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Walter Library
East Bank
Today: 8 a.m. to Midnight
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Wilson Library
West Bank
Today: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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Health Sciences Library
East Bank
Today: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
U Card required
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Magrath Library
St. Paul
Today: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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Andersen Library
West Bank
Today: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Digital collections
Search or browse our digital archives, exhibits, and special projects.
Distinctive collections
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Archives and Special Collections
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Leisure reading
Our collection extends to leisure reading, an important part of well-being and growing understanding.
Services
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News and events
News
Campus Exploration Fair 2021
From learning about databases and special collections to being introduced to popular reading selections and Breakerspace activities, incoming students jumped on the fast track to powering curiosity, discovery, and connection through the Libraries at the Campus Exploration Fair.
Exhibit
The YMCA and Relief for War Victims during WWI
This exhibition explores these courageous actors and the significant aid they provided to the armies and civilians of both the Central and Allied Powers, and is made possible through the recent acquisition of the personal papers of Rev. Walter Teeuwissen, a YMCA Chaplain who served Austrian-Hungarian war prisoners in Siberia. Exhibit runs through Feb. 18, 2022 at Elmer L. Andersen Library, 1st Floor Main Gallery
Events and workshops
- ONLINE: Introduction to EndNote and EndNote Web
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Online event - Thinking Spatially: Mapping Civic and Community Engagement
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Virtual Event - ONLINE: Tips and Tools for spring semester planning
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Online event - ONLINE: Virtual Study Hour — Try the Pomodoro technique
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Online event
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