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A new Caltech Library service!  You can now text the library with your questions by sending a message to 66746.    Start your message with keyword "caltech" and follow with your question.

Our Web site provides access to a wide array of databases and other resources. Here are some options you may not have already discovered:

Institutional Repository
Our CODA database can host your research papers and other data on our server in a perpetually maintained and discoverable archive. We can be the answer to NIH and NSF proposal requests for data management and retention plans. Caltech librarians adhere to archiving standards and we can be your trusted partner with a long-term perspective regarding planning and storage solutions.

Interlibrary Loan
Through our DocuServe interlibrary loan service we can get almost any resource you need, including copies of journal articles, books, and dissertations. We pride ourselves on our rapid fulfillment of your requests.

Scholarly Communication
Faculty members and librarians are concerned over the cost of scholarly journals, the barriers to access created by the ever-increasing costs, and the extent to which scholarly information should be more-or-less freely available as a public good. Learn more at Scholarly Communication and at For Authors.

Classroom Instruction
Do you want students to use scholarly sources and produce higher quality research? Could your students use an overview of information resources related to their subject area? Caltech Librarians can tailor instruction according to your students' needs.

Course Reserves
Place books on reserve through Adopt a Text; more information on this new service will be forthcoming.  For other materials, contact your department liaison.

Recommend Materials for Purchase
Librarians will purchase books, e-books, journals, CDs, and other material for the Library collection in support of your classes. You can request trials of databases and we can provide demonstrations and training. Send email to library AT caltech.edu or contact us.

Getting ready to publish?  SPARC, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, offers some valuable advice:

• The author is the copyright holder
• Assigning your rights matters
• The copyright holder controls the work
• Transferring copyright doesn't have to be all or nothing
• Read the publication agreeement very carefully

Caltech Library Services page  For Authors provides additional information.

Timothy K. Armstrong, a copyright specialist at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, has written a paper on publication agreements for authors.

A slideshow on the value of institutional repositories from Leslie Carr, Director of EPrints.  Caltech Library Services is using EPrints 3  for its repository CODA.

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Librarians will provide research assistance by email, phone, or in person. Each librarian liaison has subject expertise to meet your information needs.