placed any materials on electronic reserve.
- Get real-time online research assistance through our 24/7 online chat service or ask questions via email.
- Schedule a consultation with your subject librarian for personal assistance with your research.
- Learn more about remote resources at the Library.
- Find a computer lab / safe study space using the UC San Diego Computer Lab Lookup.
Members of the Public
- Due to the closure, there is currently no physical access to Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) materials. Full access to that collection will be restored when the library re-opens.
- In the meantime, members of the public may request FDLP-related research assistance using our 24/7 online chat service. You may also use the U.S. Government LibGuide for help finding online information, or the Federal Depository Library Directory to locate other FDLP libraries.
- Special Collections & Archives will be working remotely during this period to provide support for remote research and teaching as best as we can. Please contact spcoll@ucsd.edu with questions.