Melvyl® Catalog
The Melvyl catalog contains records for materials (books, journals, movies, maps, music scores and recordings, computer files, dissertations, government documents, etc.) held by the libraries of the ten UC campuses, the California State Library, UC Hastings College of the Law, the California Academy of Sciences, the California Historical Society, the Center for Research Libraries, the Graduate Theological Union, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. All publication dates are included. The database contains over 33,000,000 records, and most campuses update their holdings on a weekly basis.
Records for UC Berkeley's Law Library, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), and the California Historical Society (CHS) are no longer being loaded into the Melvyl Catalog. See below for additional information.
- UC Berkeley's Law Library: Last records loaded in the Melvyl Catalog - 10/19/2007. To see all records from UCB's Law Library, use LawCat.
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL): Last records loaded in the Melvyl Catalog - 10/16/2007. To see all records from LBNL, use LBNL's Liberty Online Catalog.
- California Historical Society (CHS): Last records loaded in the Melvyl Catalog - 7/23/2007. To see all records from CHS, use the California Libraries Catalog
- Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center - Library (PEER): Last records loaded in the Melvyl Catalog - 5/1/2009. To see all records from PEER, use PEER's Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center - Library.
For information about searching the Melvyl Catalog, go to Melvyl Help.
Next Generation Melvyl
See information about the Next Generation Melvyl Catalog, a 
pilot project of UC and OCLC utilizing WorldCat Local.
Instructional Materials
Melvyl Catalog Contributors
- Information for Melvyl Catalog contributors: For libraries who contribute records to the Melvyl Catalog. Includes information about specifications for record conversion, FTP instructions, location table maintenance, and input standards.
Melvyl Statistics
Record Loading: Monthly record loading counts for Melvyl contributors
2008 Loading Statistics
2009 Loading Statistics
2010 Loading Statistics
Tools and Documents
- Linking to the Melvyl Catalog: Explains how to create URLs and link to the Melvyl Catalog. [RTF]
- Melvyl Catalog trademark: Information about trademark protection and use of the name "Melvyl." [HTML]
- Melvyl Z39.50 connection information: Provides technical information about CDL's Melvyl Catalog Z39.50 server to help campuses set up their Z39.50 client for searching. March 11, 2008 [RTF]
