UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON LIBRARIES/LIBRARIES AND UNITS

Architecture and Urban Planning Library

Architecture and Urban Planning Library, University of Washington

334 Gould Hall

Box 355730

206-543-4067

arch@lib.washington.edu

http://www.lib.washington.edu/aup
Subjects emphasized in this collection are architecture, architectural history, urban design and planning, landscape architecture, construction management, and furniture design. Special materials include selected environmental impact statements, primarily for King County, the City of Seattle and the UW.

Art Library

Art Building, University of Washington

101 Art Building

Box 353440

206-543-0648

art@lib.washington.edu

http://www.lib.washington.edu/Art
Art, Art History, and Design are the major subject areas of the collection. Included are publications on ceramics, fibers, industrial design, metals, painting & drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, visual communication design, and the history of art from the ancient period to the present. Special research materials include the Decimal Index to the Art of the Low Countries, and the New York Public Library’s Artists Files on microfiche.

UW Bothell/CCC Library, UW Bothell

UW Bothell/CCC Library, University of Washington, Bothell

http://www.bothell.washington.edu/ UW Bothell

Box 358550

18225 Campus Way N.E.

Bothell, WA 98011-8245

425-352-5340

botcirc@uwb.edu

http://www.uwb.edu/library
Services and materials are provided to support undergraduate programs in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Business, and Computing and Software Systems as well as graduate programs in Business, Education, Nursing, and Policy Studies. In addition, a fifth year certification program in K-8 teaching is offered. UW Bothell is co-located with Cascadia Community College, and library services are also provided to CCC faculty, staff and students. The library collection emphasizes recent scholarly publications in disciplines represented in the curricula of both institutions. A document delivery service is available to UWB/CCC students, faculty and staff for access to UW Seattle and Tacoma library materials. UW Seattle and Tacoma students, faculty and staff may request UWB/CCC materials using the UW Libraries Catalog or through Interlibrary Loan. Health Sciences Document Delivery Services provides article delivery from UWB for its constituents.

Chemistry Library

Chemistry Library, University of Washington

30 Chemistry Library Building

Box 351700

206-543-1603

chemlib@u.washington.edu

http://www.lib.washington.edu/Chemistry
Research collections in the chemical sciences and chemical engineering are located here. Additional subjects include biotechnology, chemical aspects of polymers, and materials science.

Drama Library

145 Hutchinson Hall

Box 353950

206-543-5148

FAX 206-543-8512

drama@lib.washington.edu

http://www.lib.washington.edu/Drama
Subjects emphasized are dramatic literature and theatre history. Materials on acting, black theatre, children’s theatre, circus, costume, creative dramatics, directing, dramatic theory and criticism, lighting, makeup, mime, playwriting, scene design and theatre buildings and auditoriums are included. Of special note are the more than 14,000 acting editions and sound effects from BBC, CBS and Sound Ideas.

East Asia Library

322 Gowen Hall

Box 353527

206-543-4490

FAX: 206-221-5298

ealcirc@u.washington.edu

http://www.lib.washington.edu/East-asia
Collection emphasis is on anthropology, art, business and economics, communication, history, languages and literature, law, philosophy, religion and political science, all within the context of the cultures of China, Japan, Korea and Inner Asia. Language materials held are Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tibetan, Manchurian and Mongolian. In addition, Western language publications covering the fields of the social sciences and humanities are also available.

Engineering Library

Engineering Library Building

Box 352170

206-543-0740

FAX: 206-543-3305

englib@u.washington.edu

http://www.lib.washington.edu/engineering
Subjects emphasized are all areas of engineering (except chemical), computer science, energy, history of technology and technical communication. The library is a designated Patent and Trademark Depository Library and maintains a national depository for the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Special resources include industry standards, technical reports, and U.S. patent specifications from 1966 to the present.

Fisheries-Oceanography Library

Fisheries-Oceanography Library, University of Washington

151 Oceanography Teaching Bldg.

Box 357952

206-543-4279

fishlib@u.washington.edu

http://www.lib.washington.edu/Fish
Subjects emphasized are all aspects of fisheries, oceanography and marine science. Of particular note are holdings in the areas of Pacific salmon, marine and aquatic ecology, marine policy, and aquaculture. The collection includes many fisheries publications from state, federal and international governments as well as intergovernmental organizations.

Foster Business Library

Foster Business Library, University of Washington

13 Bank of America Executive Education Center

Box 353224

206-543-4360, 206-543-8012

balib@u.washington.edu

http://www.lib.washington.edu/Business
The collection includes business, accounting, business communications, business policy, finance, human resource management and organizational behavior, international business, information systems, management science and operations management, and marketing. Special materials include the corporate annual reports collection.

