






              MELVYL (R) System - The University of California Catalog


            _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
               Division of Library Automation
               University of California
               Office of the President
               300 Lakeside Drive, 8th floor
               Oakland, California 94612-3550

            _E_m_a_i_l: melvyl@dla.ucop.edu

            _P_h_o_n_e: (510) 987-0555 (MELVYL Catalog Helpline)
               FAX: (510) 987-0328


            _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

            The MELVYL catalog is a computer-based  library  catalog  of
            over  7 million unique book titles representing more than 11
            million holdings of all libraries in the nine-campus UC sys-
            tem  and the California State Library.  The catalog contains
            records of book and periodical (serial) holdings, and  other
            materials  such  as  maps,  films, musical scores, and sound
            recordings.  Collections strengths include agriculture,  dry
            lands, oceanography, entomology, performing arts (especially
            film and television), photography,  Californiana,  materials
            on Mexico and Central America, 17th and 18th century British
            literature, health sciences, science fiction, and many  oth-
            ers.

            The periodical file, containing  more  than  640,000  unique
            titles  of newspapers, journals, proceedings, etc., includes
            the holdings  of  Stanford  University,  the  University  of
            Southern  California,  the  nineteen-campus California State
            University system, and selected other libraries.

            The MELVYL catalog also includes two article abstracting and
            indexing  files-MEDLINE  and Current Contents.  Use of these
            files, unlike the books and periodicals files, is restricted
            to  the  UC community.  The MELVYL MEDLINE database contains
            the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE  database,  which
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            The information in this section is provided  in  accor-
            dance  with the copyright notice appearing at the front
            of this guide.




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            includes article  citations  indexed  from  health  sciences
            journals  from  1966  to  the present.  The Current Contents
            file, from the Institute for  Scientific  Information,  con-
            tains  citations  to  journals  in seven disciplines.  Other
            databases include some IAC files and Inspec.

            The "DLA Bulletin" and "Mynd of  the  MELVYL  Catalog",  two
            publications  describing the online catalog and its develop-
            ment and use, are also available online.  The MELVYL  Online
            Catalog  also provides TELNET access to other remote library
            systems.

            _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s

            The system is on the  Internet,  on  host  "melvyl.ucop.edu"
            (192.35.222.222).

            _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _C_a_t_a_l_o_g

            The MELVYL Online Catalog and CALLS are  universally  avail-
            able.  Access to MEDLINE and Current Contents files are res-
            tricted under a license agreement to the University of Cali-
            fornia faculty, staff, and students.

            _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s

            For additional information, contact:

               Clifford Lynch, Director
               (calur@uccmvsa.bitnet, lynch@postgres.berkeley.edu)
               (510) 987-0522

               Mike Berger, Assistant Director for Planning
               (mgbuc@uccmvsa.bitnet)
               (510) 987-0563, (510) 642-3466

               Mary Engle, Programmer/Analyst
               (meeur@uccmvsa.bitnet, engle@cmsa.berkeley.edu)
               (510) 987-0552

               Laine Farley, MELVYL User Services
               (lxfol@uccmvsa.bitnet)

            MELVYL is a trademark of the Regents of  the  University  of
            California.






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