Graduate Student Orientation - MURP - 2023-2024

Every School, Department or Program has an assigned Subject Librarian to support you through your studies.

Make sure that the UCI Libraries have current contact information for you so that we can inform you about any of your library transactions or information needs. Email circadm@uci.edu or text 949-303-7535

To manage your personal library transactions.

Point of departure for all library announcements, exhibits, services, and links to staff and resources. Feel free to use this source for Virtual Tours (https://www.lib.uci.edu/visit-libraries) or various Subject Guides (https://guides.lib.uci.edu/soceco_ppd).

Get help with UCI-related technologies, connecting to the VPN or campus available software. Configure up to 5 devices including cell phone, tablet, laptop, desktop so that you can access licensed content when off-campus. Test VPN regularly and follow instructions to install. Make sure you have a way to access DUO as many resources require it. Contact OIT at 949-824-2222 for any assistance - open extended hours or contact Help Desk at https://www.oit.uci.edu/helpdesk

Follow instructions to install on your cell phone so you can access the tools & resources that require it.

Learn how to use self-checkout and other borrowing functions. As graduate students you have a full quarter borrowing period.

Check out the Overdrive tab for fiction & non-fiction. Also visit the Langson Library New Book Lobby for recent releases of fiction & non-fiction in print.

Watch a film, documentary, play a game or enjoy other streaming media

The UCI Libraries provide free access to UCI affiliates to the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Orange County Register and Financial Times for these papers on your preferred device from the attached tabs.

There are no cash transactions for copying - you can pay with credit/debit cards or deposit funds with Venmo, PayPal or ApplePay and Print on the go by downloading the Wepa Print App, available from the App Store or Google pay. UCI Photo-ID for copying/xeroxing and printing at any of the UCI Libraries - Costs noted at https://www.lib.uci.edu/printing-copying-scanning).

You are able to review what space is available for any given time slot & reserve space for single occupancy or group use.

Includes Film/CD Collection, Makerspace/3D Printing, AV/computer equipment; Software; One Button/Presentation Studio, & other services/resources.

Find & download software at no cost on your personal devices, including MS Office 365, Matlab ArcGIS, Mathematica, JMP, Stata and other research software, sometimes at a reduced price when acquired through OIT. Software typically must be renewed annually at the end of June.

The Virtual Lab (powered by Apporto) allows UCI affiliates to run specialized software within an internet browser.

Recommended to secure stored passwords across your devices. UCI also has an Enterprise* account, which includes 1GB of encrypted file storage at no cost (*note that access ends one year after graduation, so back up your data if you decide to utilize the 1Password account!)

Take a break from studying, come to the library and play a game or check one out.

As a safe alternative to walking alone at night, the CSO Safety Escort program is a 24-hour complimentary service for members of the UCI community.
UCI Campus Safety Escort
(949) 824-7233 (SAFE)

UCI Health Safety Escort at UCIMC
(714) 456-5493

A directory of all databases at UCI is found in the A-Z list. Browzine is also available to find tables of contents for most issues.

Use the UCLS, the catalog for the UC campuses and use the Advanced Search for restricting to UCI plus the left side-bar to refine searches. Will retrieve books, documents, journals, articles, data, videos, etc, and you can restrict by format.

Learn about protecting your work, copyright & Fair Use, publishing open access, making research data available and tracking research impact.

For resources that are not available at UCI, please check UC Library Search, click on the "External" link on Left Side Bar and find what you need to borrow from Worldcat and submit ILL requests within that framework. If item is in circulation, available at another UC, you can request it via UCLS catalog. Outside of a textbook for a course, please contact us before you purchase anything in order to determine if we can obtain it for you. For more information consult this notice https://www.lib.uci.edu/interlibrary-loan

Stay in tune with the program announcements.

Learn about courses to master R, Python, Unix, GitHub, OpenRefine - they fill up fast so register early! There is a special workshop for Social Sciences and Geospatial workshops. .

A wide variety of workshops on Zotero, Overleaf, Open Science, Data Management, and other topics. They are either online or hybrid format & fill up fast so please register ASAP. Also noted are links to recordings of previous workshops.

Submit the form if you are need to explore conducting a systematic review - there are many kinds of literature reviews but this will help you identify what may be appropriate for your needs.

If you need to apply for special funding for conference attendance, or for a research grant this guide will offer many resources.

Consider adopting & learning some method of BMS to use for organizing information retrieved from literature searches, to take notes. Use the Comparison chart, take a tutorial & determine if it fits in to your workstyle. Will format outputs according to different style manuals. There is definitely a learning curve so allow time. The free or open source products are Mendeley, Zotero & EndNote Basic. In addition you may want to consider ReadCube/Papers which has a modest student fee (https://support.papersapp.com/support/solutions/30000035227)

The Repository for open access content produced at all 10 UC campuses by faculty, researchers and students. Also source of OA publishing across the UC.

Publishers and professional societies offer discounts reducing Article Processing Charges (APCs) to UC authors.

Register for this Oct 3, 2023 @ 1-2 workshop, either online or in-person

A collaborative, cloud-based LaTeX editor for the writing, editing, compiling and publishing of scientific documents. Integrated directly with Bibliographic Management Software packages. Requires registration and can be used with collaborators at other institutions.

IEEE platform that is free for sign-up. Think of it as LinkedIn for Engineers. Very international in scope. Active discussion for authors.

Data curation includes data management plans for grant submissions and how to effectively organize data for access, documenting context for reproducibility, and securely preserving the physical integrity of the work.

A data sharing solution.

Located at MRC 168 at the Science Library, this room can be reserved to rehearse and perfect the delivery of presentations. Can record and replay presentations. Can accommodate 10 persons, set up theatre style.

Register for this unique & persistent digital identifier to disambiguate you from other authors with the same name. Stays with you as you move on from UCI. Is used to track your publishing output. Increasingly added to all signature lines & placed on resumes/CVs,

As a TA serve as intermediary between faculty and librarian by syllabus, assignments, seek contributions to support class to promote information literacy to jgelfand@uci.edu.

Variety of services to enhance graduate student & research/writing experience.

It demonstrates commitment to your professional goals to identify with the professional society that best meets your current interests. Registering as a student offers cost savings. Once you graduate such membership bridges you to retaining access to publications issued by the society.