Borrowing

• Students or alumni of any UC campus can borrow books from the collection
• K-12 teachers from the state of California school can borrow books from the collection
• Friends of the Library can also check out books from the collection.
• Other Non-UC UCR Affiliated visitors may have borrowing privileges

Do Research

The public is welcome to visit our facilities, and while visiting can use our electronic databases, electronic books and make copies of our print journals and books. During our regular reference hours, we are happy to assist you in your research.

Sometimes it is useful to identify books and articles for your project before you come to the library. Our catalog, Scotty is available on the Web and there are a number of Web-based journal article databases that you can use.

Finding articles online

Special Assistance for our community users:

• California Educators K-12
• Wildflower Identification (MLK)
• Endangered Species (Temescal Canyon)
• Santiago High School Chemistry Students
• Non-local Online visitors  
• Science Fairs  

Collections

Visitors are welcome to use the Libraries collections for research and study purposes. Materials available to visitors in-house include books, journals, online article databases, and U.S. Government publications. Some materials might be restricted for visitor use. If you have questions, please contact the reference department at Rivera Library 951.827.4393 or Science Library 951.8273316.

Collections that might be of particular interest to the community are:

• Patent and Trademark Depository Collection
• Government Publications
• Juvenile & Textbook Collection
• California Textbooks / LRDC
• Eaton Science Fiction Collection
• Map Collection  
• Special Collections & Archives
• Tuskegee Airmen Archive

Visitor Info.

• Directions to the campus
• Parking at the campus
• While in the library, feel free to access our wireless network, simply start up your browser and click on "Guest Login"
• For users with disabilities