| Search the Collection |
| UCLA Library Catalog |
| Use the UCLA Library Catalog to search for Rare Books, Manuscript Collections, University Archives Collections, and Oral History Transcripts. |
| Melvyl UC Systemwide Catalog |
| Use Melvyl to search for Rare Books, Manuscript Collections, University Archives Collections, and Oral History Program Transcripts. Be aware, however, that Melvyl does not contain records for materials in process or on order. Always consult ORION2 for materials not found in Melvyl. |
| Read About Collections and Collecting Areas |
| Select from the menu below, arranged by subject, to read brief narrative descriptions of collections and collecting areas. |
| View Online Finding Aids |
| Online Archive of California (OAC) |
| The Online
Archive of California (OAC) is a Web-accessible, digital gateway
to information about materials such as manuscripts, photographs,
and works of art held in libraries, museums, archives, and other
institutions across California. Whereas in the past, it was usually
necessary to travel in person to collection sites, the OAC makes
detailed information about special holdings readily knowable.
It does this by allowing the researcher to browse "finding
aids," i.e., inventories of collection content. The Department of Special Collections has more than 1700 collections, 2/3s of which have already been converted to machine-readable format on the OAC. |
| Finding Aid Database |
| Because the work of the OAC Team is still in progress, a search of the OAC Site will not yet produce a complete list of Manuscripts and University Archives Collections. To search the complete list of these collections and view existing finding aids, use the Finding Aid Database |
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