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About the Library

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The University of Delaware Library includes the Hugh M. Morris Library, the main library; three branch libraries located in Newark, the Agriculture Library, the Chemistry Library, and the Physics Library; a fourth branch library, the Marine Studies Library, in Lewes, Delaware; and the Library Annex located in Newark at the University of Delaware Wyoming Road Complex.

The University of Delaware Library collections parallel the University's academic interests and are broadly based and comprehensive. Books, periodicals, electronic resources, microforms, government publications, databases, maps, manuscripts, media, and access to information via the Internet provide a major academic resource for the University of Delaware, the surrounding community, the State of Delaware, and the nation. The University of Delaware Library is a depository library for U.S. government publications; a patent depository for U.S. patents; and a repository for State of Delaware publications. Library staff members provide a wide range of in-person, online, and telephone services including reference assistance, circulation, interlibrary loan, instructional programs, and assistance to users with disabilities.

The University of Delaware Library is an innovator in identifying, acquiring, and making accessible a broad range of electronic library resources. The University of Delaware Library constantly updates the technology and adds resources for students, faculty, and staff to provide the most current and convenient information resources and services to its users.

The University of Delaware Library is a member of the Association of Research Libraries, the Center for Research Libraries, CIRLA (the Chesapeake Information and Research Library Alliance), and PALINET through which it is connected online to OCLC, the Online Computer Library Center.

Library Hours of Service

The University of Delaware Library provides access to electronic resources 24 hours a day via its website at www.lib.udel.edu. Call 302-831-BOOK for library hours of the Morris Library and branch libraries or check the Library Web for library hours. The Morris Library is open a total of 108 hours a week. Hours during holidays and intersessions vary. Regular semester hours for the Morris Library are as follows:

Library Web

The University of Delaware Library is accessible via its Web at http://www.udel.edu/library. The Library Web is the place to begin using the Library online. The Library Web provides thousands of links to all types of information worldwide including access to DELCAT, databases, electronic journals and newspapers, subject guides to Internet resources, and many other types of information and services.

DELCAT: Library Online Catalog

DELCAT is the University of Delaware Library online catalog and contains information about the library collection and also provides links to electronic journals and other resources. DELCAT which is web-based may be accessed from anywhere in the world via the Web at http://delcat.udel.edu.

Databases

The University of Delaware Library subscribes to more than 230 licensed databases for use by University of Delaware students, faculty, and staff. Each database allows searching of many thousands of publications at once. Some databases are general in nature and cover virtually all disciplines, and others are specific subject-oriented.  Some of the databases include citations and summaries and other databases are "full text" and include entire articles. The Library home page provides a direct link to "Databases."

Electronic Journals

The University of Delaware subscribes to over 40,000 electronic journals covering all disciplines licensed for use by University of Delaware students, faculty, and staff. Entire articles from the electronic journals are available online to search, read, and print. The Library home page provides a direct link to "Electronic Journals."

• Article Express - online electronic journal access and document delivery
• Alerting Services - receive email information and electronic articles on topics you select
• AskRef Live! - an online live reference service via the Web
• AskRef - online email reference service with answers within 24 hours

Morris Library Building and Services

The Morris Library provides: seating for more than 3,000 persons; wireless access in most areas of the Morris Library; special purpose space for computer-based systems; more than 200 computer workstations accessible to users; more than 200 laptop connections for University of Delaware users to connect personal laptops (including all graduate carrels); a current periodical reading room; self-service photocopiers; microform reader/printers including a digital microform workstation; a large reserve reading room; small research studies which faculty may reserve; a computing site; a GIS workstation; special equipment and areas to assist users with disabilities; a media area and viewing room; small group study rooms for student use; a handsome Special Collections area including an exhibition gallery and a reading room with a controlled environmental system for rare materials; the Student Multimedia Design Center; and many other areas and services.

Services to Delaware Public Schools

The Library administers a state-supported program called UDLib/SEARCH which provides access via the Web to online periodicals and databases to all public high schools and middle schools in Delaware, training for teachers, librarians, and technical support. Information for teachers and schools who wish to bring student groups to the Library is available on the Web at http://www2.lib.udel.edu/usered/tours.htm.

University of Delaware Library Associates

Founded in 1958, the University of Delaware Library Associates work to enrich the research collections of the University of Delaware Library though gifts from individuals, funds raised by programs, and donations of significant books. The membership brochure may be found on the Web or a printed copy requested at UDLA@udel.edu.

Size of Collections (2006/2007)			Use Statistics (2006/2007)
Books and bound periodicals over	over 2,700,000		Items loaned	over 340,000
Microforms	over 3,400,000		Items used in building	over 134,000
Electronic journals and newspapers via the library web pages	over 40,000		Individuals entering the Morris Library	nearly 680,000
Linear feet of manuscripts and archives	over 4,800		Virtual Visits on Library Web site	over 1,800,000
Other resources	over 590,000
Databases	over 230
Subject guides to the Internet	over 105

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