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The U of R Library system consists of the River Campus Libraries--Rush
Rhees Library (for the social sciences and humanities) and
Carlson Library (for science and engineering), Sibley Music
Library at the Eastman School and Edward G. Miner Library
at the Medical Center. Warner students have borrowing privileges
at all the libraries and may also request materials at off-campus
libraries be sent to the River Campus.
Collections
2003 UR Libraries statistics:
- Volumes held: 3,185,231
- Serials subscriptions: 21,659
- Materials budget: $5,686,913
2002/2003 Education materials expenditures:
- Monographs: $18,132
- Serials: $51,801
The library subscribes to the major education and social
sciences online research databases, including: ERIC, ERIC
Document Reproduction Service, Education Abstracts Full Text,
Social Sciences Citation Index, ProQuest Research Library,
WorldCat, Dissertation Abstracts, PsycINFO, Sociological Abstracts,
JSTOR, Children's Literature Comprehensive Database, Linguistics
and Language Behavior Abstracts, Philosopher’s Index,
America: History and Life, Social Sciences Abstracts and Lexis/Nexis
Academic Universe.
Besides the more than 330 print Education journal subscriptions
(see accompanying list), users have access to hundreds of
Education electronic journals through fulltext database providers
such as ProQuest and Education Abstracts. Each electronic
journal is cataloged in Voyager, the library’s online
catalog, and many databases use SFX technology to link to
the article if the fulltext is not available directly in the
database.
Access to resources is virtually unlimited. The Interlibrary
Loan Department can obtain, at no charge, most books and articles
not owned by the libraries. In addition, graduate students
and faculty may obtain a regional borrowing card to borrow
materials in-person at other libraries in the Rochester area.
Information and Research Help
Reference librarians are also subject specialists and
the subject librarian/reference librarian for the Warner School
is Kathy McGowan. Kathy has been the education specialist
since 1981. She works closely with faculty and students to
ensure that the collection is relevant to Warner’s needs.
She conducts classes on education research tied to specific
Warner classes and Warner students consult her regularly.
The library has resource/reserve pages targeted to each Warner
class. For example, students in Master’s Research Methods
(ED 406) can start from one page on the library’s Web
site [http://www.lib.rochester.edu]
to access these materials and more: online reserve articles
and book chapters, databases most relevant for their needs,
the library catalog, and interlibrary loan forms.
Other Resources
- The libraries have numerous public workstations with Internet
Explorer, Word and Excel. The majority are connected to
laser printers.
- Rush Rhees Library has wireless access throughout the
building.
- Multimedia Center in Rush Rhees Library contains DVDs
and videocassettes for loan as well as viewing stations
and private group viewing rooms.
- Ed Tech Center in Rush Rhees Library has public access
to multimedia services such as scanners and video dubbing
and editing stations.
- ITS Center in the back of Rush Rhees is the major computer
lab on campus and has a wide variety of PC and Mac applications.
- A variety of attractive study areas are available for
individual and group study.
To contact the library:
Rush Rhees Library
755 Library Road
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627-0055
Circulation Dept Phone: (585) 275-4471
Administration Office Phone: (585) 275-4461
Fax: (585) 273-5309
EmailL: rheesref@library.rochester.edu
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