University of Arizona: Main Library

As the main library for the University of Arizona, the Main Library holds many different collections, including the East Asian Studies, Government Documents, Map, and Middle East collections. It was constructed in 1976-7, before which it was housed in what is now the Arizona State Museum.

Chinese Studies Guide

Digital Collections Guide

East Asian Studies Collection

Japanese Studies Guide

Main Library

For all comments and questions about the Guide, please e-mail us:

mlaguide@nccjapan.net

Collection size: as of November 2014 the Japanese collection totalled 45,350 volumes. The Japanese collection focuses on literature, language & linguistics, Japanese Buddhism, history, and women's studies.

The Main Library collections focus primarily on the social sciences, humanities, fine arts, education and business. The Main Library also contains several special collections, including the Government Documents Collection and the Map Collection.

URL: www.library.arizona.edu

Online catalog: sabio.library.arizona.edu

A digital repository for scholarly works generated by faculty, researchers, or staff connected to the University of Arizona, the Campus Repository promotes access to these works.

The Special Collections of the University of Arizona, housed in the Main Library, include many digitized collections, available here. The site also allows users to view collection guides to familiarize themselves with the appropriate collections before going in.

Location and Parking

Floor maps

The Main Library is open and freely accessible by the public during public hours, however borrowing privileges are limited to University of Arizona faculty, staff, students, alumni, and those associated with the library through ASU, NAU, Pima, the President's Club, or the Friends of the Library. For more information, please visit their Borrowing Privileges page.

The Main Library hosts the Express Document Center, which offers fee-based printing and copying services. Self-service printing, scanning, and photocopying is also available on the first floor of the Main Library. Public computers can submit jobs to the CatPrint kiosks, where guests can pay using a credit card. For more information, please visit the library's Print, Copy, Scan page.