UC Berkeley is a one hour drive northeast from the Menlo College campus. It allows visitors in most of three main libraries, where they can browse books and access databases through public computers. California residents can also get a library card for $100 dollars a year, which allows you to check out up to twenty books at a time.
UC Santa Cruz is a roughly one hour drive southwest from the Menlo College campus. Its two libraries are open to the public during working hours, and visitors can use the public computers to access databases and online collections.