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CONTACT
Margaret Dykens
619.255.0225
fax: 619.232.0248
library@sdnhm.org

  Click on image to see larger photo of our Research Library
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Photo credit: François Gohier
The Museum maintains a complete natural history reference library, with greatest strengths in the historic research interests of the institution -- botany, entomology, geology, herpetology, ornithology, mammalogy, marine invertebrates, and paleontology. The 56,000 volume collection includes both standard and obscure references, journals, rare books and maps.

Photographic prints, slides, the Klauber Special Collections Library, works of art on natural history subjects, and an archive of materials related to the Museum's history of scientific exploration and research are also in the collection of the Research Library.

The library is supported in part by the Mildred Hughes Meeder Endowment and the W. W. Whitney Family Research Fund. The library is under the care of Library Director Margaret Dykens.

Use Policy

The library is available by appointment only.

Catalog

The catalog is available online at www.librarycom.com/sdnhm.

Volunteer Opportunities

The library relies heavily on its volunteer staff, both for routine work and special projects. The librarian also supervises interns and work-study students. Anyone interested in volunteering in this or any department please complete an online application on the volunteer pages. You will also find descriptions of the various programs and current opportunities.

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