Hours & Locations

William T. Young Library is the central library in the University of Kentucky library system. Young Library houses a general undergraduate collection as well as materials in agriculture, biology, business, humanities, and the social sciences. The library is home to the Student Media Depot, the Hemenway Writing Center, Presentation U, and the Ricoh Document Service Center.

Located in Room 227 on the Second Floor of Dickey Hall, the Education Library supports the learning, teaching, and research needs of the College of Education. We are home to the Butler Education Studio, a maker space with a variety of self-serve craft materials and a 3D printer. We hold an extensive juvenile collection as well as materials on educational counseling, rehab counseling, health and kinesiology, and teacher education.

Located on the north side in the J. David Rosenberg College of Law building, the Law Library welcomes all legal researchers. Knowing that the study and practice of law is critical to a healthy and functioning society, we encourage all members of our community to use legal resources to answer questions, advance causes, and help others.

The Lucille Caudill Fine Arts Library holds collections in architecture, art, arts administration, dance, historic preservation, interior design, music, performing arts, photography, and theatre. We support learning, teaching, and research across the arts, and offer research help and library instruction services. The library is home to the John Jacob Niles Center for American Music, which includes the Niles Gallery and the Niles Reading Room.

The Medical Center Library facilitates access to health information essential for teaching, research, and patient care. We support students, clinical and research faculty, health care professionals, hospital staff, and patients, and serve the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Nursing, Health Sciences, and Public Health.

The Science & Engineering Library supports the learning, teaching, and research needs of UK students, faculty, staff, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The library holds the astronomy, chemistry, earth and environmental science, mathematics, physics, statistics, and multiple engineering disciplines collections. It is also home to the Gwen Curtis Map Collection and the GIS Lab.

The Special Collections Research Center preserves materials documenting the social, cultural, economic, and political history of Kentucky. The SCRC is home to UK Libraries' collection of rare books, Kentuckiana, the Archives, the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, the King Library Press, the Bert T. Combs Appalachian Collection, the John G. Heyburn II Initiative for Excellence in the Federal Judiciary, and the Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center.