Search Tools and Guides

Search Tools

• Library Catalog - Search the Huntington's online Library catalog for rare books, manuscripts, visual materials, and more.
• Online Archive of California - Search hundreds of Huntington finding aids.
• Huntington Digital Library - Search 250,000+ images of library holdings with new content added regularly.

Guides

• Library at Home Guide - Learn more about The Huntington Library's online resources and virtual library services.
• Research Guides - Explore subject guides related to The Huntington's vast library collections.
• Library Collections - Information about the Library’s collecting strengths and areas of specialization.

Published guides to four of the Library's major collecting areas are freely available in the Hathi Trust Digital Library:

• Guide to American Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library. San Marino: Huntington Library, 1979.
• Guide to British Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library. San Marino: Huntington Library, 1982.
• Guide to Literary Manuscripts in the Huntington Library. San Marino: Huntington Library, 1979.
• Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library. Compiled by C.W. Dutschke et al. San Marino: Huntington Library, 1989.

Reader Accounts

• Aeon System - Apply for access to the Library, create an account to request images, place requests for special collections material, access your Huntington Aeon account.
• MyLibrary! - Current readers can access e-journals, reading history, saved catalog searches, and more.