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Databases provide access to a vast amount of material published in journals, newspapers, legal and other specialist collections.

Resources not available through our library can often be obtained from other libraries or agencies using the interloans service.

Discover the written word throughout history, via rare books, the Modern Fine Print Collection, and other special collections.

One of the nation’s premier art collections, with a focus on Canterbury artists and those who taught or studied at UC.

Unique documents, photographs and architectural drawings tell stories of Aotearoa, the Pacific and beyond.

Learn more about Aotearoa and the Pacific through our rich and diverse library collections.