Berkeley Library

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>I’ll be entering Cal in the fall, and I’d like to get some books from the library. What do I need to do so that I can check out books from the library? </p>

<p>I already have a Cal1 ID card, but when I try to log in to the library website with my CalNet ID and password, nothing happens (it simply returns me to the log in screen).</p>

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<p>You need your Cal 1 Card and that’s it. Try going in person. That might just be a website malfunction, or maybe they haven’t registered your passphrase yet (doesn’t seem likely to me). Try logging onto another Berkeley website that requires the passphrase and see if that works.</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure they’ve registered my passphrase because it’s been working for everything else since May. I guess I might have to go there and try it in person.</p>

<p>By the way, one of the textbooks I’m interested in getting says it’s on “7 day reserve” (the full line is "compu/d 1 (copy 1) on 7 day reserve; Not checked out. "). What does this mean?</p>

<p>Thanks for the reply.</p>

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<p>I’m guessing that book is in the library, someone reserved it, and after 7 days if he doesn’t claim it then it’s available to check out.</p>

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<p>What “library website” are you talking about? You should not need to log onto Pathfinder/Melvyl/GLADIS to find books.</p>

<p>When it says something it is “X day reserve” it means that it can be checked out for 7 days. You can, of course, renew it continually and hope nobody recalls it. To renew you use GLADIS:</p>

<p><a href=“Home - Evaluating Resources - Library Guides at UC Berkeley”>Home - Evaluating Resources - Library Guides at UC Berkeley;

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<p>Actually, that’s not true. I moved to Berkeley before I entered in the Fall, but I couldn’t check out books because I hadn’t paid my registration fees/fall tuition yet.</p>