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"Information Access Is a Social Justice Issue"
Presented by Ken Lyons and Lucia Orlando
Imagining Change/Shaping the Future Social Justice Conference, Cabrillo College
21st April '07

"Information Access Is a Social Justice Issue" PowerPoint presentation

Resources for Independent Research handout

NetLibrary Electronic Books
Presented by Mike Ahern (OCLC Library Services Consultant)
12th April '07

NetLibrary—Help

ebrary Electronic Books
Presented by Neil Sorensen (ebrary Western Regional Sales Manager)
11th April '07

ebrary Patron User Guide

Business Resources & Statistics
Presented by Lucia Orlando and Kerry Scott
13th December '06

Staff Business Resources

OCLC: WorldCat(s) and CalCat
Presented by Ken Lyons
26th October & 8th November '06

Comparison of WorldCat's public views

FirstSearch at a Glance

CalCat

WorldCat on the Web—Open WorldCat and WorldCat.org

Open WorldCat

WorldCat.org

WorldCat on the Web—FAQs

Local History
Presented by Stan Stevens
18th August '06

Index to Personal Names, Portraits & Illustrations Appearing in California City, County and Regional Histories, 1867–1910
Indexes 33 reels of microfilm (F856 C121); printed version of index is located in Microforms Room bookcase; also available as a downloadable PDF file (http://refsnap.library.ucsc.edu/RefPublic/califbio/Index_Bio_Cal.pdf)

Hihn-Younger Archive
Artifacts, correspondence, documents, company records and maps, memorabilia, and photographs from the archives of entrepreneur F.A. Hihn (1829–1913) and attorney C.B. Younger (1831–1907)—two crucial figures in the development of Santa Cruz County.

The Rowland Collection
Materials from the research collection of Leon Rowland (1884–1952), local historian and editor of the Santa Cruz Evening News and the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Includes a searchable database of the Leon and Jeannette Rowland File Card Index.

"Some of My Favorite Local History Research Tools at the University Library, UCSC"
Extensive list of online databases and printed resources on California, San Francisco, Santa Clara County, and Santa Cruz County history.