The Cinema-TV Library is generally considered to be the finest collection of its kind in any academic library in the country. Its collection includes recorded interviews, scripts, films, 1.7 million photographs and 36 million manuscripts in its extensive archival collection. Government Documents . The Government Documents Department contains more than two million documents in print and microfiche. Print indexes to federal, California State, and Canadian government publications are located in the documents reading room.
Access is also available to a wide variety of electronic resources.
Special Collections . The Department of Special Collections, the oldest institutional collection of rare materials in Southern California, oversees rare books, manuscripts, and historic photographs. It contains more than 130,000 volumes, 1.4 million manuscripts, and 1.3 million photographs. Lion Feuchtwanger Memorial Library and Archives . The Feuchtwanger collection is contained within the Department of Special Collections.