Library Guides: Fire: Past, Present and Future Interactions with the People and Ecosystems of California: Get Started

Get Started

Use this guide to search for books, ebooks, articles, and other resources on topics relevant to the study of fire. For more resources, use the ESPM Guide, Anthropology Guide, Native American Studies Guide, or Forestry Guide. Please contact us if you have difficulty finding or accessing library resources.

If you are new to research papers, you can build skills with the Library's Research 101 online help or drop-in workshops.

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

Citing Your Sources

What is a citation?
2-minute video overview (from NCSU libraries)
Citing Sources
Why and how to cite sources, plus information on commonly used citation styles, citation management tools, plagiarism, and more. Includes links to guides on using Mendeley, Zotero, EndNote, and RefWorks
Chicago Style
Sample citations for the author-date style.
Zotero Tutorial
Work through this self-paced tutorial to learn to use Zotero.
Zotero Workshops
Learn how to use Zotero at an upcoming Library workshop

UC Library Search - find books, ebooks, and more

UC Library Search is the University of California’s unified discovery and borrowing system. Use it to find books, articles, media, archival collections, and more across most UCB libraries (notable exception: Berkeley Law Library), as well as the collections of other UC libraries.

You can:

Narrow your search results using filters (ex: peer review status, date, and format).
Use Request to page items, place a hold, or request an interlibrary loan (must be logged in).
Save and export records to email or citation management software, or save searches.
View and manage (must be logged in) your:
Saved records, saved searches, and search history.
Requested, borrowed, and Interlibrary Loan items.
Messages, blocks, fines, and fees.

See the UC Library Search user guide.

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