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: Kelly, Ellsworth
- Search for topics using a keyword search: british portrait painting
- Use an asterisk as a wildcard: portrait* finds portraiture, portraits, portrait
- Limit results by language (Modify search)
- You can browse topics using the Subject links. When you're in the record for a relevant book, look for subject links like these to connect to a list of related materials:
- Portraits
- Self-portraits vs keyword search for self-portraits
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art vs a keyword search for sf moma
- Limit to Art History/Classics Library
Online reference books
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Oxford Art Online
Gateway to art research and access point for Oxford art reference resources, including Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
Last Update: March 12, 2013 13:18