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Missed the "Getting to Know the UCSB Library: Tips for Success" event? Don't worry - here are some of the key tips for graduate students to enjoy one of our greatest campus resources.
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The work of our UCSB Library (located at central campus across from the Arbor) is essential for everyone in the campus community, but there are some specific privileges for graduate students that are good to know from the jump. If you missed the Grad Success Series: Getting to know the Library in September, here are the 3 top take aways to keep in you know.
Top Three Takeaways
- As a graduate student, you can loan up to 200 books per quarter, for the quarter. With over 3 million books in circulation, including ebooks, journals, and special collections, there’s a place in the library for anything you are studying. All you need is UCSB Access Card!
- Speaking of your access card, you can also access graduate study rooms, available only upon request at the Service Desk with a valid graduate student ID. There are two on the second floor, one on the mountain side and one on the ocean side, as well as one on the eighth floor ocean side.
- The Library has access to many services to help your research, including Research Data Services can provide support in effectively, ethically, and securely manage research data, or the Research Guides, topic-based resource pages designed by research librarians to provide common call numbers for books related to the topic, specific journals and key words for article searching, and much more.
Have any more questions? Feel free to check out the slideshow from the great Library Services Team, or stop by the Service Desk!
Getting to the Know the UCSB Library: Tips for Success
About the Author
Gil Vitro (they/he/she pronouns) is a graduate student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, seeking their MA/PhD in English, as well as Graduate Career Peer through UCSB Career Services. They received two BAs, both with highest honors, in Anthropology and English from the University of California, Davis, in 2021. In 2023, they were a finalist in the UCSB division Grad Slam, where they gave the presentation, “‘Tis But a Scratch!’ Seeking Death in the Canterbury Tales.” Their research interests include late medieval English poetry, death studies, and genre studies.