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Information about our collections, user programs, borrowing limits, resource sharing, and interlibrary loan.

Online Collections

Please see our Curated Collections and our Databases A-Z for online materials, including books, streaming audio, and video. Our MINDS@UW repository contains student and faculty scholarship, including capstones, theses, and collections like The Nemadji Review.

Garden Level

Government Documents

As a selective depository library in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and the Wisconsin Document Depository Program (WDDP), the library provides access to more than 200,000 electronic documents and an additional 3,000 print documents published by the federal and state government.

Northland Writers

Shelved with the General Collection and Educational Materials Collection, the Northland Writers Collection features authors and small publishers from the Upper Midwest. Fiction authors are handpicked by the Writing Program for inclusion to the collection. Some titles from this collection may also be found on the second floor with the Educational Materials.

Periodicals

Although most of our journals, magazines, and newspapers are available online only through our many subscription databases, we maintain print access to a selected number of titles for general interest browsing and research.

Maps & Atlases

Maps & Atlases

The library maintains a collection of current and historical atlases and maps that may be an excellent reference point for your research. Due to the odd sizes of many of these resources, you may wish to consult them within the library rather than checking them out.

General Collection

General Collection

The general collection comprises the bulk of our print materials and includes tens of thousands of books selected by librarians and members of each department to meet your research needs in each discipline. Works in this collection are located on the Garden Level, shelved by call number.

First Floor

Faculty development books in a bookcase

Faculty Development

These collected resources aim to provide connect you to the latest news and developments in education, grant and funding opportunities, calls for papers, test preparation tools, and training covering a range of software, technology, and business topics.

Games on bookshelves

Games & Kits

We have a variety of games for different group sizes and skill levels. Interested in hunting ghosts? Try our newest kit!

Reference books in a bookcase with an open book on top

Reference

Discover a world of knowledge at your fingertips! Our university library’s reference collection offers a wealth of resources to support your research, assignments, and academic growth.

Mindfulness books in a bookcase

Mindfullness & Well-Being

Wherever you are in your mindfulness and well-being journey, the Mindfulness & Well-Being Collection has something for you! This includes a vast array of books, DVD’s, journals, and other resources designed to teach and enhance your personal or professional well-being.

Graphic novels in a bookcase

Graphic Novels

The Graphic Novels Collection includes more than 250 volumes published by mainstream and alternative presses, selected for both entertainment and educational purposes.

Popular Reading

Popular Reading

With funding provided by the Undergraduate Differential Tuition for Library Initiatives, the library has partnered with Brodart's McNaughton fiction program to offer a rotating collection of current popular fiction from a wide range of genres.

Second Floor

Special Collections & Archives

Home to the UW-Superior University Archives, Wisconsin Historical Society Area Research Center, and Maritime Collections.

Audio & Video

The Audio & Video Collection includes thousands of feature films, educational films, theatrical performances, documentaries, newsreels, television programs, audiobooks, soundtracks, and other audio visual materials.

Educational Materials

The educational materials collection includes thousands of fiction and non-fiction books for children and young adults, a selection of puppets and games, and curriculum materials.