The UCI Libraries have more than 1.5 million volumes and approximately 17,500 active serial subscriptions. Special collections that are particularly vital to the humanities and to graduate students in German include the Critical Theory Archive, the René Wellek Library, and the Hans Waldmüller Thomas Mann Collection. The Critical Theory Archive is now the most important collection of manuscripts and other materials in critical theory anywhere in the world and holds the papers of Jacques Derrida, Paul de Man, René Wellek, Murray Krieger, Ihab Hassan, and Wolfgang Iser. The René Wellek Collection includes invaluable works in the history of literary criticism and literary theory and is a special resource for scholars interested in 20th-century literary theory. The Hans Waldmüller Thomas Mann Collection is notable for its comprehensive assemblage of works by and about Thomas Mann. Interlibrary loan privileges at libraries on the other campuses are available to graduate students, and documents are delivered daily from the UCLA library.

Southern California Library Resources

UCLA Libraries:  Has strengths in exile literature and folklore. Special Collections has the collection of Franz Werfel  and some correspondences and ephemera, etc. of George Altman. The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library is one of UCLA's major libraries. Its particular strengths are in English literature and history (1641-1800), 17th and 18th Century European Books & Translations (e.g. German, French, and Italian), Oscar Wilde, and fine printing.

USC Libraries Has the private library of Lion Feuchtwanger which has a strong emphasis in exile literature. It also has the private libraries of  Max Reinhardt and George Hoyningen-Hume. Also on the campus in the Arnold Schoenberg Institute is the private library of Arnald Schoenberg.  

UC Riverside Libraries:  Special emphasis on the works of Goethe and on Austrian literature. Has  important Exile literature; Austrian literature from Grillparzer to contemporary; B. Traven in Special Collections. Other collections include: German science fiction and fantasy in the J. Lloyd Eaton Collection; Photography: Renger-Patzsch, Art :German Expressionism, Music :The Oswald Jonas Memorial Collection; including documents of Heinrich Schenker and Oswald Jonas, and German History :Nazi Germany and contemporary documents, and ephemera.

UC San Diego Libraries:   Has the large collection of Max Amelang, a book collector from Los Angeles who collected heavily in all things German. Among the collections are many 16th, 17th, and 18th century imprints from Germany in Special Collections. Also has an extensive collection of fairy tales in German which includes both primary and secondary material.

Huntington Library in San Marino:  Maintains a History of Science Collection with good German holdings, organizes conferences, and offers research fellowships to assist those working with their collections.

Getty Research Institute:  The Research Library at the Getty Research Institute focuses on the history of art, architecture, and archaeology with relevant materials in the humanities and social sciences. The range of the collections begins with prehistory and extends to contemporary art. Presently, the collections are strongest in the history of western European art and culture in Europe and North America; however, in recent years, they have expanded to include other areas, such as Latin America, Eastern Europe, and selected regions of Asia. The Getty Research Institute also organizes conferences and exhibitions, a dissertation workshop, and offers fellowships for research in art history and the humanities.

Campus Research Units

The academic quality of UCI's educational programs is enhanced by the interdisciplinary research activity, which is fostered by campus research units such as the Humanities Research Institute, the Humanities Center and the Critical Theory Institute.

Humanities Research Institute
The University of California Humanities Research Institute, located on the UCI campus, serves as the humanities center for the nine campuses of the UC. Its objective is to promote collaborative research among University of California faculty and visiting national and international scholars. Topics of recent research groups have included Cartographies of the Theological-Political, Historical Problematics of Gender/Sexuality and the Global, Eating Cultures: Race and Food, The Object of Media Studies, Gaming Culture, and Law and Humanities in an "Information" Age. Fellowship opportunities are available for advanced UC graduate students to work in collaboration on interdisciplinary topics. In addition, the UC Humanities Research Institute sponsors between eight and ten conferences annually on the UC campuses.

Humanities Center
The UCI Humanities Center supports the individual and collaborative research needs of faculty and students in the School of Humanities. In addition, the Center initiates discussion, projects, lectures, conferences, and other public events on topics bridging the departments, programs, disciplines, and methodologies that contribute to the diversity of the humanities.

Critical Theory Institute
The Critical Theory Institute provides a locus for the conduct and support of collaborative, interdisciplinary research focused on the theoretical underpinnings of such fields as history, literature, philosophy, art, and politics. The Institute's principal function is to provide a forum for debate among competing movements in contemporary critical theory. The Institute organizes colloquia, lectures, seminars, and workshops in which leading theorists participate in research projects. It also sponsors the annual Wellek Library lectures. Current members of the Institute include Ackbar Abbas, Etienne Balibar, Steven Mailloux, George Marcus, J. Hillis Miller, Mark Poster, John Smith, Gayatri Spivak, and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
International Center for Writing and Translation. The International Center for Writing and Translation fosters writing, translation, and criticism in a multilingual and international context through fellowships, conferences, workshops, and research projects by faculty and students.

Teaching Resources

Humanities Instructional Resource Center
The UC Irvine Humanities Instructional Resource Center provides equipment, technical services, technical training, and technical support to help instructors to achieve their classroom goals and to embark on new instructional projects.

Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center
The UC Irvine Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center offers confidential teaching consultations, assistance with course development and instructional design, and workshops on teaching-related topics such as generating student participation in class and teaching well using technology programs.

UC Consortium for Language Learning and Teaching