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Melvyl is the library catalog for the University of California. It inventories the books, journals, conferences, and other materials in all libraries throughout the UC system. Use it to locate both print and electronic materials.
Do you already know the book you need? To find it, search for the title and/or the author(s). Use the Advanced search option.

Use View Search Results to display the results.
View the Details/Locations to find more information: call number, locations.
For example:

Are you just looking for books on a subject? Try searching for keywords. Use the Words as Phrase option if you want to search for an exact phrase.
You can limit your search based on library, format, language, and year.
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Melvyl contains no information about articles published within journals. But if you know the journal title, you can locate the journal in the library or online (if available).
You can also search for journal abbreviations: j biomed opt.
View the Details/Locations for a link to the online version.
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Melvyl contains no information about papers published within conference proceedings. But if you know the conference name, you can locate the proceedings in the library. A few conferences are also available online, particularly those sponsored by ACM, IEEE, and SPIE. Check the Details/Locations for a link.
Try limiting to UC Berkeley.
Start simple, then try these techniques to refine your search:
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