Library Catalogs

• California Digital Library Online catalogs and collections of all University of California libraries.
• California State Library Catalogs Link to the State Library's main catalog, picture catalog, braille and talking book catalog, and a list of the Library's online databases and other electronic resources.
• Law Library Catalogs From Washburn School of Law. Provides direct links to the online catalogs of more than one hundred public and university law libraries throughout the United States.

Bay Area Law Libraries Open to the Public

Listed by city. Please note that summer and holiday hours may vary.

Berkeley

Boalt Hall Law Library
University of California
Bancroft Way & College Avenue
(510) 642-4044
Reference Hours: M-F: 9am-6pm

Hayward

Bernard E. Witkin Alameda County Law Library
South County Branch
224 West Winton, Room 162
(510) 670-5230
M-F: 8:30am-5pm

Oakland

Bernard E. Witkin Alameda County Law Library
125 12th Street
(510) 208-4800
Hours: M-F: 8:30am-6pm

Palo Alto

Santa Clara County Law Library
North County Branch
270 Grant Avenue
(650) 324-6529
Hours: M-F: 9am-5pm (closed 1:30-2pm)

Sacramento

California State Library
Witkin State Law Library of California
914 Capitol Mall
(916) 654-0185
Hours: M-F: 9:30am-4pm

San Francisco

Hastings College of Law Library
University of California
200 McAllister Street
(415) 565-4751
Hours: M-F: 9:00am-6:00pm

San Francisco Law Library
401 Van Ness Avenue, Room 400
(415) 554-6821
Hours: M-F: 8:30am-5pm

San Francisco Law Library
Financial District Branch
685 Market Street, Room 420
(415) 882-9310
Hours: M-F: 9am-9pm, Sat: 9am-5pm, Sun: 12pm-4pm

San Jose

Santa Clara County Law Library
360 North First Street
(408) 299-3568
Hours: M-Th: 8am-7pm, Fri: 8am-5pm, Sat: 9am-4pm

Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz County Law Library
701 Ocean Street, Room 070
(831) 457-2525
Hours: M-F: 8am-5pm

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California County Law Libraries

All California County Law Libraries are open to the public. For a complete list of these libraries, link to the Your Public Law Library Web site or the Council of California County Law Librarians Web site.

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Law School Libraries

In California:

• Boalt Hall Law Library UC-Berkeley Law School.
• Dorraine Zief Law Library UCSF School of Law.
• Golden Gate University Law Library San Francisco.
• Hastings Law Library UC-Hastings College of Law.
• Heafey Law Library Santa Clara University Law School.
• Hugh & Hazel Darling Law Library UCLA School of Law.
• Pardee Legal Research Center USD Law School.
• Robert Crown Law Library Stanford University Law School.
• UC-Davis Law Library
• USC Law Library

Outside California:

• Georgetown Law Library
• Law Library of Congress
• Legal Information Institute Cornell University Law School.
• Lillian Goldman Law Library Yale Law School.
• Villanova University School of Law Library

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Local Public Libraries

• Redwood City Public Library
• Peninsula Library System

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Library Organizations

• AALL American Association of Law Libraries.
• ALA American Library Association.
• California Library Association
• CCCLL Council of California CountyLaw Librarians.
• NOCALL Northern California Association of Law Libraries.
• SANDALL San Diego Area Law Libraries.
• SCALL Southern California Association of Law Libraries.
• SLA Special Libraries Association.

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