Autograph Collection Index
Index to 1,700 autographs collected from 1905-1910 by former City Librarian Charles Lummis. Lummis sent specially designed library stationery to all the leading men and some women of the day asking them to improve the page with a saying, drawing, or other inspiring example. Call the Rare Books Department at (213) 228-7350 for an appointment to view the collection.

Behymer Collection Index
Index to 181 images, mostly photographs, of opera singers and other artists brought to the L.A. musical stage at the turn of the 20th century by impresario L.E. Behymer.

Bookplate Index
Index to 1,300 bookplates commissioned by people who wished to identify the books in their libraries through a unique work of art.

Business Magazines Index
Index of current magazine subscriptions for the Central Library's Business and Economics Department.

Business Reference Sources
Bibliographies, abstracts, and location of reference tools kept in the reference area of the Central Library's Business & Economics Department.

California Documents Index
Index of uncataloged California State agency documents located in the Science & Technology Department. Materials can be accessed by title, subject, and a unique CalDocs number.

California Fiction Index
Index to adult fiction which takes place in California. Index can be searched by author, title, locale, decade in which the story takes place, and/or major characters.

California Index
Indexes information about people, places, and events that have had a significant impact on life in Southern California. Most newspapers, magazines, and books cited here can be found in the Central Library.

California Prints Index
Index to 456 images in various media including wood engraving from the mid-20th century.

Casey Fashion Plate Collection Index
Index to The Joseph E. Casey Fashion Plate Collection, which contains over 6,000 handcolored fashion plates from British and American magazines dating from the 1790s to the 1880s. All of the plates are indexed here, and currently there are over 1,500 images included for online viewing.

City Directories Index
A listing of paper and microform U.S. city, county state, and regional directories located in the History & Genealogy Department. The collection also includes some Canadian Directories.

Cookery Ephemera Collection Index
Index to over 2,500 promotional booklets on food and cooking from commercial and non-commercial sources. The booklets date from the late 19th. century and show the development of advertising art as well as the stated purpose. Call the Rare Books Department at (213) 228-7350 for an appointment to view the booklets.

Environmental Impact Reports
An index of environmental impact reports available in the Central Library's Science & Technology Department. The file is particularly useful for locating materials in their review period.

Genealogy & Local History Index
A genealogy file that contains local history information, selected history resources, and an index of family names in published genealogies located in the History & Genealogy Department.

Government Documents - Business
Finding aids and federal information of interest in the areas of business, science, demographics, and diplomacy.

Japanese Prints Index
Index to 287 prints, mostly originals, some reproductions, by various artists including Hiroshige and Utamaro.

Library Images Index
Index to 110 large-format photos and architect renderings of the Central Library and branches. Call the Rare Books Department at (213) 228-7350 for an appointment to view the images.

Menu Collection with Images
List of menus from Los Angeles, other cities, steamships, airlines, and banquets. Images of the actual menus are being added to the records.

Native American Index
An index to books, periodical articles and vertical file holdings of the Central Library's History & Genealogy Dept. on the tribes of North, Central, and South America.

Obituary Index
Provides date, place, cause of death and obituary citation for noted actors, authors, journalists, and librarians. Coverage is more comprehensive after 1970s.

Orchestration Catalog
An index to over 2,000 orchestral scores (with parts) available for loan to orchestras in Southern California from the Central Library.

Play File Index
An index to plays which remain unpublished or have only been published in periodicals. Includes references to reviews.

Public Art Index
Inventory forms, photographs, and other supporting documentation on outdoor sculpture found in Southern California. The Index was prepared for the Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) project of the National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Series and Sequels
A listing created by the Central Library’s Literature & Fiction Dept. of fiction books for adults which are part of a series or are sequels to earlier novels.

Short Story File Index
An index created by the Central Library’s Literature & Fiction Dept. to short stories in collections and anthologies in the Los Angeles Public Library.

Song Index
An index of songs appearing in books located in the Central Library Art & Music Department.

Toy Movable Database
The Toy Movable Database contains information on Toy Moveable (also known as "pop-up") books owned by LAPL. This is a reference collection, and the items do not circulate.

Turnabout Theatre Archive
This collection, contains photographs, documents, props, and costumes, has been cataloged and the images digitized.