Guide to Library Catalogs
Use these catalogs to find books and other items in the libraries.
If you want to look up journal articles, use article databases instead.
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OskiCat
Catalog for most UC Berkeley libraries, replacing Pathfinder and GLADIS
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- Find books and other items in most libraries at UC Berkeley.
What's included?
- Search "keywords" (including author's name, title, subjects, etc.)
- Limit by library location, date, language, publication format, etc.
- See only items that are available.
- Find materials on reserve, by course or instructor.
- View status of individual volumes and journal issues.
- Follow links to the full text of some items.
Use "My OskiCat" to:
- Save and e-mail your search results.
- View your list of items checked out, and renew items.
- Get e-mail notices when your items are about to be due.
- Request items checked out to another borrower.
- Get updates on items you have requested from storage.
- Note: The Stanford University Library catalog cannot be searched, or their items requested, through OskiCat. See below under "More Catalogs" for help.
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About OskiCat
- OskiCat Quick Guide [HTML | PDF]
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Frequently Asked Questions
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OskiCat Help
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- Find books and other items in over 10,000 libraries, including many items in the UCB libraries.
- Note: This pilot system does not yet include all the materials that are represented in Current Melvyl. [Details]
- See which local libraries have an item, and check availability in their catalogs (items at UCB appear first, along with their current availability status).
- Find UC books digitized by Google and materials from the Online Archive of California, UC eScholarship Repository, and UC Press.
- Find magazine and journal articles from the ArticleFirst, British Library Inside, ERIC (education), and Medline databases.
- Bookmark items using del.icio.us, Digg, and similar tools.
- Automatically format citations for your bibliography.
- Export citations to EndNote or RefWorks.
- Read reviews from other users and Amazon.com.
"Sign in" to:
- Save searches to re-run later.
- Save items in personalized lists.
- Get updates from other users' lists.
- Write reviews for other users to read.
- Help
- Frequently Asked Questions
- WorldCat.org tutorial
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More Catalogs
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- Find books and other items on all UC campuses
What's included?
- See listings for some UCB campus libraries not included in OskiCat:
- Limit by campus, date, language, publication format.
- E-mail results to yourself.
- Follow links to the full text of some items.
"Sign in" to create a workspace where you can:
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Save searches and individual items.
- Schedule regular updates.
- Customize your catalog displays.
- Help
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Guide to the Melvyl Catalog [PDF]
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