Quick Search: Articles, newspapers, books and ebooks, videos and more. Results primarily available online but may also include books available in the library or articles that can be requested for email delivery from ILLiad.

Library Information: Pages on library web site, for example research guides, library policies and procedures, hours and events.

News Center

Red "SOA" letters in front of a modern building labeled "School of Architecture."
Summer Access to the Architecture Studies Library
Paul B. Sogg Architecture Building

During the summer months, access to the Paul B.

Collapsible archive shelves filled with white labeled boxes. Close-up of a wooden shelf panel with a sign reading 'Archives Range 6'.
What's New in Special Collections: Hannah Brown Papers

Every month, Special Collections and Archives will highlight some of our newly processed collections. Here are some of the highlights for July.

Researcher Profile: Dr. Mark Bollman
Dr. Mark Bollman, Professor of Mathematics at Albion College, MI is a frequent visitor to UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives where he has researched six books on gambling mathematics.

Resources

Archive

UNLV Libraries News Blog
🕒
Requesting Access To Libraries Physical Collections

Due to the current COVID-19 situation, University Libraries facilities are closed and access to the physical collections is unavailable. The Libraries is committed to maintaining services and providing needed resources through virtual access. 

If you need materials that are held in the Libraries please request them through the Libraries Inter-Library Loan (ILL) services. You will need an ILLiad account to make a request. If you do not have one, instructions for creating an account can be found online.

What's New in Special Collections
🕒
Researcher Profile: Larry Gragg
Images courtesy of Missouri University S&T and Larry Gragg.

This inaugural post in our Researcher Profile series will highlight researchers and who have used resources in Special Collections & Archives for a variety of proj

What's New in Special Collections
🕒
UNLV Libraries Datasets Open for Research with Pilot Project by Cory Lampert and Emily Lapworth
Las Vegas City Commission minute books Las Vegas City Commission Records, 1911-1960. MS-00237. This is part two of a two-part article on Collections as Data research at the UNLV Libraries.
What's New in Special Collections
🕒
Eadington Fellow Scott Boylan in Residence: March 2 - March 13
Eadington Fellow Scott Boylan with the Charles J. Hirsch Papers.

Scott Boylan, Professor of Accounting, Washington & Lee University, is our first Eadington Fellow of 2020.

UNLV Libraries News Blog
🕒
Ethics Awareness Month

Ethics: a set of moral principles : a theory or system of moral values

March is National Ethics Awareness Month. What better way is there to celebrate the strong values of UNLV and every Rebel than to showcase the excellent research being produced by UNLV faculty, staff, students, and journal authors. 

What's New in Special Collections
Closeup of Las Vegas City Commission minute book
🕒
What do we mean by “Collections As Data” (CAD)? by Cory Lampert & Emily Lapworth
Closeup of Las Vegas City Commission minute book dating from 1911
What's New in Special Collections
🕒
New Online Oral Histories - February 2020

Digital Collections, part of Special Collections and Archives in the University Libraries, has digitized 10 oral histories and made them available on our website this month. These stories, collected as part of several projects from the UNLV Oral History Research Center, provide a detailed look at the many people different people who call Las Vegas and Southern Nevada home.

Our new online oral histories include:

UNLV Libraries News Blog
🕒
Database Spotlight: ACM

Are you familiar with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library?

We offer UNLV students, faculty and staff this access to this database resource, which allows you to search citations and full text of ACM journal and conference proceedings.

UNLV Libraries News Blog
🕒
Libraries Faculty Approve, Implement Open Access Policy

Late in October, at the end of International Open Access Week, University Libraries faculty voted to approve an open access policy for their own scholarly articles.

UNLV Libraries News Blog
🕒
Libraries Offers Drop-in Makerspace and Multimedia Studios Consultation Hours

UNLV students, faculty, and staff are invited to utilize the new drop-in consultation hours being offered by our Research, Innovation, and Creation staff.

For the Spring Semester, drop-in consultations will be offered in the Makerspace on the first floor of Lied Library on Tuesdays from 10:00 am to noon and Wednesdays from 1:00 - 3:00 pm.