Friday Harbor Library

Friday Harbor Library, University of Washington

Friday Harbor Laboratories

Box 351812

Friday Harbor, WA 98250

206-616-0758

FAX 206-543-1273

frihar@u.washington.edu

http://www.lib.washington.edu/Fhl
Holdings constitute a core collection on the biology and ecology of marine organisms. Special materials include collections of reprints, papers and theses based on research done at the Friday Harbor Labs. A librarian is in residence Summer Quarter. Fax, e-mail and courier services provide other materials year-round.

Government Publications

Ground Floor

Suzzallo Library

Box 352900

206-543-1937

http://www.lib.washington.edu/Govpubs
Government Publications offers reference services for a wide range of government data and information, in electronic, microform, and print formats. Depository publications are received from the U.S. government, Washington state, Canada, the United Nations and the European Union. Documents from Seattle, King County, Northwest regional councils, other foreign governments and other international intergovernmental organizations are also acquired, along with U.S. legislative, administrative and statistical reports. Materials collected from foreign governments are primarily statistical in nature.
A 20-seat computer lab provides GIS support to UW students, faculty and staff during the academic year.

Health Sciences Library and Information Center

Health Sciences Library and Information Center, University of Washington

T-227 Health Sciences Bldg.

Box 357155

206-543-3390

hsl@u.washington.edu

http://healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl
Subjects emphasized are medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, public health, biochemistry, biomathematics, biomedical history, molecular biology and psychiatry.
In addition, special materials include a collection of rare books on the history of health sciences, audio-visual materials, and computer software and hardware supporting the health sciences curriculum.
Among special programs are the collection and operations base for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region, serving health professionals in Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Montana. The Research Funding Service (for Health Sciences faculty and staff) and the Health Sciences Microlab are housed here. HSLIC staff manages the[K.K. Sherwood Library in Harborview Medical Center and the Social Work Library.
Special services include fee-based document and information services to individuals outside the campus community. Document Services is an article delivery service providing access to journals in HSLIC or the Social Work Library. For grants and funding information, faculty from Health Sciences may contact the Research Funding Service Research Funding Service at 206-685-8036 or e-mail rfs@u.washington.edu.

International Studies

Near East

First Floor

Suzzallo Library

Box 352900

206-543-9517

neareast@lib.washington.edu

http://www.lib.washington.edu/NearEast
The Near East Section is responsible for the interdisciplinary collection of materials in all languages pertaining to the Middle East, and selects materials in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish. Reference services include orientation to and instruction on the use of these materials, as well as assistance with the preparation of bibliographies. Vernacular materials are located in the Suzzallo and Allen stacks.

Slavic and East European

First Floor

Suzzallo Library

Box 352900

206-543-5588

http://www.lib.washington.edu/Slavics
This unit is responsible for information resource development in all formats pertaining to Russia and the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and the Baltics. In addition to more than 9,000 area-related books, videos, sound recordings, computer files, microforms, and periodicals each year, the section provides reference assistance and user instruction sessions for students, faculty and community members. Most materials are located in Suzzallo and Allen stacks.

Southeast Asia

First Floor

Suzzallo Library

University of Washington

Box 352900

Seattle, WA 98195-2900

206-543-3986

http://www.lib.washington.edu/Southeastasia
This unit is responsible for resource development in Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam. Each year thousands of books and periodicals as well as videos, sound recordings, computer files and microforms are added in regional languages as well as in English and European languages. Section staff also provide reference assistance and user instruction for students, faculty and community members. Materials acquired by the section are in Suzzallo and Allen stacks and in remote storage.

K.K. Sherwood-Harborview Library

104 Harborview Hall

Box 359902

206-731-3360

FAX: 206-731-8673

hsl@u.washington.edu

http://healthlinks.washington.ed/hsl/kks
A full range of information services is offered to UW faculty, staff and students at Harborview Medical Center. Access to online systems augments patient care information requirements. The books and journals held at this location are all noncirculating.

Map Collection & Cartographic Information Services

Suzzallo Library basement

Box 352900

206-543-9392

maplib@u.washington.edu

http://www.lib.washington.edu/Maps
The Map Collection provides worldwide coverage through a comprehensive collection of cartographic materials. Major collection strengths include complete holdings of U.S. topographic maps as well as many for foreign areas; nautical and aeronautical charts; aerial photographs of Washington state; gazetteers and placename indexes.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data provides primarily local, regional and statewide information. Access to GIS software is provided. A 20-seat computer lab provides GIS support to UW students, faculty and staff during the academic year. This unit also offers its services as a state Earth Science Information Center office.

