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PUBLIC LIBRARIES
ACADEMIC LIBRARIES
SPECIAL LIBRARIES
Image: User's Guide to the Libraries of Silicon Valley
A NOTE TO USERS:
Descriptions and errors are mine. I appreciate your feedback and corrections.
- John Hogle
  • Santa Clara County has a wealth of libraries, public, academic, corporate, and other.
  • Most libraries you can access via a Web browser, but a few require:
    • A "telnet" application on your computer that enables you to connect to a catalog over the Internet in a text-only display, or
    • That you directly dial-in to the catalog via telephone.
  • To access any catalog from this page, click on the "link" to the right of the word "CATALOG."
  • This will bring up (in a new browser window) the specific library's catalog access page, the searchable catalog itself, or a Telnet window (if you have telnet installed and linked to your browser).
LIBRARY SYSTEM
CATALOG: ONLINE ADDRESS

COMMENTS

PUBLIC LIBRARIES

Silicon Valley Library System
CATALOG: http://www.svls.lib.ca.us/ (Click on "GO")
- Consortia of multiple library systems
- Search the catalogs of several libraries at the same time.
Santa Clara County Library
Links to the individual branch home pages
WEB CATALOG: http://webpac.santaclaracountylib.org/
TELNET CATALOG: telnet://146.74.92.1
-8 branches: Alviso, Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos, Milpitas, Morgan Hill,. Woodlands.
-You can request books from any branch.
-Provides online access to several databases.
Los Gatos Public Library
WEB CATALOG:
http://64.204.128.43/ipac-cgi/ipac.exe
Dial-In:
(408) 354-6862

Mountain View Library
CATALOG: http://libris.ci.mtnview.ca.us/screens/opacmenu.html

Palo Alto Library
WEB CATALOG:
http://libweb.city.palo-alto.ca.us/
TELNET CATALOG: telnet://lib.city.palo-alto.ca.us

- Also Dial-In at: (650) 322-5441, Login: library nowrap bgcolor="#66FFFF"

San Jose City Library
CATALOG: http://www.sjpl.lib.ca.us/Catalog/
18 branches, but the King main library is the
biggest single public library in the county.
Santa Clara City Library
CATALOG: http://207.88.213.11/screens/mainmenu.html
- A large collection for the size of town.
- Has extensive genealogy collection.
Sunnyvale Public Library
CATALOG: http://library.ci.sunnyvale.ca.us/
- Has a large collection of auto repair manuals.
- Also a large collection of Sam's Photofacts.

ACADEMIC LIBRARIES

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Foothill / De Anza College District
CATALOGS:
De Anza: http://dalib.fhda.edu/uhtbin/webcat
Foothill: http://fhlib.fhda.edu/uhtbin/webcat/
-You can use the libraries any time, but
-- must be a student to check out items.
-Both provide access to several databases.
Mission / West Valley Community College District
JOINT WEB CATALOG: http://lib.wvmccd.cc.ca.us
TELNET CATALOG: telnet://lib.wvmccd.cc.ca.us Log-in as "lib"
-You can use the libraries any time, but
-- must be a student to check out items.
-Both provide access to several databases.
San Jose / Evergreen Community College District
JOINT WEB CATALOG: http://library.sjeccd.cc.ca.us/
-You can use the libraries any time, but
---must be a student to check out items.
San Jose State University
CATALOG: http://sjsulib1.sjsu.edu:80/screens/mainmenu.html
-Second largest academic in Silicon Valley.
-Easily accessible even if not SJSU student.
-Non-student library card: $60/6 mo, $100/yr
Santa Clara University
CATALOG:http://oscar.scu.edu/
-You can go in any time, but you can not
-- check books out unless a SCU student.
Stanford University Libraries: Socrates catalog.
CATALOG:http://lindy.stanford.edu:80/~asc/zform.CGI?PSOC
 
-Stanford is difficult to even walk into.
-You may be able to get access thru your
- college or university.
 
MELVYL (Univ. California multicampus catalog)
CATALOG: Web: http://www.melvyl.ucop.edu
========= Telnet: telnet://melvyl.ucop.edu
 
-You can use the libraries any time, but
-- must be a student to check out items.
The nearest UC campus is UC Santa Cruz, over the Santa Cruz Mountains from Silicon Valley.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES

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Santa Clara County Law Library
 
         360 N. 1st St., San Jose, CA,
 
         CATALOG: None online
--Publicly accessible county law library.
--(408) 299-3568
Peninsula Conservation Center Library

Planetree Health Library
98 North 17th Street, San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 977-4549
CATALOG: None online
-Not-for-profit health library with journals
--and database-searching service (fee).
-Use the library for free, but a card to check
-- out materials is $20/yr.
Stanford's Lane Medical Library
CATALOG:http://lanelib.stanford.edu/carlweb.html

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