Library catalog history
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: Auster, Paul
- Search for topics using a keyword search: travel narrative America
- Use an asterisk as a wildcard: author* finds authority, authorship, etc.
- Limit results by language (Modify search)
- You can browse topics using the Subject links.