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PSA: Library Tools for Postdoctoral Scholars

Research Guides

Visit the Research Guides by subject section for the most extensive listing of guides by specific disciplines - these guides will provide the most detailed listing of licensed disciplinary library resources including subject databases, ebook collections and more.  

Also note the following cross-disciplinary but very important guides for postdoctoral researchers:  Standards & Specifications, and Technical Reports.    The Patents & Trademarks guide is under revision and will be released soon.  Consider exploring Subject Guides also for your hobbies and recreational interests such as Music or Film & Media Studies ( see also Video lectures, documentaries section below).

News and Current Events:

Want to keep up with current events and other types of news?   Use the Newspapers and Current Events Subject Guide.   Especially useful are the NewsBank collections:   Access World NewsAmerica’s Newspapers, and California Newspapers.  Also consider ProQuest Current Newspapers with current full-text of the Los Angeles Times, New York Times (including the New York Times Magazine and the New York Times Book Review), and the Wall Street Journal [these are NOT in the NewsBank license].

PLEASE NOTE that many individual newspaper collections may have a CURRENT link and a HISTORICAL link.   The UC Davis Library also provides real-time access to the Chronicle of Higher Education, the New York Times and the Economist (New Fall 2021).