Mathematics Research Library

C-306 Padelford Hall

Box 354350

206-543-7296

FAX 206-543-5222

mathlib@math.washington.edu

http://www.lib.washington.edu/Math
The collection emphasizes advanced research materials in pure and theoretical mathematics, and in pure and applied statistics. Among the subject areas covered are algebra, analysis, differential equations, geometry, group theory, probability, statistics, topology, computational mathematics and computational statistics.

Media Center

Mezzanine
Odegaard Undergraduate Library

206-543-6051

medialib@u.washington.edu

http://www.lib.washington.edu/Media
This unit serves as the central media unit for the Libraries. Materials support UW curriculum and research with sound recordings, videotapes, compact discs, DVDs, and slides. Media materials may be placed on reserve at the Media Center. Sound and video programs can be accessed through carrels on the mezzanine, and media materials not on course reserve may be checked out by those with Libraries borrowing privileges.

Microform and Newspaper Collections

Ground Floor

Suzzallo Library

Box 352900

206-543-4164

mcnews@u.washington.edu

http://www.lib.washington.edu/Mcnews
Microform holdings support research in the humanities, sciences and social sciences, selected National Archives materials, early European and American imprints, and a wide variety of documents from governmental and nongovernmental organizations. A large collection of foreign and domestic newspapers is maintained, including over 250 current subscriptions and extensive historical newspaper backfiles.

Music Library

113 Music Building

Box 353450

206-543-1168

musiclib@u.washington.edu

http://www.lib.washington.edu/Music

Music Listening Center

19 Music Building

206-543-1159
Holdings emphasize the history, literature, theory and performance of music. The collection includes books, scores, and audio and video recordings. Among special resources are the Eric Offenbacher Collection of pre-LP vocal recordings of the music of Mozart, the Hazel B. Kinsella Collection of American hymnals and tune books, the Melville Harris Collection of early disc and cylinder recordings of woodwind solos, and a collection of 17th and 18th century opera scores.

Natural Sciences Library

Ground Floor and First Floor

Allen Library South, Box 352900

206-543-1243

FAX 206-685-1665

Reference 206-543-1244

natsci@u.washington.edu

http://www.lib.washington.edu/Natsci
The major collections for atmospheric sciences, biology, botany, earth and space sciences, forest resources, products and related forestry subjects, general science, speech and hearing sciences, zoology and history of science are housed at this location. Reference services include teaching classes and individuals, with emphasis on access to electronic and print information sources. Provides class reserve services for these subject areas in both electronic and print formats.

Odegaard Undergraduate Library (OUGL)

Odegaard Undergraduate Library, University of Washington

Box 353080

206-543-1947

ugref@u.washington.edu

http://www.lib.washington.edu/ougl
OUGL is an interactive center for teaching, learning and undergraduate research, with a collection of over 160,000 volumes, reserve and media collections to support more than 400 courses per quarter. OUGL provides 24-hour library service, and is one of the busiest libraries on campus.
OUGL’s interdisciplinary collection supports the undergraduate curriculum with emphasis on social sciences and humanities. OUGL reserves is the primary reserve unit in the library system for non-health sciences subjects.
The collection also includes career and English as a Second Language materials. Individual research consultations and group study rooms are also available, as well as computer equipment for students with physical disabilities. OUGL is home to UWill, a Web-based information literacy service for faculty, the OUGL Commons, a 360-seat computer lab on the second floor, and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology, designed to provide walk-in assistance to UW faculty and staff who have questions about educational technology.

Periodicals

Third Floor

Suzzallo and Allen Libraries

Box 352900

206-543-1939
This section holds the largest collection of periodicals in the library system. Holdings emphasize general interest, humanities and social sciences. Titles are from around the world, including many in foreign languages. Services include general circulation and periodicals information.

Physics-Astronomy Library

Physics-Astronomy Building, University of Washington

Sixth Floor, C Wing

Physics Astronomy Building

Box 351560

206-543-2988

phylib@u.washington.edu

http://www.lib.washington.edu/Physics
This collection emphasizes advanced research in physics, astronomy and astrophysics. Physics subject areas include atomic and molecular physics, classical and quantum mechanics, fluids and plasmas, high energy and nuclear physics, mathematical and statistical physics, optics and solid state physics.

