The heating and hot water system in Doe Library will be down for maintenance from 2pm Monday January 23 through approximately 2pm Tuesday January 24. We encourage all library users to dress accordingly, and to understand that the building is, after all… more »

The following services will be unavailable from 1 am through as late as 4 am on Saturday morning January 21, while we perform scheduled maintenance: OskiCat, the UC Berkeley library catalog (including searching, request, and renewal functions). UC… more »

The library subscribes to more than 1000 premium online information sources. To learn more about what we've added in the last month, see our list of new resources. ADDED since last update:Die Flugschriften des 17. Jahrhunderts in der Staats… more »

Here are some good starting points:Pick the best library catalog for your needs.Learn about Cal's specialized libraries.View their current hours.Invest some time in a library tour or workshop.Find the most useful article databases for your su… more »

Elsevier ScienceDirect resources will be down for maintenance from 5:30am until approximately 6:30pm on Saturday January 7. ScienceDirect includes more than 2500 journals and 11,000 books, in all scientific discplines.  For a partial list of titles af… more »

Two significant enhancements have been made to Melvyl, the discovery tool of the UC libraries. Expanded contentIn a pilot project during Spring 2012, Melvyl has been enriched with several million new journal articles and other documents from a wide ra… more »

There have been some changes in how the Melvyl catalog is accessed from off campus. Those who use the library proxy server may see the same login prompt they normally see when entering a journal article database, when they click on a link to Melvyl or… more »