The California State Library Catalog provides listings and descriptions of most of the holdings of the Library, including books, periodicals, microfilm, microfiche, maps, and many other formats of materials. The State Information and Reference Center manages the State Library's general circulating and reference collections. Books and serials in these collections primarily emphasize subject areas of interest to State government such as education, environment, business, technology, social sciences, and public policy. California State University Libraries Search the collections of the 22 California State University Libraries through this link. The Library Information Center provides a map of the locations of these campuses.
Access is available to the library web sites by clicking on a location.
Using the Pharos system which combines all of the catalogs, access the collections through just one resource link. Through the Kern County Library System , there is access to the library collections for all branches of the Kern County Libraries. The Kern County Library System, with headquarters in Bakersfield, is a county-wide library system and provides all public library services in Kern County. The enormous size and variety of its collections make the Library of Congres s the largest library in the world. Comprised of approximately 115 million items in virtually all formats, languages, and subjects, these collections are the single most comprehensive accumulation of human expression ever assembled.