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Welcome to the University of Alabama Libraries. This page provides general information about the Libraries for current students. This is page 1 of a three page document.

1. The University Libraries
2. Libraries' Floor Plans
3. Library Terminology
4. Locating Library Material
   • Books
   • Journals
   • Articles
   • Theses and Dissertations
5. Library Services
   • Renewals
   • Holds and Recalls
   • Annex
   • Rush Cataloging Request Form
   • Suggest a Purchase
   • Interlibrary Loan
   • Course Reserves
   • Library Instruction
   • Ask-A-Librarian
6. Student Employment
7. Writing Assistance and Study Skills
8. Some useful links
9. Questions or Comments

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1. The University Libraries

The University Libraries system includes five separate libraries:

• Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library (humanities, social sciences, and government information) (central quadrangle)
  
• Angelo Bruno Business Library (Stadium Drive)
  
• McLure Education Library (University Boulevard)
  
• Eric and Sara Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering (Hackberry Lane)
  
• W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library (second floor of Mary Harmon Bryant Hall on Hackberry Lane).

Note: Library functions such as acquisitions, cataloging, interlibrary loan, and systems are housed in Gorgas Library.

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2. Libraries' Floor plans

Learn your way around each library

• Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library [http://www.lib.ua.edu/floorplans/gorgas/gorgasflrpln.htm]
  
• Angelo Bruno Business Library [http://brunolib.cba.ua.edu/about/flplans.htm]
  
• McLure Education Library [http://www.lib.ua.edu/floorplans/educ/eduflrpln.htm]
  
• Eric and Sara Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering [http://www.lib.ua.edu/floorplans/sel/selflrpln.htm]
  
• W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library [http://www.lib.ua.edu/floorplans/hoole/specflrpln.htm]

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3. Library Terminology

• What is ILL? A hold or recall? To help clarify library terminology, the American Library Association provides translations and definitions of commonly used library terms.
  
  
• Definitions of library terms (in English)
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