Melvyl® System - University of California
Worldwide Genealogy & Family History Research
The Melvyl® System for the University of California, with more than 100 libraries,
provides indexing to millions of items in their holdings, digital collections and
online searchable databases. This is a significant resource for worldwide
genealogy and family history research.  Melvyl® is a registered
trademark of The Regents of the University of California.

GENERAL INFORMATION: University of California
University of California - Libraries and Archives
With collections totaling more than 34 million volumes, the more than 100
libraries throughout UC are surpassed in size on the American continent only
by the Library of Congress collection.  Free General Public access to worldwide
database resources, including access to over 173 million bibliographic records,
that represent more than one billion individual items in WorldCat™ @ OCLC.
* California Digital Library
  One of the largest digital libraries in the world.
  - Online Archive of California
    Free public access to primary sources, including manuscripts,
    photographs, artwork and scientific data, through collection
    guides, digitized images and documents.
  - Standards and Memberships
* Calisphere - A World of Digital Resources
  Free website that offers educators, students and the public,
  access to primary sources such as photographs, documents,
  newspapers, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed
  oral histories, and other cultural artifacts.
* California State Information
  California state general information, including archives, databases,
  education, family data, genealogy, governments, heritage, history,
  legal resources, library networks and systems, media and tourism.
* Cultural Resources
  Libraries, Museums, the Arts and Science Centers.
  - NorCal Genealogy | Research Facilities
* Libraries of the University of California
  Statewide resources for genealogy and family history.
* Schools, Colleges, Universities, Alumni and Genealogy Education
  Worldwide comprehensive resource of educational institutions,
  their genealogy & family history data, past & present students,
  alumni, associations, faculty, friends and military personnel.
 

LIBRARY CATALOGS:
* Lists of Subject Headings are words and phrases used by the Library of Congress,
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, University of California Libraries and WorldCat™.
  Listing of 8,124 subject headings were found previously online, using the Melvyl®
  Legacy Telnet Database.  This database provided a general alphabetical listing of
  all related record sources dealing with, or related to the subjects of genealogy,
  genealogist, genealogies, etc., prior to August 1, 2003.
  - Melvyl® Legacy Telnet Database browse request:
    BROWSE SU GENEALOG#.
    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z (Misc.)
  - Search for Name, Subject, Title and Name/Title
    Using the Library of Congress Authorities, browse and view authority headings
    for Subject, Name, Title and Name/Title combinations; and download authority
    records in MARC format for use in a local library system.  This is a free service.
    - Library of Congress Authorities gives access to personal authors and creators,
      including editors, performers, photographers, artists, etc., as well as access to
      group authors and creators, including corporate entities, government bodies,
      conferences, jurisdictions, etc.

* Search Current Melvyl®: Melvyl: California Digital Library
  - Basic Search: Entire Collection
  - Basic Search: Online Resources
  - Basic Searches: Other UC Library Catalogs
    - Non-University of California
      - California Academy of Sciences Library
      - California State Library Catalogs
      - Getty Research Library Catalog
      - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Library
      - Lawrence Livermore National Library External Catalog
      - Stanford University Libraries
      - WorldCat.org [more info]
  - Global Books In Print®
    Comprehensive database of worldwide English-language titles.
    Link site is by subscription, free at participating research, library,
    archive, depository or other affiliated organizations.
    - What's New in Family History, Genealogy & Local History Books?
  - INFOMINE
    Scholarly Internet resource collections.

  - SEARCH for FAMILY HISTORY
    University of California Libraries: (dated 13 Feb 2010)
    Search results for [family history] limited to
    University of California Libraries
    Results of about 101,467
    Results for 'family history' [University of California Libraries]
    FIND CURRENT: WorldCat®: University of California Libraries

  - SEARCH for GENEALOG* and INTERNET RESOURCE only
    University of California Libraries: (dated 13 Feb 2010)
    Search results for "genealog*" limited to
    University of California Libraries
    Results of about 49,224
    Results for 'genealog*' [University of California Libraries]
    Results of about 22,647
    Results for 'genealog*' > 'Internet Resource' [University of California Libraries]
    FIND CURRENT: WorldCat®: University of California Libraries
    Includes all formats of materials including periodicals that were previously in
    the Melvyl® Legacy System CAT and PE databases, "but does not include records
    from some non-UC sources that contributed to PE but not to CAT", including: CULP
    (Public Library Periodicals), SERHOLD (Medical Library Serials Holdings), California
    State University (CSU) Library Holdings, Stanford University Library, Getty Research
    Library and the Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL).  To preserve the original
    indexing and some features lost on August 1, 2003, when the old Melvyl® Legacy
    System was discontinued, database indexes from the former Melvyl® Legacy System
    have been included, with the following examples: 
    Melvyl® Legacy System Catalog Database search request:
    Subject Terms: "genealog*" headings and keyword at ALL
    libraries.  (Numbers) - (Misc. One & Two)
    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

