Consistently ranked among the top academic libraries in the country, UCLA Library drives the world-class research, groundbreaking discoveries, and innovation for which UCLA is renowned. Whether across its 12 campus locations, through its esteemed UCLA Film and Television Archive or online, the library takes the lead in preserving cultural heritage, making knowledge accessible, and building a library of the future.
The UCLA Library serves students, faculty, and researchers of all disciplines; and welcomes everyone in the Bruin community to access the information, study spaces, and services they need to pursue their academic goals. Librarians and staff are available both online and onsite to provide research help, technology support, data services, and copyright and publishing assistance. See research help to connect with staff and to get started with the research process.
The UCLA Library catalog (UC Library Search) contains records for all 10 UC libraries and includes books, e-books, articles, digital media, videos/films, and more. It also includes other campus collections, such as the Chicano Studies Research Center Library, Ethnomusicology Archive, and William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.
Other available discovery tools include UCLA Library Digital Collections, Research Guides, the Online Archive of California, A-Z Databases, and more.
Housed in the Public Affairs Building, the Arts Library has collections focused on architecture, architectural history, art, art history, design, fashion and costume, film, television, photography theater, urban design, and allied disciplines.
The Young Research Library (YRL) houses collections in the humanities, social sciences, education, public affairs, government information, and maps. Multiple specialized libraries and services are located within YRL, including UCLA Library Special Collections, the Rudolph East Asian Library, and UCLA Library Data Science Center. Services also include research help, technology lending, group study spaces, and a cafe.
Working with partners both on and off campus, the UCLA Library Data Science Center develops data literacy and foundational coding skills through consultation and education. Located in the Young Research Library, data scientists and staff offer support for data management, sharing and publishing, geospatial analysis and geographic information system (GIS), working with data and coding, statistical analysis, and more.
Located in the Anderson Graduate School of Management complex, the Rosenfeld Management Library supports researchers with any business and management topic. The library offers multiple floors of study space, with some areas reserved for Master of Business Administration student use only.
As a physical facility for focused study, a virtual world of information and resources, and an access point for intellectual engagement, the Darling Law Library is the intellectual hub of the UCLA School of Law.
Located on the A level of the Young Research Library, Library Special Collections contains rare books and pamphlets, primarily in the humanities, social sciences, and visual arts, from the 15th to 20th century; university archives; early maps and atlases; early California newspapers; manuscript collections; transcripts of oral history; ephemera; microfilm; tape recordings; prints; paintings; and drawings, including original architectural drawings.
The Darling Biomedical Library primarily serves the Geffen School of Medicine; the Fielding School of Public Health, the schools of Dentistry and Nursing; the Life Sciences Division of the College; related institutes in biomedicine; and the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. The collections are broad in scope and include print volumes and electronic resources—including journals, databases, and other materials—designed to support their primary clientele's teaching, research, and patient-care-related needs. In addition, the collections are a resource for the health, life sciences, and psychology communities.
The collections of the Music Library in the Schoenberg Music Building include books, music scores, sheet music, video and sound recordings, microforms, and interactive media on Western music history and criticism; world music styles, cultures, and traditions; and music theory, aesthetics, philosophy, and organology. Studio A provides access to recording equipment and other technology.
Powell Library collections and services support the undergraduate experience with research and writing help, course reserves, technology lending, study space, and programming. Collaborators include the Cluster Program, the Undergraduate Writing Center, and Undergraduate Research Centers. The Film and Television Archive’s Research and Study Center is located in Powell Library.
Located in the Young Research Library, the Rudolph East Asian Library collects Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language materials in the humanities and social sciences. The collection is particularly strong in Japanese Buddhism, religion, Chinese and Japanese fine arts, Chinese archaeology, premodern history and classical literature on both China and Japan, and Korean literature and religion.
With its two locations, the Science and Engineering Library (SEL/Boelter and SEL/Geology) collects and maintains a research-level collection to meet the information needs of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and the physical sciences departments. SEL/Boelter houses two collaborative spaces (SEL Research Commons and SEL Learning Commons), a group study room, course reserves, circulating stacks, and laptop lending. SEL/Geology hosts a quiet reading room, circulating stacks, group study rooms, and laptop lending; an adjoining room holds the William C. Putnam Map Collection, which includes topographic and geologic maps, serving as a depository for the United States Geological Survey geologic map series and topographic maps for California, Nevada, and Arizona.
The Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF) contains space for University of California library materials, archives, and manuscript collections. Utilizing high-density shelving, the collections are stored in a climate-controlled environment that is designed to preserve the collections over time. Requests for items stored in the SRLF can be made both in person and online.
