Welcome to the Catalogs!

Main Catalog – Find books, documents, legal materials, magazines, journals, manuscripts, maps, videos and more in the collections of the California State Library, including the Sutro Library in San Francisco.

Picture Catalog – Find some of the photographs and historic images from the Library's rich collections of photographs, prints, drawings, and sheet music.

Braille and Talking Book Catalog – Find Braille, cassettes and talking books available to eligible users of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.

Not all of the Library's collections are included in the catalogs. For details, please refer to our descriptions of the Library's collections. Please note that rare materials and materials labeled NC (non-circulating) are available for use only in the Library's reading rooms; the materials are not available for loan.

Additional Finding Tools:

New Titles – Display lists of recent additions to the Library’s collections.

New State Documents – Display lists of recent California state publications.

Quick Links – Link to materials on Government and Public Policy, History and Genealogy, Training and Development Videos, and the World Languages Collection.

Online Resources – Find articles in newspapers and magazines, statistical resources, e-books and other Internet tools that augment the Library's collections.

My List – Collect citations from the Main or Picture Catalogs, then email or download the citations to your workstation.

Request – State employees may use the Request feature to request titles online.

Other Libraries Catalogs – CalCat. Find the materials you need in California libraries.

Melvyl Catalog – Includes holdings of the libraries of the University of California and the California State Library.