Description

Description - Science and Engineering Library

The UCLA Science and Engineering Library (SEL) is comprised of three collections in separate locations:  SEL/Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (EMS) Collection in 8270 Boelter Hall and SEL/Geology-Geophysics Collection in 4697 Geology Bldg. The SEL/Chemistry Collection formerly in 4238 Young Hall was closed to the public on July 1, 2010. The SEL/Chemistry Collection is now housed primarily in the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library.

The SEL collections include over 576,000 volumes, over 5,400 serials currently received, and over 4 million technical reports. Staffing includes 3 FTE librarians, 4 FTE staff personnel, and 7 FTE student employees.

Reference service is provided weekdays by Science and Engineering Library staff members at the SEL/EMS Collection in Boelter Hall. For reference help by email click here.  Consultations are available by appointment. For UCLA students, faculty, and staff, many article databases are available via web access. Searches of these article databases offer rapid access to the full-text of thousands of books and journals via UC e-Links.

SEL librarians can provide classroom demonstrations of online resources, including journal article databases, electronic journals and reference sources, UCLA Library Catalog and other library catalogs. Course-related instruction is available upon request of faculty members. Please contact an SEL subject librarian to discuss course related library assignments.

4238 Young Hall (310) 825-3342 (Hours and Locations)
The SEL/Chemistry Collection is closed to the public (more information) and materials are being relocated to other library locations. Search the UCLA Library Catalog for specific title information.

8270 Boelter Hall (310) 825-4951 (Hours and Locations)
The SEL/Engineering and Mathematical Sciences Collection collects and maintains a research level collection to meet the information needs of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science (HSSEAS) and the departments of Physics and Astronomy, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics. SEL/EMS is among the top academic engineering libraries in the United States. Additional services and features at SEL/EMS are CLICC laptop lending, the SEL Research Commons and the Russell O’Neil Presentation Studio.

4697 Geology Bldg. (310) 825-1055  (Hours and Locations)
The SEL/Geology-Geophysics Collection is strong in geology, geochemistry, geophysics, space physics, planetary science, seismology and regional geology. All publications of the U.S. Geological Survey, publications of western U.S. state geological surveys, and many international geological surveys are collected. The adjoining William C. Putnam Map Collection holds 90,000 topographic and geologic maps and is a depository for USGS geologic map series and topographic maps for California, Nevada, and Arizona.