Library catalog history
Photo of card catalog from OSU Archives on Flickr.
Photo of card catalog index card by dfulmer on Flickr.
Searching Library Catalogs
Use OskiCat to locate materials on the shelves of the UC Berkeley libraries and also to:
- renew books online
- find course reserves and to
- place holds on items that are checked out.
Use Melvyl to locate materials at other campuses in the UC system, or worldwide, and also to
- request materials from another library if we don't own it
- find articles from some article databases
- easily format a citation for copying into a bibliography Melvyl will also show you the location and availablity of items that we own.
Oskicat Tips
- Search for author's name using the author search, e.g., Albenda, Pauline
- Search for topics using a keyword search, e.g., china secondary education
- Limit results by language (Modify search)
- You can browse topics using the Subject links.
- Use My Oskicat to view your library account and renew books
- Use the Request button to:
- page books in NRLF and
- recall books that are checked out
- Be persistent!
Starting points
The Anthropology Library compiles a list of good reference sources (encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks...) on a variety of topics in anthropology and ethnography.
Encyclopedia of China : the essential reference to China,
its history and culture
Author: Perkins, Dorothy.
Call #: Doe Reference Reference Hall DS705 .P47 2000 Moffitt Reference DS705 .P47 2000
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Author: Perkins, Dorothy.
Call #: Doe Reference Reference Hall DS705 .P47 2000 Moffitt Reference DS705 .P47 2000
Read at Google
Read at Google
Read at Google
Read at Google
Last Update: December 05, 2012 10:14