Searching Hoover Institution Library & Archives Collections

Founded in 1919, the Hoover Institution Library and Archives’ collections have grown to hold more than one million library items and over 6,500 archival collections. Given the scale of our collections, our online resources play a critical role in helping our researchers find relevant material.

This guide provides in-depth information on Hoover Library & Archives’ online resources and how to use them to search for materials. Given this, please skip around to the section most relevant to your research needs.

You can see more information about how to plan your first trip to the Hoover Institution Library and Archives, as well as other tutorials, on our  Plan a Research Visit  page.

For more information about Reading Room, including our location, hours, and visitor policies can be found on our  Reading Room  homepage.

If you're based on the East Coast of the United States and wish to browse our digital collections, you may be interested in visiting our  Washington D.C. Branch Office .

If you are a remote researcher and cannot visit our Reading Room in person, check out our  Digitization Services  portal.

Some of our  Special Digitized Projects  are listed on our Research Guide page on Searching Collections.

If you notice any problems with our digital resources, or if you have any questions, please   contact the Library & Archives  or   fill out our feedback form .