  - SEARCH for GENEALOGY
    University of California Libraries: (dated 13 Feb 2010)
    Search results for "genealogy" limited to
    University of California Libraries
    Results of about 39,555
    Results for 'genealogy' [University of California Libraries]
    FIND CURRENT: WorldCat®: University of California Libraries

  - SEARCH for LOCAL HISTORY
    University of California Libraries: (dated 13 Feb 2010)
    Search results for [local history] limited to
    University of California Libraries
    Results of about 85,490
    Results for 'local history' [University of California Libraries]
    FIND CURRENT: WorldCat®: University of California Libraries
 

PERIODICALS
* Article Database & E-journal Lists by Campus
  Many databases contain links to full text of articles,
  books, parts of books and other documents.

* eScholarship
  Open access, scholarly publishing services and research tools
  that enable departments, research units, publishing programs,
  and individual scholars associated with the University of California
  to have direct control over the creation and dissemination of the full
  range of their scholarship.  All material published or disseminated by
  eScholarship is available worldwide, free of cost, to researchers and
  the general public.

* SEARCH HISTORY
  - SEARCH for FAMILY PERIODICALS
    University of California Libraries: (dated 13 Feb 2010)
    Search results for [family periodicals] limited to
    University of California Libraries
    Results of about 1,890
    Results for 'family periodicals' [University of California Libraries]
    FIND CURRENT: WorldCat®: University of California Libraries
    This search was compared with the former Melvyl® Legacy System
    Periodicals Titles Database search request: Subject Terms: over 870
    "family periodicals" headings and keyword at ALL libraries.
    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

  - SEARCH for GENEALOG* PERIODICALS and INTERNET RESOURCE only
    University of California Libraries: (dated 13 Feb 2010)
    Search results for [genealog* periodicals] limited to
    University of California Libraries
    Results of about 393
    Results for 'genealog* periodicals' [University of California Libraries]
    Results of about 40
    Results for 'genealog* periodicals' > 'Internet Resource' [University of California Libraries]
    FIND CURRENT: WorldCat®: University of California Libraries
    This search was compared with the former Melvyl® Legacy System
    Periodicals Titles Database search request: Subject Terms: "genealog*"
    headings and keyword at ALL libraries.
    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    RESEARCH NOTES: 1,257 subject terms assigned as a whole found.
    Search for family newsletters by using each surname that might
    appear in a KEYWORD search, such as the surname "TINNEY".
    - Results for 'surname' [University of California Libraries]

  - SEARCH for GENEALOGY PERIODICALS
    University of California Libraries: (dated 13 Feb 2010)
    Search results for [genealogy periodicals] limited to
    University of California Libraries
    Results of about 363
    Results for 'genealogy periodicals' [University of California Libraries]
    FIND CURRENT: WorldCat®: University of California Libraries
 
- SEARCH for LOCAL HISTORY PERIODICALS
    University of California Libraries: (dated 13 Feb 2010)
    Search results for [local history periodicals] limited to
    University of California Libraries
    Results of about 567
    Results for 'local history periodicals' [University of California Libraries]
    FIND CURRENT: WorldCat®: University of California Libraries

RESEARCH LIBRARY SYSTEMS AVAILABLE ONLINE
* CALIFORNIA LIBRARIES CATALOG
  Anyone can view the holdings of all the participating public libraries in California. 
  People who have a California address may enter that address to gain access to
  the “All Libraries” view which shows the holding of all the libraries worldwide
  that participate in this shared catalog.  In California the “All Libraries” view
  includes academic, law libraries and special libraries.
  - All California Libraries
    Contains all of the millions of bibliographic records cataloged
    by OCLC member libraries worldwide and California specific.
  - WorldCat® Califonia Group Catalog (Public) Library
    Search all California libraries and beyond.

