Summer is officially here and with it comes research trips! Whether you are set on visiting the UCSF Archives and Special Collections or just getting started on your plans, the UCSF Library has a number of tools that can help. Take a look at the following list and please contact us if you have any questions.
Search for archival material and rare books:
- UCSF Library Catalog – Search our rare book holdings, university archives, manuscript collections (entries include links to finding aids if available), and university publications
- Online Archive of California – Browse finding aids for manuscript collections and university archives
- Manuscript Collection Projects – Learn more about our collection projects focused on research areas including AIDS history, biotechnology, and tobacco control
View archival material and special collections online:
- HathiTrust Digital Collection – Search more than 2,000 digitized UCSF university publications, yearbooks, pamphlets, and books dating from the 16th century through the 2000s
- UCSF Digital Collections – Browse historical photographs, exhibits, and digitized documents, including our collection of cholera pamphlets
- UCSF Digital Collections on the Internet Archive – View audiovisual material, including Cambodia Protest tapes, oral histories, UCSF events, and lectures
- Homeopathy Collection – View selected digitized items from the collection
- Industry Documents Digital Library – Search millions of documents about the tobacco and pharmaceutical industries
- Japanese Woodblock Print Collection – View our digitized collection of health-related woodblock prints
- San Francisco Department of Public Health Reports – Search reports that date from 1873-1901
- Synapse Archive – View digitized issues of the UCSF student newspaper, beginning in 1957
Access and Services:
- UCSF Archives and Special Collections Homepage – Find hours and contact information, make appointments, view forms and fees and more
- About the UCSF Archives and Special Collections – Learn more about our history, collections, and resources