Libraries on Campus
The University of Michigan Library is a system of nineteen libraries that includes a graduate, an undergraduate, science, health science, and many other specialized libraries. Five independent libraries are also housed on campus. With more than 11 million volumes, the University Library is the eighth largest academic library in North America and is considered one of the top research libraries in the U.S. The Library’s online catalog, MIRLYN, is available on the Library homepage. The Knowledge Navigation Center (KNC), located in the Hatcher Graduate Library, is an important technology site for students to explore, evaluate, and apply innovative information technologies. The Digital Media Commons (DMC) in the Duderstadt Center provides access to a state-of-the-art multimedia facility with visualization and virtual reality technologies. The Adaptive Technology Computing Site, located in the Shapiro Undergraduate Library, houses specialized hardware and software that facilitates access to a variety of computer programs and other electronic resources for library users with disabilities. Study carrels, copying machines and microfilm readers are located throughout the library system.
University of Michigan Library
Area Programs Library
110 Hatcher Graduate Library North
913 S. University Ave.
Phone: (734) 764-7555
The Area Programs Library comprises the Near East Division; the Slavic, East European and Eurasian Division; the South Asia Division; and the Southeast Asia Division. The U-M Library collects materials in over 400 languages; Area Programs acquires books, journals, magazines, newspapers, and other publications in over 50 of these languages.
Art, Architecture, and Engineering Library
Duderstadt Building
2281 Bonisteel Boulevard, North Campus
Phone: (734) 936-3191
E-Mail: aael.ref@umich.edu
The Art, Architecture, and Engineering Library offers access to collections and services supporting art, architecture, design, engineering, and urban planning. The engineering collection is one of the largest in the U.S. including well over a million technical reports, all U.S. and some foreign patents; the Visual Resources Collection supports slide and digital images primarily in architecture and contemporary art. The Library is housed in the Duderstadt Center, an innovative mixed-use facility with hundreds of work-stations in open areas, and offers programs supporting instructional technology.
Askwith Media Library
2002 Shapiro Undergraduate Library
919 S. University Ave.
Phone: (734) 764-5360
E-Mail: askwithmedia@umich.edu
The Askwith Media Library maintains a collection of over 25,000 titles, including feature films, documentaries, animated films, and instructional programs. Formats include DVDs, ½” and ¾” videotapes, 16 mm films, CD-ROMS, audio cassettes, audio CDs, and laserdiscs.
Clark Library
Second floor South, Hatcher Graduate Library
913 S. University Ave.
Phone: (734) 764-0410
E-Mail: clarklibrary@umich.edu
The Clark Library combines maps, government information, and spatial and numeric data services. This library is a congressionally designated depository for U.S. Government documents; public access is guaranteed by law.
Fine Arts Library
260 Tappan Hall
855 S. University Ave.
Phone: (734) 764-5405
E-Mail: finearts@umich.edu
The Fine Arts Library maintains a collection of print and electronic resources in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts, consisting of over 100,000 volumes on painting, drawing, sculpture, graphic arts, decorative arts, architectural history and photography. It also houses non-circulating collections of East Asian language materials and special collections on the visual arts.
Hatcher Graduate Library
On the Diag
913 S. University Ave.
Circulation: (734) 764-0400
Information and Reference: (734) 764-9373
The Graduate Library houses the general collection and is the primary research collection for the humanities and social sciences. The collection contains approximately 3.5 million titles written in several hundred languages and covering a broad range of subjects. In addition, there are over one million items in microformat and a large collection of electronic resources. Several divisional libraries are housed in the Hatcher Graduate Library building. The Graduate Library provides study carrels, copying machines and microfilm readers to all of its patrons, and the stacks are open for browsing. There are library orientation programs and tours available at the beginning of each term.
Museums Library
2500 Ruthven Museums Building
1108 Geddes Rd.
Phone: (734) 764-0467
The Museums Library serves curators and researchers in the Museums of Anthropology, Exhibits, Paleontology, Zoology and the University Herbarium. The Library collections of 130,000+ cataloged volumes focus on taxonomic botany and zoology, behavioral biology, paleontology and archaeological anthropology. The Ruthven Museums building houses the main collection, as well as collections devoted to Anthropology, Birds, Fish, Herpetology, Insects, Mammals, Mollusks, and Paleontology. The Herbarium Library collection is housed in the UM Herbarium on Varsity Drive.
