Libraries and Museums

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Libraries and Museums Links

• University of Chicago Library Main site for the eight campus libraries. Resources include over 6.5 million volumes, over 25,000 linear feet of manuscript and archival pieces, and 400,000 maps and aerial photographs. Online catalog and digital collection.
  
  
• Government Documents Clearinghouse for library resources produced by governments.
  
• D'Angelo Law Library Resources for the University of Chicago Law School.
  
• Yerkes Observatory Library Collections for the Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Physics departments.
  
• Business and Economics Resource Center A library for the Graduate School of Businesa and the Economics Department at the University of Chicago.
  
• Chicago Jazz Archive Information and resources for jazz research plus many jazz-related links.
  
• The Renaissance Society A museum of contemporary art at the University of Chicago whose mission is to encourage the growth and understanding of contemporary visual expression through exhibitions, publications, and events.
  
• Smart Museum of Art Houses a permanent collection of over 7000 objects, spanning five centuries of both Western and Eastern civilizations. On the University of Chicago campus.
  
• Eckhart Library A library for the mathematics, statistics and computer science departments at the University of Chicago.
  
• Department of Special Collections Rare books, manuscripts, university archives and other special collections of the University of Chicago library.
  
• Map Collection The university's cartographic resources, with special emphasis on vintage maps of Chicago.
  
• The Oriental Institute Center for the study of ancient Near Eastern language, civilization, and archeology, with a museum that exhibits major collections of antiquities from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Iran, Syria, Palestine, and Anatolia.
  
• Botanic Garden An educational resource intended to grow, display, and document plant materials of both ornamental and scientific interest suited to the environment of the Chicago lakefront.
  
• The Joseph Regenstein Library The graduate research library, the largest library at the University of Chicago.
  
• Chemistry Library Includes chemical databases, chemistry information sources and other resources of specific use to the Department of Chemistry.
  
• The John Crerar Library Library resources for the University of Chicago's science divisions and departments.
  
• The Social Service Administration Library The 36,000 volume collection includes material on child welfare, public welfare, mental health, and urban policy, as well as information on the aged, psychotherapy and delinquency.
  
• Robie House Designated by Wright himself as "the cornerstone of modern architecture," the 1909 Robie House exemplifies Wright's Prairie style. With its sweeping horizontal lines, dramatic overhanging roofs, and free-flowing interior spaces, this building changed the course of American architectural history.
  
• Harper Library Designed to meet the general library needs of undergraduates and to facilitate general browsing. Associated with the undergraduate College.