Melanesian and Pacific Island Studies

The UC San Diego Library contains several materials, both published and unpublished, pertinent to the study of Melanesia. The 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.

• The Tuzin Archive for Melanesian Anthropology
  • Information for Potential Donors
• Digitized Materials
  • UC San Diego Library Digital Collections
• Published Materials at UC San Diego
  • UC Library Search - Melanesian Collections: Check here for books, journals and dissertations
  • Melanesian Films and Videos held at UC San Diego
  • 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
  • Papua New Guinea Patrol Reports
  • Oceania Marist Province Archives
  • National Archives of Fiji
  • Pacific Manuscripts Bureau
    • Online Catalog (via Australian National University)
    • Manuscripts series at UC San Diego
    • Documents series at UC San Diego
  • Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society
  • Australian Joint Copying Project
  • Memories van Overgave