Catalogs
To find books, DVDs, maps, sound recordings, manuscripts, and much more - everything except articles - use a library catalog.
OskiCat = most UC Berkeley libraries
MELVYL = all UC campus libraries, including all UC Berkeley libraries
What's the difference? more details here
For each item make sure you know the name of the physical library, call number, and whether or not it's checked out, library use only, etc.
Call numbers are on the spine of the book; learn how to read them so you can find what you need on the shelves.
Sample Searches OskiCat Media 130
Sample searches in OskiCat or MELVYL
immigration juvenile literature
immigra* agricultur* labor*
immigra* media
look at long form of relevant records and try out official subject headings
subject: united states emigration and immigration public opinion
* = truncation or wildcard symbol; child* - child, childs, children, childish, childhood...
in MELVYL:
- you may limit your results to Berkeley
- to borrow materials owned by other campuses, use the Request button
- pull down the "University of California Libraries" menu to "Libraries Worldwide" to search thousands of libraries
in most library catalogs you may:
- modify your searches or use Advanced searching to limit results to English, specify years of publication, limit to a library location, limit to a format (videos, manuscripts, etc.)
- save items to a list and e-mail the list to yourself
