Services for Visitors and Alumni

The Science & Engineering Library is open to the public. Vistors may use the collections in the building and make copies or print. Guest work stations are provided to support research, study , and professional activities of non-University users. Visitors are expected to abide by University Libraries policies.

About the Library

• Location -- We are located in the Walter Library building on the University's East Bank campus in Minneapolis, at 117 Pleasant St. SE, not far from Northrop Auditorium.
• Hours.
• Directons and Parking
• Staff -- Trained subject librarians are available to assist you.
• Contact us -- 612-624-0224, sciref@umn.edu

On-Site Use of the Library
The library houses a comprehensive collection of technical books, journals, maps, and industry standards. Increasingly the collection is electronic rather than print, but visitors can use nearly all of our E-journals, E-books, and licensed databases.

• Computers -- Guest work-stations are provided to support research, study , and professional activities.
• MNCAT Plus, the University of Minnesota Libraries catalog lists all the books and journals we own. It is freely available both on and off-campus, though many of the URLs will not work for non-affiliates located off-campus.
• Printed Books & Journals -- these can be used and photocopied in the building.
• Storage -- much of our older print collection has been moved to a storage building. When you find in MNCAT that the item you need is in storage you can request that it be retrieved for your use. Usually this will take just a few days.
• Online Books and Journals -- we make every effort to ensure that citizens of Minnesota can access our growing collection of electronic books and journals. You can print from these resources, often download to a flash drive, and sometimes email results to yourself. Collections include IEEE, ScienceDirect, and JSTOR, among many others.
• Electronic Databases -- Nearly all of the databases we license -- like INSPEC, Compendex, Georef, and others -- are available for public use.
• Printing and Copying

Off Site Use

• MNCAT
• Google Scholar -- A great deal of research material is available on the Web and Google has compiled much of it into a special searchable database.
• Free Indexes provided through the University Libraries
• ELM databases -- residents of Minnesota are entitled to access a number of indexes and databases through their public library.
• Chemistry Resources
• InfoNOW -- a fee-based document delivery service that can provide material from Library collections as well as from other libraries.
• Learn more about borrowing privileges and options for unaffiliated library users

Alumni

• Databases -- members of the Alumni Association have access to two specially licensed databases.
• Borrowing Priviliges -- members of the Alumni Association recieve a discount on a Friends of the Library membership
• Services for Alumni

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