Find and Use Materials

Find

Additional tools for finding rare books and archival collections.

• Rare Books - Advanced Search: Library Search System.
  • To filter your search results to only rare materials, select Special Collections and University Archives on the left of your search results under Library. (How-to video).
• Archives and Manuscripts - Detailed Search: Finding Aids 
  • FAQs
  • How-to video
• Digital Collections including Oral History Interviews: Goldmine
• Digital Collections: JSTOR
• Oral History Interviews: Goldmine or Finding Aids
• Web Archives: Archive-It

Many manuscripts and oral histories can also be discovered in the library search system. 

Complete instructions on how to find materials.

Use

• High-quality digital copies are suitable for publications and exhibits.
• Quick-scans facilitate the use of our collections remotely.
• See our Request Digital Copies page for more information.