Library Orientation: Home

Not sure where find a book on the shelves of the UI Library? Use this handy guide for locating the floor.

Need to buckle down and get to work? Open group study tables and a computer lab are on 2nd Floor. A designated quiet computer lab is located on 4th floor.

Group study rooms and tables are on 3nd and 4th floors (designated as quiet floors). Rooms are available on a first come, first served basis and are equipped with white boards; markers may be checked out from the Circulation Desk on 2nd floor.

There's much to know about the UI Library.  We invite you to visit as soon as possible, and if you have questions, be sure to ask one of our friendly librarians and staff. We're here to help you!

Over the next few months, the University of Idaho Library will be revamping its first floor to provide patrons with improved study areas, expanded classroom resources, and a new coffee and refreshment installation. During the construction process the location of library services and holdings may change, but will remain available to patrons with of minimum of inconvenience. 

The project will only involve the 1st floor of the main UI Library building.

For updates and more inforamtion visit our Construction Guide.  Please feel free ask our circulation staff or reference librarians if you have questions. 

Start your research on the UI Library Website! The search box on the  homepage locates materials in both University of Idaho Libraries and Summit, a group of 36 other academic libraries throughout the Pacific Northwest. It also searches libraries worldwide for items not held by UI and Summit libraries.

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The library also has fiction books, magazines like Rolling Stone and Sports Illustrated, CDs, and thousands of DVDs.

You can even browse the old "Gem of the Mountains" yearbooks for photos of your relatives who went to college here!