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Research Advisory Service
Research Advisory Service for Cal Undergraduates
Book a 30-minute appointment with a librarian who will help refine and focus research inquiries, identify useful online and print sources, and develop search strategies for humanities and social sciences topics (examples of research topics).
Schedule, view, edit or cancel your appointment online (CalNetID required)
This service is for Cal undergraduates only. Graduate students and faculty should contact the library liaison to their department or program for specialized reference consultations.
Area Studies Selectors
You may wish to contact the following areas studies librarians if you require additional help working with primary and secondary sources in foreign languages. UC Berkeley area studies librarians provide expert assistance across disciplines for all the languages and geographic regions listed below.
African Collections (Jason Schultz: contact)
Chinese Collections/East Asian Library (Jianye He: contact)
French, Canadian, Iberian, & Italian Collections (Claude Potts: contact)
Dutch, Germanic & Scandanavian Collections (Jim Spohrer: contact)
Japanese Collections/East Asian Library (Ishimatsu, Hisayuki: contact)
Judaica Collections (Paul Hamburg: contact)
Korean Collections (Jae-yong Chang: contact)
Latin American Studies Collections (Carlos Delgado: contact)
Middle Eastern Studies (Shayee Khanaka: contact)
Slavic & East European Collections (Allan Urbanic: contact)
South Asia Collections (Adnan Malik: contact)
SouthEast Asian Collections (Virginia Shih: contact)