About:


     Collections@Merrill-Cazier Library


The Merrill-Cazier Library contains over 1,505,000 total volumes, including 620,800 books, 300,370 government documents, over 100,000 maps, 12,760 current serial subscriptions, and access to over 200 bibliographic, fulltext, and informational databases. The Library is a regional depository of U.S. government publications, and, thus, has extensive holdings of U.S. agency documents, maps, and periodicals nad Utah State University is a Land-Grant institution and classified as an RU/H (Research University--high research activity) in the most recent Carnegie classification scheme. The graduate program of USU is classified as "Doc/STEM". Unlike many research universities, USU is not a member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), which comprises the top 113 research libraries in North America.


Reflecting the university's curriculum and research agenda, the USU Library has strong collections in agriculture, natural resources, and technology. We are also working to improve the collections in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. As new programs are developed, we look forward to working with departments and administrators to ensure that valuable library collections and information resources are made available to students and faculty in these areas.


Notable holdings:

  • Art Book Collection--extensive holdings of exhibition catalogs and books on twentieth century art
  • Beat Collection--books by and about the Beat generation of writers
  • Digital Library--participates in local, state, and regional projects to digitize important documents
  • Fife Folklore Collection--one of the largest repositories of American folklore in the United States
  • Maps--over 100,000 seperate items
  • Special Collections and Archives--rare books and manuscripts, Utah history, USU archive
  • U.S government documents--over 98% of items issued by the U.S. Government Printing Office

 

Collection data:

 

Tools for exploring the collections:

 

Resources for Faculty

 

Back to top

 

Questions:

Jennifer Duncan, Head of Collection Development
(435) 797-8148
jennifer.duncan@usu.edu

 

 
 
  • USU Library • 3000 Old Main Hill • Logan UT 84322-3000 • 435-797-2633 •
  • Today's Hours : 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
    Date last updated: 09/15/10