Welcome#

Welcome to the UC Berkeley Sciences Libraries’ Virtual Online Library Tutorials (VOLT). Whether you’re searching for articles, streamlining your research workflows, or organizing data, citations and writing, we have expertise and resources to help you.

The sections of this guide are designed to help you manage various aspects of the research process. If you have questions about this guide or the resources described, you are welcome to ask a Science Librarian. Additional resources can also be found on the Library’s guide to Research Support and on the Library’s list of Guides and Tutorials.

Meet your virtual team!#

Contact Us#

Science Librarians#

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Sam Teplitzky
Open Science Librarian
Subject Areas: Open Science, Astronomy, Earth & Planetary Science, Geology and Geophysics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Brian Quigley
Head, Sciences Division
Subject Areas: Mathematics, Bioengineering

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Susan Powell
GIS & Map Librarian
Subject Areas: Geography, GIS & Maps

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Lisa Ngo
Assistant Head, Sciences Division; Engineering Librarian
Subject Areas: Applied Science and Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Ocean Engineering

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Misha Coleman
STEM Librarian
Subject Areas: Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, Statistics

Nicholas Dehler
Chemical & Physical Sciences Librarian
Subject Areas: Chemistry, CHemical & Biomolecular Engineer, Physics

Becky Miller
Natural Resources Librarian
Subject Areas: Agricultural and Resource Economics; Conservation and Resource Studies; Energy and Resources; Environmental Science, Policy, and Management; Forestry and Resource Management; Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology; Plant and Microbial Biology

Elliott Smith
Biology & Bioinformatics Librarian
Subject Areas: Biology, Bioinformatics, MCB, IB, Neuroscience

Contributors#

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Anna Sackmann
Data Services Librarian

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Kristen Greenland
former Chemical & Physical Sciences Librarian

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Erica Newcome
former Technical Processing & Collection Projects Assistant

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Bonita Dyess
Circulation/Reserves Supervisor