Major Collections in the Libraries

All UW Libraries Branches

UW Libraries and Hours

Links to branch libraries, including collections for Art, Built Environments, Business, Drama, East Asia, Engineering, Health Sciences, Math, Music, Physics-Astronomy, and more.

Government Publications

A depository for publications from the US government, Canada, the United Nations, the European Union and the State of Washington

Map Collection

Maps

Premier collection of maps in Washington state.

Media Center (CDs, DVDs, and more)

Largest academic audiovisual media collection in the NW

Microforms & Newspapers

A large current international and domestic newspaper collection, with emphasis on Slavic, South and Southeast Asian papers and a selection of American and European papers

ResearchWorks Archive

Scholarly publications and other files from departments and researchers at the University of Washington

UW Digital Collections

Digital Collections

Rare and unique digital photographs, maps, newspapers, posters, reports and other media from the UW Libraries, Special Collections, UW Faculty and Departments, and other partnering organizations.

The Libraries' major resource of rare PUBLISHED and archival materials covering a broad range of topics, formats and periods. Strengths in Pacific NW history; architecture; book arts; 19th c. American literature; HISTORICAL photography; historical children's literature.