* CALIFORNIA: UNIVERSITY LIBRARY INDIVIDUAL SYSTEMS:
  - Search results from UC Berkeley Libraries:
    FIND CURRENT: WorldCa®t: UC Berkeley Libraries
  - Search results from UC Davis Libraries:
    FIND CURRENT: WorldCat®: UC Davis Libraries
  - Search results from UC Irvine Library:
    FIND CURRENT:WorldCat®: UC Irvine Libraries
  - Search results from UCLA Library:
    FIND CURRENT: WorldCat®: UCLA Library
  - Search results from UC Merced Libraries:
    FIND CURRENT: WorldCat®: UC Merced Library
  - Search results from UC Riverside Libraries:
    FIND CURRENT: WorldCat®: UCR Libraries
  - Search results from UC San Diege Libraries:
    FIND CURRENT: WorldCat®: UC San Diego Libraries
  - Search results from UC San Francisco Libraries:
    FIND CURRENT: WorldCat®: UCSF Library
  - Search results from UC Santa Barbara Libraries:
    FIND CURRENT: WorldCat®: UC Santa Barbara Libraries
  - Search results from UC Santa Cruz Libraries:
    FIND CURRENT: WorldCat®: UC Santa Cruz Library

* Libraries and Museums: Reference Shelf for The Genealogist and Family Historian
  Information for the amateur to professional researcher, including Harvard,
  the U. S. Library of Congress, public, private, college, local, university,
  international, worldwide library links and classification systems.
  - Professional Library Sources
    Library science information for professional reference librarians and volunteers
    assisting genealogists, family historians and local research specialists.

* ONLINE COMPUTER LIBRARY CENTER: OCLC: Online Computer Library Center
  Computer network and services link thousands of libraries worldwide.
  - Interlibrary Loan Services
  - Web Scale Discovery and Delivery of OCLC - WorldCat®
    - Partnerships with key search engines such as Google™,
      Yahoo!® and Windows Live Search.
    - Toolset functionality embedded in the WorldCat.org interface,
      to find and evaluate materials, browse collections and perform research.
  - WorldCat®
    Over 1 billion items, from more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.
    - FirstSearch®: Online Reference
      - FirstSearch® Databases in Detail
      - FirstSearch® Glossary
    - WorldCat® for Genealogy
      - Tutorial - How to research genealogy with WorldCat® via FirstSearch®
        - Genealogy & Family History Internet Web Directory [WorldCat.org]
          Subjects: Genealogy -- Computer Network Resources -- Directories.
          Genealogy -- Internet Resources. - Genealogy -- Databases -- Directories.
    - WorldCat® Registry
      Web-based directory of libraries.  Registry profiles contain
      details about the physical and electronic location of institutions,
      the relationships between them and the services they provide.
    - WorldCat®: University of California Libraries: Next Generation Melvyl Pilot
      Single interface that searches holdings in all UC Libraries,
      those of libraries around the world, and UC books digitized by Google™.
      It also searches for article references in education (from journals indexed
      in ERIC), medicine and health (from journals indexed in Medline), U.S.
      government publications (from journals indexed in GPO), and general
      topics (from journals indexed in ArticleFirst).  UC-eLinks can then be
      used to access the full text or print-copy information for journals to which
      there is a UC subscription. 
      EXAMPLES:
      - SEARCH for FAMILY HISTORY and PERIODICALS
        WorldCat®: (dated 13 Feb 2010)
        Search results for "family history" limited to
        Libraries Worldwide WorldCat®)
        Results of about 414,366
        Results for 'family history'
        Results of about 3,258
        Results for 'family history periodicals'
        FIND CURRENT: WorldCat® Libraries Worldwide

      - SEARCH for GENEALOG* and PERIODICALS
        WorldCat®: (dated 13 Feb 2010)
        Search results for "genealog*" limited to
        Libraries Worldwide (WorldCat®)
        Results of about 656,700
        Results for 'genealog*'
        Results of about 14,371
        Results for 'genealog* periodicals'
        FIND CURRENT: WorldCat® Libraries Worldwide

      - SEARCH for GENEALOG* and PERIODICALS INTERNET RESOURCE only
        WorldCat®: (dated 13 Feb 2010)
        Search results for 'genealog*' > 'Internet Resource'
        limited to Libraries Worldwide (WorldCat®)
        Results of about 65,156
        Results for 'genealog*' > 'Internet Resource'
        Results of about 942
        Results for 'genealog* periodicals' > 'Internet Resource'
        FIND CURRENT: WorldCat® Libraries Worldwide

      - SEARCH for GENEALOGY and PERIODICALS
        WorldCat®: (dated 13 Feb 2010)
        Search results for "genealogy" limited to
        Libraries Worldwide (WorldCat®)
        Results of about 473,592
        Results for 'genealogy'
        Results of about 13,432
        Results for 'genealogy periodicals'
        FIND CURRENT: WorldCat® Libraries Worldwide

      - SEARCH for LOCAL HISTORY and PERIODICALS
        WorldCat®: (dated 13 Feb 2010)
        Search results for "local history" limited to
        Libraries Worldwide (WorldCat®)
        Results of about 440,784
        Results for 'local history'
        Results of about 4,769
        Results for 'local history periodicals'
        FIND CURRENT: WorldCat® Libraries Worldwide
 

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