Welcome to Your USU Libraries

The USU Libraries are committed to promoting academic achievement. We provide a range of services and resources to help students succeed.

Get Research Help

Online Chat

Get immediate assistance with your research via online chat. Visit library.usu.edu and look for the button below to start chatting!

Available during semester:
Monday - Friday
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Research Guides

Research guides help students navigate and find library resources and research tools for a specific subject or class. Every course has a research guide – just look for the "Research Help" tab in Canvas.

Browse all research guides

Research Librarians

Meet one-on-one with a librarian for help focusing your research, finding information, citing sources, and much more!

Meet with a Librarian

Research Tip:

Proquest Central, a general database, is a great place to start your search no matter what topic you're researching.

Study and Collaborate

Information Commons

The Information Commons is a large, open access computer lab with a Virtual Reality Lab, 3D printers, a one-button recording studio, IT help, printing, copying, and scanners. For detailed information, see Technology in the Library page.

Study Rooms

As a USU student, you can reserve a group study room using the online booking system.

Family Room

The Library provides a family- and kid-friendly study space, located in Library Room 143.

Infant Care and Lactation Room

Room 139 near the 1^st floor elevators provides a private place inside the library to feed infants or use a breast pump.

View of library interior overlooking mountains

Access Quality Resources Faster!

Lean Library is a browser extension that helps you avoid paywalls when searching in Google and alerts you if the Library has access to online materials.

Learn more about Lean Library

Check Out Books and More

Technology and Equipment

Laptops, ipads, calculators and other equipment and study aids are available for short-term checkout. Learn more about technology checkouts.

Book Checkouts

Undergraduate students can check out up to 35 books from the general collection for 3 weeks. Graduate students can check out up to 100 books for 16 weeks. Learn more about checkout policies.

Course Reserves

Why pay for textbooks? Most courses have an extra copy on hand at the library. You can check out Course Reserves to reserve your textbook for up to three hours at a time.

Open Educational Resources (OER)

Want to utilize free or low-cost textbooks? Be sure to check for OER courses when registering for classes. You can search using the Zero Cost Course Materials attribute when registering for classes to keep an eye out for classes that offer freely available textbooks.

Search for Information

Library Collections

As a USU student, you have access to over 60,000 online journals, nearly 2 million print books and journals, 7,600,000 e-books, and 480,000 government publications. You can access almost all of our online resources from anywhere with an internet connection with your A-number and password.

Search all collections from library.usu.edu

Articles and Databases

Databases are searchable collections of articles from academic and professional journals, magazines, newspapers and books. USU Libraries subscribes to many databases, giving you access to information with your A-number and password.

Browse all library databases

Interlibrary Loan

If you need a resource the library doesn’t own, you can request it through Interlibrary Loan (a free service), and we will borrow it from another library for you. Interlibrary Loan can also deliver materials to statewide and online students.

Learn more about Interlibrary Loan

Research Tip:

Need help navigating a database? Look for the "Play" icon or "How do I?" button to open a tutorial. Librarians are also happy to help you with your database searches!