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 88 million bibliographic records of over one billion individual
holdings, in WorldCat™ @ OCLC, can be directly obtained only from onsite computer
terminal screens within participating University sites.
* Article Databases
* California Digital Library
  One of the largest digital libraries in the world.
  - Online Archive of California
* eScholarship Repository
* California State Information
  Archives, Education, Families, Genealogy, Government, History, Libraries and Tourism.
* 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.
  - CURRENT SAMPLE: What's New in Family History, Genealogy & Local History Books?
* INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
  Scholarly Internet Resource Collections.
* Schools, Colleges, Universities, Alumni and Genealogy Education

LIBRARY CATALOGS 
MELVYL® CATALOG - THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARIES  
Understanding the availability of genealogy records, within the combined books
and periodicals of the entire MELVYL® Catalog collection, can be shown by various
"genealog*"  and related word search examples.  The current Melvyl® catalog
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
* Comparative example (dated 08 Dec 2005),
  from the current Melvyl® catalog shows:
  Search results: 32,428 Item(s)
  Searched: Subject= genealog*
  Collection: Entire Collection

Keywords genealog* Research of Records
* Comparative example (dated 08 Dec 2005),
  from the current Melvyl® catalog shows:
  Search results: 67,580 Item(s)
  Searched: Keywords= genealog*
  Collection: Entire Collection
  . . .
* Comparative example (dated 08 Dec 2005),
  from the current Melvyl® catalog, by years shows:
  Search results: 1,586 Item(s)
  Searched: Keywords= genealog* and Year= 2002 -> 2002
  Collection: Entire Collection
* Comparative example (dated 08 Dec 2005),
  from the current Melvyl® catalog, by years shows:
  Search results: 342 Item(s)
  Searched: Keywords= genealog* and Year= 2003 -> 2003
  Collection: Entire Collection
* Comparative example (dated 08 Dec 2005),
  from the current Melvyl® catalog, by years shows:
  Search results: 223 Item(s)
  Searched: Keywords= genealog* and Year= 2004 -> 2004   
  Collection: Entire Collection
* Comparative example (dated 08 Dec 2005),
  from the current Melvyl® catalog, by years shows:
  Search results: 89 Item(s)
  Searched: Keywords= genealog* and Year= 2005 -> 2005   
  Collection: Entire Collection

The MELVYL® Catalog will Browse an Alphabetical Index: Entire Collection.  
It can be used to obtain an Alphabetical Index of various subject words of interest. 
Subject Headings  are words and phrases used by the Library of Congress and the
National Library of Medicine.  Listings of "genealog*" related items can be found
using "Author/Title", "Author - Organization begins with", "Journal Title begins with",
"Main Title begins with", "Series begins with", "Subject begins with", "Title begins with"
functions.  Searching the New Melvyl® Catalog (via Telnet), using the given TELNET LINK,
can be compared with the 8,124 subject headings found previously 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.)
* COLLECTIONS
* CULTURAL RESOURCES
* INSIDE CDL: MELVYL® CATALOG
* LIBRARIES and MUSEUMS
* OTHER LIBRARY CATALOGS
* PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY SOURCES
* THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY CATALOG: GENEALOGY

PERIODICALS
The current MELVYL® Catalog basic search for "family periodicals", of the Entire Collection
was done.  These searches were compared with the former Melvyl® Legacy System, as follows:
Melvyl® Legacy System Periodicals Titles Database search request: Subject Terms:
"family periodicals" headings and keyword at ALL libraries. (over 870 family periodicals found)
  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
* Comparative example (dated 08 Dec 2005),
  from the current Melvyl® catalog shows:
  Search results: 833 Item(s)
  Searched: Subject= family periodicals
  Collection: Entire Collection
* Comparative example (dated 08 Dec 2005),
  from the current Melvyl® catalog shows:
  Search results: 329 Item(s)
  Searched: Subject = "family periodicals" (WORDS IN QUOTES)
  Collection: Entire Collection
* Comparative example (dated 08 Dec 2005),
  from the current Melvyl® catalog shows:
  Search results: 2,841 Item(s)
  Searched: Keywords= family periodicals
  Collection: Entire Collection
* Comparative example (dated 08 Dec 2005),
  from the current Melvyl® catalog shows:
  Search results: 329 Item(s)
  Searched: Keywords= "family periodicals" (WORDS IN QUOTES)
  Collection: Entire Collection

The current MELVYL® Catalog basic search for "genealog* periodicals" of the Entire Collection
was done.  These searches were compared with the former Melvyl® Legacy System, as follows:
Melvyl® Legacy System Periodicals Titles Database search request: Subject Terms: "genealog*"
headings and keyword at ALL libraries. (1,257 subject terms assigned as a whole found)
  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 
* Comparative example (dated 08 Dec 2005),
  from the current Melvyl® catalog shows:
  Search results: 791 Item(s)
  Searched: Subject= genealog* periodicals
  Collection: Entire Collection
* Comparative example (dated 08 Dec 2005),
  from the current Melvyl® catalog shows:
  Search results: 737 Item(s)
  Searched: Subject= "genealog* periodicals" (WORDS IN QUOTES)
  Collection: Entire Collection

Keywords genealog* Research of Records
* Comparative example (dated 08 Dec 2005),
  from the current Melvyl® catalog shows:  
  Search results: 1,305 Item(s)
  Searched: Keywords= genealog* periodicals
  Collection: Entire Collection
* Comparative example (dated 08 Dec 2005),
  from the current Melvyl® catalog shows:
  Search results: 738 Item(s)
  Searched: Keywords= "genealog* periodicals" (WORDS IN QUOTES)
  Collection: Entire Collection

Title genealog* Research of Records
* Comparative example (dated 08 Dec 2005),
  from the current Melvyl® catalog shows:
  Search results: 40,271 Item(s)
  Searched: Title= genealog*
  Collection: Entire Collection
* Comparative example (dated 08 Dec 2005),
  from the current Melvyl® catalog shows:
  Search results: 658 Item(s)
  Searched: Journal Title= genealog*
  Collection: Entire Collection
* Search for family newsletters by using each surname that
  might appear in a Title search, such as the surname "TINNEY".

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.
* California Group Catalog Guest View
* WorldCat® Basic Search and California Catalog
  Contains all of the millions of bibliographic records cataloged
  by OCLC member libraries worldwide and California specific.

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 60,000 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.

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