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Search Services for UC Personnel and Students

Knowledgeable library search analysts use their expertise to select the appropriate databases and generate a list of pubications tailored to your specific interests.

Databases available for searching include PubMed@UCSF or any UC-licensed databases such as BIOSIS Preview, PsycINFO, and CINAHL. In addition, commercial databases that the Library does not license, such as EMBASE, are available via Dialog for an additional fee.

Policy

Search services are fee-based. Prepayment of a basic service fee is required. Fees are not refundable after a search has been processed.

The Library cannot guarantee that citations of interest will be retrieved, or that those retrieved will be highly relevant.

Searches are usually completed within two business days.

To Request a Search

Request a Search and Pre-Pay by UC Account, Credit Card, or ATM Card

1.	Complete and sign the Database Search Request Form.
2a.	To pay by UC Recharge account, provide your valid UC Recharge Account number, account manager's name and phone number on the search request form.
2b.	To pay by credit card, provide a valid card number with expiration date and signature on the request form.
3.	Fax or mail the completed form to an Information Services Librarian to initiate a search.

Request a Search and Pre-Pay by Cash or Check

1.	Complete and sign the Database Search Request Form.
2.	Take the completed form to an Information Services Librarian (Library, 3rd Floor) for authorization and consultation.
3.	Take the authorized form to the Cashier's window (Library Copy Center, 2nd Floor, Room 211). Make payment by cash or check (payable to "Regents of the University of California").
4.	Return the completed form with the receipt to an Information Services librarian to initiate a search.

Search Charges



	PubMed@UCSF or UC-Licensed Databases

	The basic service fee of $15 includes printing up to 50 citations without abstracts or 25 citations with abstracts. Printing additional citations costs $0.50 per page. Searches for patrons from UC campuses other than UCSF will be charged California sales tax. The cost of an individual search is calculated by adding the basic service fee ($15.00), sales tax (if applicable), and any additional printing charge. The basic service fee is applied to each database searched.

	Commercial databases accessed from Dialog


	The cost of an individual search via Dialog is calculated by adding a basic service fee of $30.00 to the direct online fee. The direct online fee includes printing and online connection costs. Searches for patrons from UC campuses other than UCSF will be charged California sales tax.

Search Results Delivery



	Delivery Options

	- Pick up at Circulation Desk - Download to a disk that you provide - Mail - Email - Fax

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