From our library colleagues at UCSD…

For the past 10 weeks, we (UCSD Biomed Library) have posted a weekly tip to help you “Go Green and Save Green” by using some of our services that can save you money and help the environment. Here is a complete list of the 10 tips:

1. Use online biomedical textbooks and journals from anywhere. Find out about our growing collection of online books and journals that you can use from any computer with Internet access.
2. Get expert help from a librarian – online. Save time by taking advantage of our electronic reference services to find full-text materials and get tips for searching library resources. Contact us via e-mail, chat, IM, or text message (txt).
3. Create a PDF of a print article. Use our scanners to make an electronic copy of a print article. Just be sure to bring your flash/thumb drive to save a copy to take away!
4. When you are in a database (e.g PubMed, BIOSIS), use (UA Get FullText) UC-eLinks to get full-text online articles. The navy blue button links to the online version of an article, provides information about where to find it in our libraries.
5. Get articles from our print collection delivered directly to your desktop. Use our Document Delivery (DocOrder) service to get PDFs of articles available from our print collection that are not available online sent directly to you for a small charge.
6. Have books delivered from (Tucson) San Diego libraries delivered to (the COM-Phx) a UCSD campus library.Search the AHSL catalog Circuit, the catalog that includes the holdings from (UA or ASU)  UCSD, USD, SDSU, CSUSM, and the San Diego County Libraries, and get books delivered to campus at no cost to you.
7. Set up your online library account (i.e., Roger account). Find out how to set up your account to renew books, put holds on books to pick up later, and transfer books from one library to another.
8. Send information needed to find a book to your cell phone (via txt message).Search for books now, get them later. Use the txt feature in our catalog, Roger, to send the information you need to get the book from the shelf to your cell phone.
9. Manage your PDF articles. Learn about several desktop PDF management tools and free web tools that can help you organize articles.
10. Keep up with new resources and services by reading read the COM-Phx SunCat Currents online.Check out the Biomedical Library quarterly newsletter, Currents, published in print and online.