The Library's print and electronic holdings can be found in LibSearch. If you're looking specifically for ebooks looks for the square brackets [electronic resoure] after the title in the catalog record.
If our library does not have a book or subscribe to an article that you'd like, you can request it through Docuserve (Interlibrary Loan). You can email me directly if you'd like a book to be purchased for our collections, or use this form.
Linking to Online Journal Content / ejournals
Google Scholar - This FAQ explains how to configure your Scholar account so that Caltech Connect links appear in your search results.
NASA ADS - Please remember to configure ADS to set our Library as your home. Once you do this you'll see proxied links to our licensed / subscribed resources in ADS.
Off Campus Access to Library Resources - Please consult this page for options about how to access library subscriptions remotely.
Only current Caltech students, faculty, and staff have remote-access privileges to Caltech-licensed library resources.
Print Collections
Print collections for PMA are in Cahill (astronomy), the Sherman Fairchild Library (physics and math) and the Caltech Hall basement (astronomy overflow).
Find EJournals - To understand the library's electronic journal holdings, search by title in this database.
LibSearch - Our new discovery service allows you to search for all of our holdings, both print and electronic.
Citation Linker - Paste a DOI into this search in order to link to a publisher PDF or a Docuserve menu.
Docuserve / Interlibrary Loan - Submit a Docuserve request for material not held in our physical collections or for articles/book chapters that we don't own. The service is free and PDFs are usually delivered in less than 2 days. For more immediate service, use RUSH. Docuserve users are entitled to 10 free RUSH requests each year.