The BRIT Library supports botanical research and education in Texas and around the world. Our collection has been carefully curated and is a valuable research tool for those studying systematic botany, horticulture, natural history and ethnobotany. The BRIT Library houses one of the largest and finest collections of botanical works in the southwestern United States. 

Our collection is non-circulating but we are open to the public for use as a reference library Tuesday - Friday, 10am to 4pm. To ensure that someone is available to assist you, please make an appointment before stopping by.

DIGITAL BOOKS

• Archbishop Chateau and Gardens in Kromeriz (see author list)
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Complete Works of Charles Darwin
• Cornell Core Historical Collection of Agriculture
• Darwin Correspndence Project
• Digital Book Index
• Digital Orchid Library
• Keslick & Son Modern Arboriculture (see Click Here for hard to access documents)
• Missouri Botanical Garden Library
• Orchid Literature in the Web
• Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid (see Biblioteca Digital)
• Stuebers Online Library

IMAGE COLLECTIONS

• The British Library Online Gallery

• Library of Congress Digital Collections (American Memory, and Online Exhibits)

• Digital Collections at Harvard University

• Harvard University Botany Libraries (see Archives/Digital Resources)

• Harvard University Herbaria (see Collections)

• Harvard University Library Digital Initiatives (Ames Orchid Project Final Report)

• The New York Public Library Digital Gallery (see Nature Illustrated Gallery)

GENERAL

• Encyclopedia of Life
• Google Books
• Internet Archive
• Your Old Books