Music Library
3239 Moore Building
1100 Baits Dr., North Campus
Phone: (734) 764-2512
E-Mail: music.library@umich.edu
The Music Library supports the performance, teaching, and research activities of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.
Papyrology Collection
807 Hatcher Graduate Library South
913 S. University Ave.
Phone: (734) 764-9369
E-Mail: papycollections@umich.edu
The U-M Papyrology Collection is one of the most prestigious collections of ancient manuscripts in the world. With over 7,000 inventory and approximately 17,000 individual fragments dating from 1000 BC to 1000 AD, this collection is the largest in North America and ranks among the largest worldwide.
Shapiro Science Library
3rd and 4th floors, Shapiro Undergraduate Library
919 S. University Ave.
Circulation: (734) 764-7490
Reference: (734) 763-4141
E-Mail: sciencelibrary@umich.edu
The Science Library provides services and resources to support research, teaching, and scientific inquiry in the fields of Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Geological Sciences, Mathematics, Natural Resources and Environment, Physics and Statistics.
Shapiro Undergraduate Library
919 South University Avenue
Circulation: (734) 764-7490
Reference: (734) 763-4141
The Shapiro Undergraduate Library is designed to enhance the unique undergraduate experience offered by the University of Michigan by providing its students with an array of innovative programs and resources. The library offers more than 200,000 books and periodicals, access to a multitude of electronic information resources through its homepage, and a small collection of leisure reading materials. Undergraduate library staff are specialists in teaching and assisting students as they navigate the new global knowledge environment.
Special Collections Library
Eighth Floor, Hatcher Graduate Library South
913 S. University Ave.
Phone: (734) 764-9377
E-Mail: special.collections@umich.edu
The Special Collections Library holds internationally renowned collections of books, serials, manuscripts, posters, playbills, photographs, and original artwork. It is home to some of the most historically significant treasures at the University of Michigan. Collections do not circulate; material is retrieved upon request for use in a reading room.
Taubman Health Sciences Library
1135 East Catherine Street
Circulation/Reference: (734) 764-1210
E-Mail: thlibrary@umich.edu
The Taubman Health Sciences Library serves the academic health sciences schools, basic and clinical research, bioinformatics and clinical translational science, and the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS). THL partners with the Medical School, the School of Nursing, the School of Dentistry, the College of Pharmacy, the School of Public Health, and UMHS in meeting the information and research needs of students, faculty, researchers and clinical staff.
Independent Libraries on Campus
Bentley Historical Library
1150 Beal Avenue, North Campus
Phone: (734) 764-3482
Fax: (734) 936-1333
The Bentley is a research library relating to Michigan’s history, people, and institutions from the era of exploration to the present. Materials include personal papers, organizational records, photos, films, maps, books, and newspapers. It also serves as the University Archives, with documents dating from the founding of U-M in 1817 to the present. Open to all students, faculty, Michigan citizens, and others interested in historical research. Exhibits are displayed throughout the year.
William L. Clements Library
909 South University Avenue
Phone: (734) 764-2347
Fax: (734) 647-0716
E-Mail: clements.library@umich.edu
The Clements Library specializes in primary source material relating to early American history and culture from 1492-1900. It contains rare books, maps, manuscripts, graphic art, and music. It is possible for you to use the library for research, but you must check with the admission desk for applications and an interview. Exhibits are also on display in the Main Hall Monday through Friday, 1:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Gerald R. Ford Library
1000 Beal Avenue, North Campus
Phone: (734) 205-0555
Fax: (734) 205-0571
E-Mail: ford.library@nara.gov
The papers of President Gerald Ford and his White House and campaign staffs are the core of extensive research collections on Federal policies and politics in the 1960s and 1970s. The library is run by the National Archives and is open to students and to the public.
Kresge Business Administration Library
K3330 U-M Business School
701 Tappan Street
Circulation: (734) 764-1375
Reference: (734) 764-9464
E-Mail: kresge_library@umich.edu
The Kresge Library meets the business research needs of students, faculty, and staff at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, the University of Michigan, and the surrounding community.
Law Library
Law Quadrangle
801 Monroe Street
Reference: (734) 764-9324
Circulation: (734) 764-4252
The Law Library provides collections and services to support the teaching and research needs of Law School faculty and students. Collections cover Anglo-American, foreign, comparative and international law as well as legislation and court reports from all U.S. jurisdictions. Materials do not circulate out of the library.
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