Research and Collections
Find Books, Articles, and More
Search for books, e-books, articles, online journals, media, and more across the collections from the University of California's libraries.
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Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections & Archives (SC&A) houses a wide range of rare books, manuscripts, periodicals, maps, photographs, artworks, films, sound recordings, archives, and digital files.
Manuscripts and Archives Finding Aids
All SC&A materials are cataloged, and finding aids for manuscript collections are available online.
Online Resources and Exhibits
Explore our online resources and take a look into our special collections.
Scholarly Communications
The Library's Scholarly Communication Services supports researchers and scholars at UC San Diego from all backgrounds, disciplines, and at all career stages in generating and disseminating knowledge and creative works. From navigating the publishing landscape and boosting research visibility to advocating for open access publishing, our services empower researchers to make an impact.
Research Data
Whether you need assistance with creating a data management plan, training on data management best practices, guidance on depositing your data in a repository, help creating a digital object identifier (DOI) for your research outputs, or instruction on research computing skills, the Library’s Research Data Curation program is here to help.
Plan and Manage
Share and Preserve
Training and Workshops
Digital Collections
The UC San Diego Library is committed to building robust research collections to meet the wide-ranging and increasingly interdisciplinary research and instruction requirements of our users. Given the rapid rise of the output of available resources, combined with rising costs, the Library uses a variety of strategies and funding sources to support our collections acquisition program.
Explore the Digital Collections
Help Build Our Collections
The UC San Diego Library is committed to building robust research collections to meet the wide-ranging and increasingly interdisciplinary research and instruction requirements of our users. Given the rapid rise of the output of available resources, combined with rising costs, the Library uses a variety of strategies and funding sources to support our collections acquisition program.