Reference Materials || Books & Selected Bibliography ||
Articles, Newspapers, & Campus Publications
UCSC Theses and Dissertations || Library Collections  ||
Media  ||Local Resources and Related Links ||
Organizing Citations and References

Background Information—Reference Materials

The library holds many more relevant titles than the examples listed here, so browsing the shelves near these resources can be very helpful.

• The Natural History of the UC Santa Cruz Campus (QH105.C2N37)
  There are copies in both the McHenry and Science & Engineering Libraries under the same call number.
• General Catalog (McH Ref LD781.S5U56a)
  Copies of the UCSC General Catalog are available for 1967/68-current year. There are also circulating copies in the stacks of the McHenry and Science & Engineering Libraries under the same call number.
• UCSC Course Review (McH Ref LD781.S5kU25)
  Student evaluations of teachers and courses at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Published from 1973-1989.
• Santa Cruz, 1850-1976; a selective bibliography based on resources in the Library of the University of California, Santa Cruz
  (McH Ref Z1262.S48 P47 1976)

Books Related to the Campus

UCSC Selected Bibliography compiled by Special Collections

Search the UCSC Library Catalog. The following are examples of UCSC-related subjects:

** If you are looking for a yearbook for UCSC, the subject heading above of University of California, Santa Cruz -- Alumni and Alumnae would be the one to search. UCSC does not have official yearbooks or annuals, but some classes did put together their own yearbooks or "reunion memory books."

An advanced search tip is to use the "University of California, Santa Cruz" main subject heading and add the name of an academic department, campus office, or college as a sub-heading. For example, try a search in CRUZCAT for University of California, Santa Cruz -- [name of college].

Journal and Newspaper Articles & Campus Publications

Note: For patrons who are eligible, off-campus access is available.

• City on a Hill Press (1966-current) Available online to all Web users
  The student newspaper of the University of California, Santa Cruz. Accompanied by an annual publication called Primer. Issue for April 20, 2006, called "1966-2006 : Celebrating forty years of stories."
• City on a Hill Press Index (Sept 1975-June 1989) (McH Ref Desk LH1.U56C57)
  Provides a printed topic index for the UC Santa Cruz student newspaper from Sept. 18, 1975, through June 8, 1989. Copies also available in the Reference Stacks, Special Collections, Microforms, and Protect Collections under the same call number.
• City on a Hill Press Online Index (Partial only: 1989/90-1993-94) Available to all Web users
• UC Santa Cruz News & Events (formerly Currents)
  Available online to all Web users
  Currents was a weekly newspaper from the UC Santa Cruz Public Information Office. Includes searchable online archive back to 1996. It is now an online site called UCSC News & Events, published by UCSC Communications and Marketing.
• UC Santa Cruz Review Available online to all Web users
  UC Santa Cruz Review is a series of administrative publications published in September, November, March, and April by University Relations at UCSC. Includes Alumni News and Notes. Includes archives of issues back to 1992.
• Santa Cruz Public Library Newspaper Clippings File
  Available online to all Web users
  This database is an index to the Santa Cruz Public Libraries' newspaper clipping file (link to source list). The clipping file is a large collection of articles of local interest which have been gathered from a variety of newspapers. The articles range in date from the early 1900s to the present. This is not intended as a complete index to any given newspaper and its contents do not necessarily represent every article that may have been written on a particular subject.
  Many of the clippings listed here are undated and others do not indicate a source. The clippings themselves can be found in the Reference Department of the SCPL Central Branch. Subject area(s): General Subjects. Covers: Early 1900s-present.
• America's Newspapers from Newsbank
  Available online to UCSC students, faculty, and staff
  This database contains searchable full text of newspapers from around the United States. Includes California newspapers such as the San Jose Mercury News (1985-current), San Francisco Chronicle (1985-current), Salinas Californian (2002-current), Sacramento Bee (1984-current), Monterey County Herald (2002-current), and many more. Allows simultaneous regional newspaper searches. Coverage varies depending on newspaper title.
• Santa Cruz Sentinel Available online to all Web users
  The full text of the Santa Cruz County newspaper, free of charge and searchable. Includes searchable online archive of Sentinel articles back to August 14, 1999.
• San Jose Mercury News Available online
  The full text of the current day's newspaper and seven previous days are available, free of charge and searchable. The archives of the newspaper (1985-present) are searchable free of charge, though the site charges a fee to view the complete text of these articles. Access the San Jose Mercury News Online Archive.
• Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) Available online to UC faculty, students, and staff
  A searchable database with citations and abstracts for journal articles covering all academic disciplines. Full text is available for more than 50% of the articles in this database. Subject areas: art and art history, general subjects, humanities, science and engineering, social sciences.
• ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) Database Available online to UC faculty, students, and staff
  Use UC-eLinks to find full text of ERIC documents. Searchable database with citations and abstracts of papers, articles, books, and government publications on education. Full text is available for ERIC documents published after 1997. Published by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA).
  Covers: 1966-present.
• Calisphere Available online to all Web users
  Searchable and browsable collection of primary sources documenting California history. Provided by the California Digital Library from collections in UC Libraries.
• UC-eLinks will provide links to online text when available, the call numbers for print copies of journals, and forms for requesting items through Interlibrary Loan if UCSC doesn't own the journal. See the Navigating Article Results guide or the UC-eLinks guide for more information.

