UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

The library system of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, is composed of the David W. Mullins Library (the main research facility on campus) and five branch libraries--the Robert A. and Vivian Young Law Library, the Fine Arts Library, the Chemistry Library, the Physics Library, and the Learning Resources Center. The combined holdings of the libraries total over one million volumes of books and bound periodicals and over 1.5 million items in microform. The libraries currently receive over 16,000 separate journal and serial publications by subscription, gift, and exchange. Other resources in the collections include approximately 600,000 government documents and several thousand maps, sound recordings, electronic databases, and manuscripts.

The University of Arkansas Libraries' records are computerized on the InfoLinks library system. Holdings information can be accessed and searched from computers within the library, as well as from computers at homes, offices, or dorm rooms via modem or network connection. Other library catalogs, as well as general and specialized indexing and abstracting databases, can also be accessed through InfoLinks. The library's electronic home page (accessed through UARKinfo) provides a wide variety of information services, including a "virtual reference desk." Anyone with a University identification card may check out materials through the Libraries' convenient electronic check-out system. Loan periods are of varying lengths as defined by the circulation policies, which are available at the Circulation Desk or through the library home page.

The University of Arkansas Libraries maintain a membership in the AMIGOS Bibliographic Council. Through OCLC, the Libraries share cataloging and interlibrary loan information with hundreds of libraries all over the world.

The Special Collections Division in Mullins Library acquires and preserves material for research in the history, literature, and culture of Arkansas and surrounding regions. Through this division, scholars have access to a rich assortment of books, pamphlets, periodicals, photographs, maps, and manuscript collections to support their work. Among the more than 10,000 linear feet of manuscript collections available are the papers of J. William Fulbright, Joe T. Robinson, Edward Durell Stone, Orval Faubus, Brooks Hays, John Gould Fletcher, Vance Randolph, William Grant Still, Jeff Davis, John Paul Hammerschmidt, Daisy Bates, Mary D. Hudgins, Alfred E. Smith, Ruth Polk Patterson, Elizabeth Huckaby, Virginia Tidball, and records of organizations such as the Arkansas Council on Human Relations, the Council of International Exchange of Scholars, Peace Links, and Southland College. In addition, the division maintains a special collection of books written by Arkansas authors, as well as a collection of the articles and books published by faculty members at the University. The division also houses the library's Rare Book Collection and other material.

The Government Documents Department in Mullins Library assists library users in finding government information. The library is a depository for publications of the federal government and the state of Arkansas. In addition, the library archives selected documents from other states, foreign countries, the United Nations, and other international organizations. Information is available in print, microform, or electronic formats. The Audio Visual Department provides equipment for photocopying microforms and offers check-out of microfilm readers for personal use. When faculty members or graduate students need items that are not available in the University Libraries, the Interlibrary Loan Department provides the service of obtaining materials from other cooperating libraries.

The Reference Department assists users in locating and using library materials. Reference librarians are ready to help students use InfoLinks, the CD-ROM databases, and networked electronic resources. In addition, librarians offer orientation sessions and lectures on research methods to various classes from all the colleges on campus.

For information concerning any of these services, as well as information on carrel space, seminar rooms, reserve policies, book and journal ordering procedures, or any other library matter, inquire at any public service desk or at the Director's Office in Mullins Library.