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How to search our books
How to search our book collections
Our books are catalogued on Library Search, the online catalogue of Manchester Met’s Library. You can refine your search to only include books held in the museum by ticking the Special Collections Museum box in the left-hand menu, underneath ‘Held by Library’.
There’s lots of information on the Library’s website to help you get started with your search and explain different search techniques. You can also contact us to ask for help with searching for books held in the Special Collections Museum.
You can search the following collections on Library Search:
- Home Studies Collection
- Trade Catalogues Collection
- Manchester Society of Architects Library
- Historical art journals and periodicals
How to search our collections and archives
How to search our collections and archives
Our collections and archives are catalogued on a different online catalogue called CALM. Not all of our collections and archives can currently be searched online but we’re committed to improving our digital accessibility and we’re working hard to increase that number.
There’s lots of information on the CALM website to help you get started with your search and explain different search techniques. You can also contact us to ask for help with searching for archives and collections held in the Special Collections Museum.
The following collections and archives can be searched online:
- John Farleigh Archive
- Barnett Freedman Archive
- Rigby Graham Archive
- Philip Granville Poster Collection
- Paul Hogarth Archive
- Robin Jacques Archive
- John Lawrence Archive
- Simon Lawrence and the Fleece Press Archive
- Manchester School of Art Collection
- Freeman O’Donoghue Photographic Collection
- Peter Reddick Archive
- Doreen Roberts Archive
- Schmoller Collection of Decorated Papers
- Society of Wood Engravers Archive
- Leslie Wood Archive