UCSC Theses and Dissertations

• Undergraduate Senior Theses: Try searching the author's name in Cruzcat, or browse by a keyword search for the phrase "senior thesis." If not found, contact the board of study/department (e.g., Art, Environmental Studies, History) for which the thesis was written.
• Master's Theses and Postgraduate Dissertations: For details on how to find these documents online and in print, please consult the Dissertations guide.
• Digital Dissertations (a.k.a. Dissertation Abstracts) Available online to UC faculty, students, and staff 

Library Collections

• Regional History Project
  The Regional History Project, an outstanding resource for researching the history of UCSC, has been documenting the history of the Central Coast of California and the institutional history of UC Santa Cruz since 1963, through the recording and transcription of oral history. This Web site includes the complete catalog of their collection, oral-history resources, and links to other oral-history sites online.
• UCSC Special Collections and University Archives
  The University Library's Special Collections unit is the principal repository for the UCSC campus and for local publications focusing on the region of Santa Cruz County. The University Archives acquires and preserves records and related historical information that documents the campus’s programs and activities. Strong holdings of local historic photographs--from aerial views of the Northern California coastline to depictions of the city of Santa Cruz at the turn of the century--can also be found.
• Mary Lea Shane Archives of the Lick Observatory
  The Mary Lea Shane Archives of the Lick Observatory include records from 1870-1945, correspondence, copybooks, diaries, logs, papers of the observatory’s directors, and extensive photographic holdings. 
• Online Archive of California (OAC)
  The  is a statewide digital resource that integrates into a single, searchable database, finding aids to and digital facsimiles of the contents of primary-resource collections throughout California.
• UCSC Map Collection
  The University Library Map Collection contains more than 160,000 items, including the region's largest and most comprehensive collection of books, reports, original maps, and aerial photographs depicting UCSC and the local area.
• The CRUZCAT — Maps & Atlases feature lets you do a search limited to maps and atlases in the UCSC library catalog. For example: keywords "cowell ranch"; subject search "university of california santa cruz -- aerial photographs."
• UCSC Visual Resource Collection
  The Visual Resource Collection includes over 300,000 slides from all disciplines, time periods, and most cultural groups.  SlideCat, the Visual Resource Collection's catalog database, provides online access to the Collection's content.

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Media Related to the Campus

Explore the following sample of Library of Congress subject headings searches in the Film & Video collection to find media in the CRUZCAT library catalog:

• KZSC 88.1FM
  KZSC is a non-commercial, educational public radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to the University of California. It began in 1967, and serves the UCSC campus and community listening audience by broadcasting news, public affairs, music, entertainment, and spoken- word programming as well as broadcasts and information about various UCSC campus events and issues to Santa Cruz County and the greater Monterey Bay area. Programming schedule and live Web cast links are available on the KZSC site.
• UCSC Student Media
  This Web site provides information about and links to all types of UCSC student media.

Local Resources and Related Links

UCSC Links

• UCSC Planning and Budget Office 
• UCSC Planning Through 2020  Includes links to the Long Range Development Plan
• UCSC Communications and Marketing (formerly Office of Public Affairs)  
• UCSC Alumni Association 
• UCSC Campus Mascot (Banana Slug) Information 
• History of the UCSC Arboretum
• UCSC Campus Photo Gallery
• UCSC Art Galleries Includes links to UCSC art galleries, and a link to past exhibitions at the Porter Sesnon Gallery
• UCSC Student Advising and Organization Resources (SOAR)  Includes current student organization lists
• UCSC Student Union Assembly  Includes list of, and links to, current student organizations

UC Systemwide Links

• Ansel Adams Fiat Lux
  Photos taken by Ansel Adams of UC campuses, hosted by the UCR California Museum of Photography
• History of the University of California Digital Archives Project
• University of California Atkinson Photographic Archive
• University of California In Memoriam: Santa Cruz Campus
• University of California home page
• UC Office of the President
• UC Campus Web pages
• UC Campus Libraries Web pages

Santa Cruz Area Links

• Santa Cruz Public Library
  The Santa Cruz Public Library is a city-county library system with libraries throughout Santa Cruz County, California. The Public Library has a rich collection of California and local area history documents.
• Santa Cruz County History (via Santa Cruz Public Library)
  More than 400 articles on Santa Cruz County history, many with illustrations, are available on this site. Also included are more than 350 full-text local newspaper articles on films. Browse the articles by subject or use the search form to look for something more specific.
• Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History
  The Museum of Art and History is a non-profit educational institution that promotes a greater understanding of contemporary art and the history of Santa Cruz County through its exhibitions, collections, and programs, for the benefit of residents and visitors to Santa Cruz County.

Organizing Citations and References

• A Guide to Editorial Style at the University of California, Santa Cruz
• A Manual of Style for the University of California, Santa Cruz (McH Ref LB2369.M36 1989)
  Prepared by UCSC Publications and the Office of Academic Editors.
• Brief overview of MLA, APA, literature reviews, and annotated bibliographies
• Not all information on the Web has been evaluated by librarians or scholars. If you are using a Web page as a possible research citation, apply the criteria in the Web Evaluation Guide  to determine the quality of your source.

Created by Laura McClanathan, Information Services
Updated April 2012