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Faculty Authored Books

The UConn Library showcases UConn-produced research by purchasing faculty-authored books across all programs of UConn, including UConn Health and Law. Authors include current full-time or emeriti UConn faculty who have published while affiliated with UConn. To learn more details about our purchase criteria, please visit our FAQs. To recommend your book for purchase or donate a copy, please submit a web form or contact the program coordinator.

Open Commons

OpenCommons@UConn is a digital repository hosting the intellectual output of the UConn community, ranging from honors theses to faculty publications.

The repository also hosts several journals, including The Quiet Corner and Journal for Evidence-based Practice in Correctional Health.

Theses and Dissertations

The Connecticut Digital Archive provides access to all UConn dissertations and masters' theses from 2013 to the present, with an increasing number of the 1922-2013 (pre-electronic submission) titles added regularly. Electronically submitted UConn dissertations and masters' theses from 2013 through 2020 may also be found in the Library's OpenCommons. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global provides full text for most UConn dissertations from 1996 to 2012 and includes citations for over 9000 dissertations back to 1965.

Print copies of UConn theses and dissertations do not circulate and are available for viewing in Archives & Special Collections, located in the Dodd Center. Search our catalog to find out if we hold a print copy.

For inquiries regarding UConn theses or dissertations, contact Betsy Pittman.

The work of Archives & Special Collections is guided by the ideas that archives reveal by enabling people to examine and better understand the past, that archives inspire by being useful for many purposes, and that archives should be open to provide the widest possible access to information. To learn about the primary collecting areas for UConn Library's Archives & Special Collections, please visit Collections Overview.

How to Access

Archival & Manuscript Collections: Descriptive guides, inventories, and finding aids in ArchivesSearch
Digital Collections: Digital items including university records, and electronic theses and dissertations in the Connecticut Digital Archive
Published Collections: Cataloged rare books, periodicals, artists books, and other published materials in the Library catalog

The Center for Research Libraries is a longstanding UConn partner. At its Chicago headquarters, CRL preserves and provides access to a cooperatively built collection of more than 5 million physical and 1 million digital newspapers, journals, pamphlets, dissertations, government publications, and archival materials from all over the world.

CRL resources include the following:

6,500 international newspapers, many dating to the 1700s – the largest collection of circulating newspapers in North America
4,500 US newspapers, many dating to the colonial era, including 2,000 ethnic titles
Foreign journals rarely held in US libraries
More than 800,000 dissertations
Area Studies: major microform and paper collections from Africa, Latin America, Middle East, Europe, Asia, Southeast Asia, and many other areas
Underground Newspaper Collection
South African Political Ephemera (1964-1990)
Italian Books before 1601

Finding and Obtaining CRL Materials

Membership in CRL allows UConn faculty, staff, and enrolled students to obtain CRL materials via interlibrary loan. CRL materials usually arrive in 10-14 days and can be obtained for extended loan periods.

CRL materials can be searched and requested through UConn WorldCat. After doing your initial search in WorldCat, you can limit your search to the Center for Research Libraries by using the “Library” facet on the left menu.

The CRL Online Catalog allows CRL collections to be searched directly. Browse CRL topic guides to learn more about these collections.

CRL Visits and Tours

UConn researchers may visit and tour the CRL facility in Chicago and visit CRL’s Reading Room to consult the CRL materials. Contact CRL directly to make arrangements in advance of your visit.

Federal Depository Library Program Participant Logo The University of Connecticut's Homer Babbidge Library is a congressionally designated depository for US government documents. We have been a selective Federal Depository Library for Connecticut's Second Congressional District since 1907. The UConn School of Law Library is also a selective federal depository, with a focus on legal materials. Public access to the government documents collection is guaranteed by public law (44 US Code).

Documents are shelved by Superintendent of Documents (SUDOC) call numbers on Level B in the Babbidge Library.

For assistance with US government information, please contact Kristina Edwards.

Leisure Reading

The Leisure Reading Collection is made up of bestselling fiction of all genres, nonfiction, and graphic novels and located in the Abbie Jean Quick Leisure Reading Room on Level B of the Homer Babbidge Library in Storrs. You can browse the collection online and request books from the Leisure Reading collection for pickup at any UConn Library location.

Art & Design

Located on Level 2 (north side) of the Homer Babbidge Library, the Art & Design Library Collection contains thousands of books and reference materials on the arts. Coverage includes applied and decorative arts, architecture, art history, garden history and design, graphic design, landscape architecture, photography, studio arts, and other art-related subjects. The space is a quiet study zone and the Jausz Reading Room, adjacent to the space, features comfortable armchairs for extended seating.

Microform

Guide to Microform Collection — alphabetical listing of the UConn Library's Microform Research Collection (microfilm and microfiche), including each set's scope, format, location, arrangement, and indexes (if available). All microform including two scanners are located on Level B in the Homer Babbidge Library. Microform may not be removed from library premises but can be scanned free of charge into PDF and then emailed or saved to a flash drive.

Connecticut Artists Project

The Connecticut Artists Project is a biographical database featuring more than four thousand painters, sculptors, printmakers, and other artists who lived or worked in Connecticut from early times through 2000.