The library's mission is to serve the academic needs of UC Merced's students, faculty, and staff. These needs generally fall into three categories: services, resources, and space.
Services
- Meet with a librarian to get help researching your topic for an assignment or class.
- Use Interlibrary Loan to request books, articles, etc. from other libraries.
- Get library or research questions answered by a library student assistant wearing the red shirt with the "i".
- Take the Library Video Tour for an independent virtual tour.
- Check out books and DVDs at the 2nd floor services desk.
- Check out a variety of items for use in the library, like ethernet cables, flash drives, and portable whiteboards.
- Surf the internet wirelessly throughout the library.
Resources
- Most of our books are online, but our 100,000+ print books are shelved on the 2nd through 4th floors.
- Popular Blockbuster-type DVDs are on the 3rd floor. Documentaries or other academic DVDs are shelved with books on the same subject.
- Current issues of popular magazines (Scientific American, Sports Illustrated, The Economist, etc.) live in the green-carpeted room KL 355 (not on the shelves with books and DVDs). Older issues can be found online.
- Access a plethora of information databases. Some are large, multidisciplinary databases; others are more focused e.g. video databases or psychology databases. Use the VPN to access the databases from off campus.
- Use RefWorks to organize your research and create bibliographies.
Space
- Reserve a collaborative work room to study with a group or a meeting room to meet with your student club.
- Study quietly in KL 460 or the McFadden-Willis Reading Room. 4th floor map
- Socialize with friends in the Lantern (library first floor). When the weather is nice, we open the glass-paneled garage doors to convert the area into an indoor/outdoor space. 1st floor map
Are we able to check out laptops or computers at the library? Also for long are we able to borrow the ipod touch and the flash drive? If UC Merced does not have a hard copy of a book, is it true UCM can order that particular book from another campus and we are able to check it out?
Currently we do not have a generic workshop scheduled for the fall. We often give sessions with WRI 1 and WRI 10 classes to introduce students to the library's resources. If you want more information, feel free to contact a librarian when you arrive.
You can check out items like flash drives at the Services Desk on the 2nd floor of the library. We do not have fines. However, normally for lost items there are replacement costs.
Map of 2nd floor East Wing http://ucmercedlibrary.info/images/stories/library_maps/Kolligian%20Library%20Second%20Floor.jpg
You can check out books at the Services Desk at the 2nd floor using your CatCard (when you get it) :-).
Map of 2nd floor East Wing http://ucmercedlibrary.info/images/stories/library_maps/Kolligian%20Library%20Second%20Floor.jpg
Your answer is actually "it depends". Some ebooks we have are in pdfs format and can be downloaded and viewed offline. Others may only be limited to online viewing depending on the vendor mode of delivery.
Depending on your class, you may have online book that can be purchased through the campus bookstore. Again, it will depend on what you are taking. :-)
http://askus.ucmercedlibrary.info/a.php?qid=26342
See Hours http://ucmercedlibrary.info/hourscalendar/hours
http://learning.ucmerced.edu/tutorials Tutorials may meet in various places on campus.
Hello. I am an incoming freshman this Fall 2012. One of the interesting things I have experienced in a couple of universities (close to home) is their 24-hour library study hall and computer access. This is something I would like to see in UC Merced, if not yet in place. Why? For flexibility, especially for those who are involved in multiple organizations (athletics, music and arts, and the like) and the lack of time restraint will prevent an overflow of people during peak hours.
Thank you.
Excited to be attending there this fall!
God bless! :)
During fall and spring semesters, the library is open from 7:30am until midnight. The first floor of the library, the Lantern, is open 24/7 during finals. During the summer, we're open limited hours. To see our current hours, visit http://ucmercedlibrary.info/hourscalendar/hours.
You can reserve a study room using the campus reservation system (CRS): http://crs.ucmerced.edu/index.php. There are 15 rooms available. For more information on the group study rooms (also called collaborative work rooms), visit http://ucmercedlibrary.info/about-the-library/library-rooms-and-reservations/collaborative-work-rooms.
The library is open to the general public; they can visit the library, use the wireless internet, and read books and magazines on site. If they pay for a borrower account, they can also check out books and DVDs to take home (free to UC Merced students, faculty, and staff). However, only UC Merced-affiliated people have full access to all the library’s resources and services.
UC Merced Library provides access to over 700,000 ebooks. Unfortunately, due to current technology and licensing limitations, libraries are unable to share ebooks with other libraries. So, for example, UC Merced students can’t access UCLA ebooks and UCLA students can’t access UC Merced ebooks. Print books, however, are frequently shared between libraries using a service called interlibrary loan.
To access the library’s ebooks, you will need to be on the campus network (by being on campus OR off campus but logged in via the VPN http://ucmercedlibrary.info/tech-help/connecting-from-off-campus). To view ebooks on on your iPad/iPhone, you may need to download an app like Bluefire Reader.
Are a professor's lecture notes available for review?
25$ Gift Card?
Perhaps you are wondering about checking out laptops, ipads, etc.? We don’t check these items out in the library, but if you bring your own devices you can use them to connect to the campus network and get access to all of our online resources.