MUSIC 100: Opera & Bollywood: Love, Death, Singing and Dancing

Music databases

esmith@library.berkeley.edu (Elliott Smith) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:41:53 -0800

Find eBooks

esmith@library.berkeley.edu (Elliott Smith) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:28:55 -0800

The Library offers over 100 e-book and e-text collections in specific subject areas. E-books in collections marked * are also available through OskiCat and Melvyl. You can limit your search in OskiCat to "Available online," and in Melvyl to "Online resources."

Chinamaxx Digital Library (humanities and social sciences books in Chinese)
CRCnetBASE * (sciences)
Early English Books Online (literature)
Humanities E-Book Project * (humanities)
Oxford Scholarship Online (political science, religion, philosophy, physics)
Safari Tech Books Online * (computers)
Springer Electronic Book Package * (Melvyl only; sciences and social sciences)
Complete list...

Blog feed

esmith@library.berkeley.edu (Elliott Smith) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:33:21 -0800

Campus Library Map

esmith@library.berkeley.edu (Elliott Smith) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:29:57 -0800

Click on the image below to see a larger interactive version of the campus library map.

You can also view/download a PDF map of library locations. For library contact information and building addresses, visit our directory.

Off-campus Access to Library Resources

esmith@library.berkeley.edu (Elliott Smith) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:30:19 -0800

Before you can access UCB Library resources from off campus or via your laptop or other mobile devices, make sure you have configured your machine using one of two simple methods (Proxy Server is the quickest and easiest):

Proxy Server
After you make a one-time change in your web browser settings, the proxy server will ask you to log in with a CalNet ID when you click on the link to a licensed resource. See the setup instructions, FAQ, and Troubleshooting pages to configure your browser. Make sure you check the proxy configuration before you start researching.

VPN (Virtual Private Network)
After you install and run the VPN "client" software on your computer, you can log in with a CalNet ID to establish a secure connection with the campus network.

Citation Management Tools

esmith@library.berkeley.edu (Elliott Smith) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:48:39 -0700

Citation management tools help you manage your research, collect and cite sources, and create bibliographies in a variety of citation styles. Each one has its strengths and weaknesses, but any are easier than doing it by hand!

Zotero: A free plug-in that works exclusively with the Firefox browser: keeps copies of what you find on the web, permits tagging, notation, full text searching of your library of resources, works with Word, and has a free web backup service.
RefWorks - free for UC Berkeley users. It allows you to create your own database by importing references and using them for footnotes and bibliographies. Use the RefWorks New User Form to sign up.
EndNote: may be purchased from UC Berkeley's Software Central.

It's always good to double check the formatting -- sometimes the software doesn't get it quite right.