The library subscribes to more than 900 premium online information sources. To learn more about what we've added in the last month, see our list of new resources.

New
» Counseling and Therapy in Video 
» Index to the Architect and Engineer
» OskiCat
» PrimateLit
» Thieme ElectronicBook Library (basic and clinical sciences)

Changed
» United Nations Statistical Common Database has been replaced by UNdata

The following databases have changed from the Silverplatter/WebSPIRS platform to the Ovid platform:
» A-V Online
» EconLit
» Film/TV Periodicals Index (International Federation of Film Archives)
» Geography
» NASW Clinical Register
» Treasures from the Film Archives

Deleted
» Applied Science and Technology Database
» Earthscape
» Libros en Venta en America Latina y Espana
» Music Catalog (U.S. Library of Congress, 1960s-2002)
» Pathfinder
» Who's Who

To find out more about any of our electronic resources, search its title here.

The Online Archive of California (OAC) has a new look, advanced functionality, and significantly more content.

New features
One of the most exciting new features of the OAC is the new design of the collection guide (also known as "finding aid"), which enables users to effectively and efficiently navigate even the most complex< descriptive records. Using the interactive table of contents, quickly scan the collection contents or drill down into the level of detail you're looking for.

With the new frame design, users can scroll through the entire guide while retaining context at the institution, series, and box levels. There's also now a PDF version of the entire collection guide.

Researchers will be thrilled to discover the interactive "Browse Map" feature, which graphically displays institutions across the state and links to collection information.

Users can now easily narrow their search result sets by date, institution, and online availability.

New content
We've added more than 30,000 detailed records, providing increased access to California's most valuable cultural and historical artifacts.

The Institute of Transportation Studies Library will be closed on Thursday, July 2 and Friday, July 17.

The University of California System has issued its 2009 Accountability Report, "provid[ing] the first comprehensive assessment of the University's progress in meeting key teaching, research and public service goals across its 10 campuses."

This report describes how the UC libraries rate on a variety of performance measures.   It concludes that:

The University of California libraries provide access to the world's knowledge for the UC campuses and the communities they serve. In so doing, they directly support UC's missions of teaching, research and public service. ...

These indicators measure library size, impact and vitality. They demonstrate that the University of California has an information resource collection that is truly unmatched in the United States. UC students and faculty are able to take advantage of these resources from any campus in the system, and they do so in larger numbers every year.

» Libraries section of report

» UC Berkeley Accountability Profile (PDF)

Looking for some inspiration and hope for the future of academia?

Look no further than the projects that won the 2009 UC Berkeley Library Prize for Undergraduate Research.  The winning entries were described by one reviewer as "mind-blowing."  These included:

• Christine Russell, "'We Don't Scare Easily': The Gary Case and Housing Discrimination in Richmond, Ca, 1952"
• Jaimee Comstock-Skipp, "Whose Painted Reality? Redefining Orientalism in British Representations of the Sultan Hasan Mosque in Cairo"
• Jesse Hoffman, "A Family of Prophets in 2nd Century Roman Egypt"
• Mark Mallery, "Marijuana National Forest: Encroachment on California Lands for Cannabbis Cultivation"
• Kelly Fabian, "Dissecting Andreas Vesalius's Epitome"

 »  Contest details and project descriptions