Library Guides: Environmental Science, Policy, and Management: Get Started

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Getting connected

Connecting from Off Campus
Set up the VPN (pick the Library Access and Full Tunnel option) or add the proxy bookmarklet to your browser to access Library e-resources from off-campus.
On-campus Wifi
You will need to use the Eduroam wifi network to connect to Library e-resources while on campus.
Student Tech Support
Get help with your technology at several campus locations or via Zoom, phone, or email.
Student Technology Equity Program
Need-based loans of technology hardware to grad and undergrad students.
Software @ Berkeley
Campus licensed software

New and Exciting

News, Workshops, & Trainings

Course Reserves
Course reserves (access to required course texts via the library) is now provided digitally. Where possible, the Library acquires ebooks or scans textbooks and makes them available via controlled digital lending. Your instructors should provide links if your texts will be available online.
Calendar of Library Workshops
The Library offers drop-in workshops, particularly towards the beginning of each semester. Topics include Zotero, data analysis, GIS, and more.
Subscribe to Library Workshop Calendar

For workshops on software, data analysis, and programming languages such as R and Python, watch the D-Lab calendar or sign up for their email list.

The Geospatial Innovation Facility (GIF) has workshops on geospatial topics (and you may be interested in the GIS and Mapping Community of Practice)

Bay Area Open Science Group meets monthly and is a great community for learning about Open Science.

New Library Resources

Pharos This link opens in a new window
Pharos provides hazard, use, and exposure information on chemicals and building products. NOTE: You must first register for an account using the link here and your Berkeley email address.
Search by chemical name/CAS RN, or use (for example: flooring, solvent, etc.). Pharos also includes Hazard Lists (authoritative scientific lists for health and environmental hazards and restricted substance lists), as well as Common Products (common contents and hazards of different kinds of building products).
Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation This link opens in a new window
Collection of scientific articles providing a global synthesis of the world’s imperiled species and ecosystems.
Encyclopedia of Mycology This link opens in a new window
Broad treatment of mycology across subject areas, including medicine, food science, microbiology, plant science, and biotechnology.
Topics include clinical mycology, environmental mycology, fungal biotechnology, macroscopic fungi and mushrooms, and fungal biology.
Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes This link opens in a new window
Global synthesis of biomes spanning biodiversity importance, principal anthropogenic stressors and trends, changing climatic conditions, and conservation strategies.

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Environmental Science, Policy, and Management: Get Started

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Getting connected

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