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Tomás Rivera Library

The Tomás Rivera Library is home to the J. Lloyd Eaton Science Fiction Collection, the world's largest cataloged collection of science fiction and fantasy. More than 100,000 titles are here, as well as hundreds of thousands of magazines, fanzines and comic books. But that's not all. Our Special Collections also include books, manuscripts, photographs, videotapes, broadsides, and other media, covering a wide range of special subject areas. There's a strong local history collection, along with the University Archives. The library also serves as a depository for U.S. and California documents, and is home to instructional and learning materials for teachers in training.

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Raymond L. Orbach Science Library

Supporting the physical, agricultural, biomedical, engineering and computer sciences, the Raymond L. Orbach Science Library is home to over half a million cataloged books, maps, journal volumes, and media. Special focus is on the areas of citrus and sub-tropical horticulture, entomology, arid lands agriculture and soil sciences. Our map collection features state-of-the-art electronic cartographic resources.

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Music Library

Discover the world of music, trace its history and explore different genres and styles at UCR's Music Library. From Scottish folk music and operas to orchestral and solo instrumental works, the Music Library encourages students and faculty to use its facilities to listen to recordings, watch recorded performances and learn.

Along with an authoritative collection of music reference books, holdings include:

• Over 35,000 scores
• Over 5,600 CDs
• 8,500 LPs
• 200 performance DVDs and VHS tapes

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Multimedia Library

The Multimedia Library houses UCR's collection of entertainment and educational programs, as well as computer-assisted instruction programs. The collection includes different formats, from laserdiscs, DVDs and Blu-ray to audio cassettes and 16mm motion pictures. Materials may be checked out by UC Faculty, Students and staff.  All other may check out materials for use within the Multimedia Library, provided a valid UCR Libraries' card is presented.

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