World-class Library Collections
Library science is transforming at a rapid pace from stacks of books and periodicals to new electronic resources – and UH libraries are in the thick of it.
UH libraries house:
- more than 3 million books and journals
- a century of Hawaiian language newspapers
- the world’s largest collection of English-language documentary videos from Asia
- photo archives
- electronic journals
- digitized rare and historical documents
- congressional papers
- botanical and fine art prints
- other special collections
- computer labs
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Learn about UH Manoa’s School of Library and Information Science
Recent Library News
Charles Darwin BobbleheadsMarch 2, Manoa — The library sponsors a fundraiser featuring bobblehead dolls of Charles Darwin to celebrate his 200th birthday.
Instructional MenuFeb. 24, Manoa —
A new, consolidated menu of library instructional services is available on the Library’s website. Project-Based LearningMay 21, Manoa —
Library and Information Science professor Violet Harada and LIS alumni Carolyn Kirio and Sandra Yamamoto publish a book about project-based learning.Spotlight
Online Resources
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa libraries have secured access to ScienceDirect Journal, an internet resource for scientific, technical and medical information.
The library also expanded other online resources:
- ARTStor: A library of images in art, architecture, the humanities and social sciences.
- JSTOR Arts and Sciences collections: Collections of full-text journal back files in a variety of disciplines.
- Contemporary Literary Criticism: Critical essays on contemporary authors.
- Dictionary of Literary Biography: Biographical and critical essays on the world’s most influential literary figures.
- DAAI-Design and Applied Arts Index: New designers and the development of design and the applied arts since the mid-19th century.
- Communication and Mass Media Complete: Communication and mass media research.
- Film and Television Literature Index: Bibliographic database providing indexing and abstracts.
- International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance Full Text: A databank on theatre and performance in 126 countries.