Cushing Library's collections serve as infrastructure to support the University's curricula, including distance learning programs, by providing a judicious mix of print, media and electronic resources. Special collections accessible within or through the Library include Shakespeariana (shelved in the general collection); local and Bay Area history (Rare Book Room); and a folk music collection representing the regions and ethnic groups of the U.S., and declared an archive by the Library of Congress (Resource Center of the Kennedy Fine and Performing Arts Center). Collection building currently focuses on support for new and growing academic programs.

Print, Microform & Audio/Visual Media/

• 112,000 books, music scores and bound periodical (volumes)
• 9,000 documents, pamphlets and technical reports
• 50,931 microforms
• 200 current periodical subscriptions
• 4,296 audio recordings, discs and tapes
• 59 video recordings, discs and tapes

Electronic Collections

• More than 26,000 electronic books
• More than 7,500 full-text electronic journals
• General reference sources
• Specialized nursing and allied health reference sources
• Periodical indexes and databases covering a wide variety of academic disciplines

Special Collections

• California and Bay Area history
• Eighteenth and nineteenth century English and American literature
• Regional and ethnic folk music