Reference and Research Services

First Floor

Suzzallo Library

Box 352900

206-543-0242

refquest@u.washington.edu

http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/contacts.html
The Libraries’ largest and most comprehensive collection of reference resources is located in Reference and Research Services. General and specialized reference services for the humanities, social sciences and international studies, and reference support for the larger library system are offered here.

Social Work Library

Social Work/Speech and Hearing Sciences Building, University of Washington

252 Social Work/Speech and Hearing Sciences Building

Box 354900

206-685-2180

FAX 206-685-7647

hsl@u.washington.edu

http://healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl/swl
The collection encompasses social welfare policy and administration, social services to individuals and groups, community organizations, human growth and behavior, marriage and family, aging, interpersonal violence, substance abuse, and crime and delinquency. Interdisciplinary materials in health sciences, law, psychology and sociology are also included. A braille typewriter is available for library users.

Special Collections

Basement Floor Allen Library Box 352900

206-543-1929

speccoll@u.washington.edu

http://www.lib.washington.edu/Specialcoll
These collections provide service and care of valuable, rare and unique materials. The Historical Photographs, Manuscripts, Pacific Northwest, and Architectural Drawings collections focus on the history and culture of the Pacific Northwest, including Alaska and Western Canada.
Collection sources include members of Congress, regional photographers, pioneers and settlers, and local Japanese, Jewish and Scandinavian communities. Another specialty is travel and exploration literature, particularly of the Pacific Ocean. The University Archives is responsible for records of UW offices and student organizations, and personal papers of prominent faculty and administrators. The Book Arts Collection features both historical and modern pieces relating to all aspects of the physical book. Collections of authors spanning the 18th to 20th centuries include significant regional poets, and a major collection of 19th century American literature. Reference collections emphasize the history of books and printing, regional and local history and materials on the preservation of books and paper. All collections are noncirculating and restrictions on use may apply.

Suzzallo and Allen Libraries

Suzzallo Library Reading Room, University of Washington

The Suzzallo and Allen Libraries are together a prominent symbol of learning and research on campus, housing more than 60 miles of shelving. This combined facility is the primary location for information and services in the social sciences and humanities. Subjects emphasized are African studies, anthropology, classics, communications, economics, education, ethnic studies, geography, history, languages and literatures, library and information science, Near Eastern studies, Nordic studies, philosophy, political science, psychology, sociology, South Asia studies, Slavic studies, speech communication, West European studies and Women studies.
Libraries Administration is located on the fourth floor of the Allen Library North.

UW Tacoma Library, UW Tacoma

UW Tacoma Library, University of Washington, Tacoma

UW Tacoma

1900 Commerce Street

Box 358460

253-692-4440

FAX 253-692-4445

taclib@u.washington.edu

http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/library
[Located in the heart of Tacoma’s historic waterfront warehouse district, the Library provides materials and services to support undergraduate programs in interdisciplinary arts and sciences (including nonprofit management, Asian studies, Hispanic studies, museum studies, human rights, environmental studies, public history), business administration, nursing, social welfare, urban studies (including geographic information systems), and computing and software systems; graduate programs in business administration, education, interdisciplinary studies, nursing, social work and computing and software systems. UW Tacoma faculty, students and staff have access to library resources from the University Libraries and several other academic libraries in the Pacific Northwest. The Library facility includes the 1902 Snoqualmie Falls Power Company Transformer House, the Chihuly “Chinook” chandelier, and several historical photographs.

Other Libraries

Other independently administered libraries are also located on the University’s Seattle campus.

Elisabeth C. Miller Library

University of Washington Botanic Gardens

Box 354115

3501 N.E. 41st Street

206-543-0415

hortlib@u.washington.edu

http://depts.washington.edu/hortlib
This collection serves the Arboretum, Center for Urban Horticulture faculty and students, horticultural professionals, and the general public. Subjects include urban horticulture, urban forestry, urban ecology, regional flora, garden design, garden history and gardening techniques.

Marian G. Gallagher Law Library

William H. Gates Hall

Box 353025

206-543-4086

Hours 206-543-4088

http://lib.law.washington.edu
This library contains the standard Anglo-American legal authorities, including statutes, reported decisions, treaties and legal periodicals. The foreign law collection is substantial and regionally significant, with special emphasis on Chinese, Japanese and Korean materials along with selected European holdings. The Law Library is a partial depository for U.S. Government publications, briefs of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and for all Washington state courts of record. The UW Law Library Catalog may be searched at http://lib.law.washington.edu.

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