All of the resources listed below are free and available to all UCLA researchers, except those services offered by the Graduate Student Resource Center and the Graduate Student Writing Center.
Help and workshops
- Subject specialists – contact a librarian in your subject area for a research consultation http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/librarians.cfm
- Graduate student library workshops http://www2.library.ucla.edu/service/6362.cfm
Computers for students to use
- CLICC labs
Service: The CLICC labs provide computers for students to use.
Location: Third floor of the Powell library building
Website: http://www.clicc.ucla.edu/
- Laptops for loan
Location: Both CLICC and YRL
- CITRIX - CITRIX allows students to remotely access some UCLA licensed computer software.
Website: http://shortcut.clicc.ucla.edu/Online resources
- Library catalog – find out what the UCLA library owns in any format http://catalog.library.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First
- Article databases – search journal indexes and abstracts as well access full text journals http://www2.library.ucla.edu/search/db.cfm
- Statistics and data – access to a variety of government and commercially-produced statistical databases http://guides.library.ucla.edu/data
- Reference e-resources – access to a variety of encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc., which are freely available as well as licensed by the UCLA library. http://www2.library.ucla.edu/search/reference.cfm
- E-resources – search for online materials by subject, keywords or title
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/search/eresources.cfm
- Maps and GIS - access online gazetteers, maps, GIS data. The Research Library also houses the Bruman Map Collection which provides access to cartographic resources, print and electronic. http://guides.library.ucla.edu/maps
Here is the flier of Research-related Resources for UCLA Graduate Students.
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