You have a personal librarian in your major.

This subject specialist works with your professors to provide the resources that you need. When you are starting a research project, your personal librarian is a great person to help you begin. Where do you find this special librarian? In the Directory of Subject Specialists.

You can use the library at any time.

You can connect to ALL of our electronic resources 24/7 with an internet connection and your HawkID and password.

You can be in The Main Library until 2 a.m. (the latest any building on campus is open to the public), and you can talk with library reference staff (an actual person) until midnight.

You can find information your professor will accept.

The UI Libraries literally has millions of books (we'll be nearing 5 million in the Fall of 2008 which puts us among the top 25 academic research libraries); thousands of databases (some of the most popular multidisciplinary databases are EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite and Lexis-Nexis Academic ).

You can find a job at the library.

Each semester more than 200 students work in the library in a variety of jobs. There are locations across campus and hours that are convenient for your schedule.

You can touch a lock of John Keats' hair...

... see a 2,000-year-old receipt for a goat written in Sanskrit, read a manuscript published before moveable type was invented.

Special Collections, third floor of the Main Library, houses all kinds of unique treasures.

You can study in the library.

There are designated Group and Quiet study spaces in the 11 campus libraries. You can find the space that fits your needs.

With more than 350 comfortable chairs in the Libraries, you'll feel right at home while you study.

You can eat in the library.

Food for Thought is located inside the Main Library. You can bring covered drinks into the branches.

You can use a computer.

Main Library has the largest computer lab on campus - 124 PC desktops, 71 Mac desktops and 16 PC laptops.

Each of the branch libraries have computers for you to use.

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In June 2007, the UI Libraries joined the Google Book Search project with other Big Ten libraries. You can learn more about the project that will scan 10 million books at http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/digitalbooks.

Need to know more? It's easy. Ask a Librarian.

This is one of the few places on campus where you are not required to know the answers. We want you to ask questions. We will help you find answers to those questions.