Online services in OCA libraries : presentation

OCA libraries provide tools and services accessible from any computer :

8 online request forms are at your disposal : Article ; Ask a librarian ; Book suggestions (or other items) ; Exhibition (loan for) ; Interlibrary Loan (ILL) ; Library Registration ; Scanning of document ; Table of contents email alerting service.
You can also send an email to biblio@oca.eu. This email is common to the 3 OCA libraries.
Your request is processed upon receipt during the library's opening hours . You will be informed by email of the result given to each request.

You can send us a purchase request at any time : you will be informed by email of the follow-up given to your proposal.
You can follow your order by consulting our checklist (list of orders classified by laboratory and applicant).
You can also see the latest journal issues available in your library (Calern, Nice Mont-Gros, Nice Valrose ; Sophia-Antipolis) or the latest books.

To guide you when using library services and resources for the first time, you have at your disposal : the user guide for newcomers ; The library user guide (pdf format)
To help you in your documentary research, we have selected tools and resources. They are classified into 6 categories : Gathering information ; Practical training in information science ; Academic and professional writing ; Publishing and promoting your research ; Measuring your impact ; Managing and disseminating research data.
These tools evolve according to your requests and needs.

Set of documents digitized by the library service on the life and history of the Nice Observatory, CERGA and the Côte d'Azur Observatory
These collections are organized by theme : History of Nice observatory & CERGA (1881-1985) ; Life of the OCA laboratories (1986-2011) ; Life of the OCA establishment (communication - management) ; ADION & OCA international activities ; OCA heritage and enhancement (natural, archit. & instrum.) ; OCA Scientific publications (Annales de l'observatoire de Nice...)
Additional resources on the Nice Mont-Gros library : Nice observatory Library History ; Nice observatory Library old catalogue ; Virtual exhibitions of our library books
Additional resources on the observatory : Biographies ; Chronologies

For more details, click on the section that interests you.

Other services and tools at your disposal :