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Doe Library serves as the Berkeley library system's reference, periodical, and administrative center, while most of the main collections reside in the subterranean Gardner Main Stacks and Moffitt Undergraduate Library. The Bancroft Library, which has over 400,000 printed volumes and 70 million manuscripts, pictures, and maps, maintains special collections that document the history of the western part of North America, with an emphasis on California, Mexico and Central America. The Bancroft Library also houses the Mark Twain Papers, the Oral History Center, the Center for the Tebtunis Papyri, and the University Archives.
=== Reputation and rankings ===
==== National ====
In the 2025 Forbes' America's Top Colleges list, Berkeley was the highest ranking public school and 5th overall.
In the 2025–2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking, Berkeley was the top public school and 15th overall.
In the 2025 The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse rankings, Berkeley was the highest ranking public school …
