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Feeling a little sluggish about research? Maybe it’s time to try something new.
Artifacts from Special Collections are not only a good read and a great way to impress your instructor;
They also offer information you can’t find anywhere else, and real insight into the contemporary worldview.
You can visit the special collections web page to learn more about what we have and how to use it.
Special Collections has a reading room you can use Monday to Friday, 8:30-4:30, and a classroom. Check to see if it’s booked.
If you have a sense of what you’re looking for, try these search boxes on the special collections page.
This will also bring up finding aids, which are lists detailing each item, kind of like an abstract or a table of contents.
From the Archival collections tab, you can browse items by title, subject, or format.
Check out architechture, military maps, or news collections like the Victoria Daily Colonist.
UVic Libraries has one of the largest collections of Victorian serials in Canada, as well as collections of modernist literature,
from Yates to TS Eliot to Ezra Pound.
You can scan or copy pages from Special Collections with the help of a staff member,
and bring in your camera for pictures to add to presentations and papers. No flash please!
You can also limit your searches in Summon by scrolling down to Library location, and selecting Special collections.
The UVic Libraries is digitizing sections of our Special Collections, as well as other collections within the library, and from around the world.
The current digital collections include these categories here.
Browse a category that interests you, like military history, featuring JMs First World War sketchbooks.
For more help, meet with a librarian, visit Special Collections on the lower level of the McPherson library, and watch more videos!