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Most of the publications in the groups below are traditional types of publications which may still be available in print, but which are now available on the Web. Books | Journals | Newspapers | Dissertations | Archives and Primary Sources | Government Documents | Technical Reports | Preprints/Working Papers BooksThis category includes reference works and other books to which the UCSB library subscribes in Web editions, as well as electronic copies of books no longer under copyright which various sources have converted to electronic form and are making available via the Web.JournalsThe UCSB Library subscribes to a wide range of journals in electronic form. Most of these electronic periodicals correspond to standard print journals, but an increasing number are created specifically for electronic publication. We have an alphabetical list of journals, and subject access is provided by a link to the California Digital Library's subject indexes.NewspapersNewspapers are a major source of primary information, especially for current affairs, politics and business. The UCSB Newspapers page provides links to a wide range of newspapers which have at least some freely available full text on the Web. Some of the newspapers (as annotated) have archival full text available though Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe for ucsb.edu users.DissertationsDissertations and theses are the final products of research by graduate students for the Ph.D and Master's degrees respectively. Often they contain information which may not appear in any other published form. Through ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, UCSB users have free access to electronic copies of dissertations from all University of California campuses from 1997 to the present. Users may also order for a fee, electronic copies of other dissertations from 1997-present or print or microform copies from earlier years.
Archives and Primary SourcesPrimary sources enable the researcher to get as close as possible to the truth of what actually happened during an historical event or time period. Primary sources are the evidence left behind by participants or observers. Libraries generally maintain such items (including diaries, journals, speeches, interviews, letters, memos, manuscripts and other papers, as well as graphics, audio and video recordings and the like) in archives and other special collections. To improve access, many such collections are now being copied into digital form and made available via the Web. For more information on primary sources, see Library Research Using Primary Sources, a guide created by the UC-Berkeley Library.Government DocumentsMany governmental bodies -- local, state, national and international -- are making their publications available in electronic form. These documents are valuable sources of social, historical, statistical, technical and policy information. For links to government electronic resources, see the following:
Technical ReportsMany bodies, both government agencies and private institutions, publish their own reports of research which they have conducted or funded, rather than publishing through journals or books. More and more of these reports especially from U.S. government agencies, are distributed electronically.Preprints/Working PapersIn many areas of scholarship, researchers are using the Internet to distribute their research as preprints or working papers, bypassing traditional journal publication. This is a collection of some of the most useful preprint/working paper server sites.Author: Chuck Huber. Updated: 07/11/07 12:16:29 |
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