Researching from home? Use the VPN Links below to access our licensed databases and resources. Please contact OIT if you need assistance at 949-824-2222.
Increasingly many of our licensed library resources are available via mobile devices - this link will tell you what is available and on what platform.
Materials Science at UCI focuses on the development of new materials and new applications for materials in engineering. Collections include coverage of nanomaterias, nanostructures, nanoelectronics, nanodevices, nanocharacterization, packaging materials, materials for advanced energy and fuel cells, biocompatible materials, soft and smart materials, electronic and photonic materials, hybrid materials and multifunctional materials. The materials may include polymers, ceramics, glass, metals, alloys, synthetics, concrete, etc. There is a wide range of information products to support the study of materials science and its many applications in product development and other defined areas. Significant growth in the collections for crystallography and crystal structures is most prominent.
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For descriptive information about each database,go to "Find Articles" tab.
Beginning in Fall, 2008 the UCI PhotoID will serve as your copy card for copying and xeroxing. It requires that money be added to it by inserting it in one of the Regenerator machines found throughout the UCI Libraries. Enter a few dollars at a time and add to it when it is depleted. Costs will be debited at the rate of 8 cents per copy or xerox made; 12 cents per page of printing.
When using Online or Internet Resources, consider Search Engines vs. metasites - evaluate resource - consider domain - .edu, .com, .gov, .org, etc.
Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources - or Evaluation Techniques for Internet Resources
Beginning Thursday, September 22, 2016 the UCI Libraries will have the following Hours.
Monday-Thursday from 8am-11pm
Friday from 8am-5pm
Saturday from 1-5pm - no librarian on duty
Sunday from 1-9pm
Gateway Commons will be open Monday-Thursday 10am-3am; Friday 10am-9pm; Saturday 5pm-9pm; Sunday from 5pm-3am
The Reference Desk is open only at the Langson Library. There is no Reference Service at the Ayala Science Library. Please contact me with any questions at jgelfand@uci.edu
All Libraries will be closed Veterans Day, Friday, Nov 11 and Thanksgiving weekend, November 24-27 (Thursday-Saturday) and will reopen on Sunday.
If you are leaving the libraries or walking around the campus alone after dark, please contact Campus Safety Escorts at 949-824-7233 for a free ride to any campus residence hall, parking lot or nearby apartment complex.
