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Research-related resources

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. 

• Data Archives
  Service:  Data Archives maintains a collection of machine-readable data files and their documentation.  The archive provides assistance in locating data and documentation as needed by researcher.
  Location:  4317 Public Policy Building
  Website:  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/issr/da/
   
• ATS Statistical Consulting
  Service:  Walk-in and email consulting on issues of statistical analysis, data management, and experimental design implementation; statistics books for loan; seminars on statistical issues.
  Location:  4919 Math Sciences
  Website:  www.ats.ucla.edu/stat
   
• Graduate Student Resource Center
  Service:  The GSRC provides a variety of services, including workshops and individual consultations, with graduate students on a variety of issues.
  Location:  B11 Student Activities Center (formerly the Men's Gym)
  Website:  http://gsrc.ucla.edu/
   
• Graduate Student Writing Center
  Service:  The GWC offers friendly, experienced, and free writing consultation to graduate and professional school students at all levels and in all disciplines.
  Location:  B11 Student Activities Center (formerly the Men's Gym)
  Website:  http://gsrc.ucla.edu/gwc/  
   
• UCLA Libraries
  Service:  The UCLA library is a campus-wide network of libraries http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/533.cfm serving the programs of study and research.  Its collections encompass more than eight million volumes as well as archives, audiovisual materials, corporate reports, government information, manuscripts, maps, microforms, oral histories, photographs, technical reports and other scholarly resources.  The library also provides access to a growing collection of digital resources including reference works, electronic journals, and other full-text titles and images. 
  Website:  http://www2.library.ucla.edu/

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.