This site is intended to provide an overview of library materials, both published and unpublished, pertinent to the study of Melanesia. UCSD's collection strengths for this area include anthropology, European voyages of exploration and research, archaeology, linguistics, and history. A special emphasis is placed on collecting primary source materials: anthropologists' fieldnotes, government patrol reports, microfilms of mission records, firsthand accounts of travelers, and newspapers from the region, etc. The collection also includes many dissertations and theses.
- Information for Potential Donors
- Finding Aids for Collections in the Melanesian Archive
- Published Materials at UCSD
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- Roger - UCSD Libraries Catalog: Check here for books, journals and dissertations
- Melvyl - UC Libraries Catalog: Find books at all the UC campuses
- Films and Videos held at UCSD
- Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages:First editions of publications resulting from early European voyages to the Pacific. Especially strong for 1695 to 1855, English, French, Russian and American voyages.
- Large Microform Sets of Archival Materials
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- Papua New Guinea Patrol Reports
- Oceania Marist Province Archives
- National Archives of Fiji
- Pacific Manuscripts Bureau
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- Online Catalog (via Australian National University)
- Manuscripts series at UCSD
- Documents series at UCSD
- Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society
- Australian Joint Copying Project
- Memories van Overgave
- Netherlands New Guinea. Bureau of the Advisor on Native Affairs
