Take Advantage of Campus Library Resources, Tackle Your Reading Goals

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 23, 2022) — It may already be March, but that doesn’t mean you’ve run out of time to accomplish your reading goals for 2022 or take advantage of the many library resources on campus.

You may be familiar with @UKLibraries on Twitter, but did you know that UK Libraries operates several libraries right here on campus? Whether you are looking for a change in study space or a particular item for a course project, check out the locations below to find what you need:

• William T. Young Library
• Medical Center Library
• Design Library
• Education Library
• Fine Arts Library
• Science and Engineering Library
• Special Collections Research Center
• Law Library

Additional resources offered through the libraries include:  Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader Photographs, Microfilm Holdings Database, Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program and The Lomax Kentucky Recordings, as well as Kentucky Digital Newspapers and Microfilm.

UK Libraries’ exploreUK is home to more than 530,000 digitized collections, prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video and more.

Looking to take a study break and sink your tooth into a new book?

Here are a few titles by local and faculty authors on subjects ranging from Black History Month, Women’s History Month and current events as well as local people and places, from the University Press of Kentucky:

• “A Simple Justice: Kentucky Women Fight for the Vote” by Melanie Beals Goan, UK College of Arts & Science faculty
• “Being Here: Stories” by Manini Nayar
• “Coach Hall: My Life on and off the Court” by former UK Men’s Basketball head coach Joe B. Hall and Marianne Walker
• “Integrated: The Lincoln Institute, Basketball, and a Vanished Tradition” by James W. Miller and part of the “Race and Sports” series co-edited by UK College of Arts & Sciences faculty members Derrick E. White and Gerald L. Smith
• “Lieutenant Sonia Vagliano: A Memoir of the World War II Refugee Crisis” by Sonia Vagliano Eloy
• “Perfect Black” by Crystal Wilkinson, UK College of Arts & Sciences faculty
• “The Fall of Kentucky’s Rock: Western Kentucky Democratic Politics since the New Deal” by George G. Humphreys
• “The Girl Singer: Poems” by Marianne Worthington 
• “Washington’s Iron Butterfly: Bess Clements Abell, an Oral History” by Donald A. Ritchie and Terry L. Birdwhistell, Louie B. Nunn Center senior oral historian 
• “We Will Win The Day: The Civil Rights Movement, the Black Athlete and the Quest for Equality” by Louis Moore, illustrated by Brett Colley and part of the “Race and Sports” series co-edited by UK College of Arts & Sciences faculty members Derrick E. White and Gerald L. Smith

The University Press of Kentucky is the scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, representing a consortium that includes all of the state universities, five private colleges and two historical societies. The press’ editorial program focuses on the humanities and the social sciences. Offices for the administrative, editorial, production and marketing departments of the press are found at the University of Kentucky, which provides financial support toward operating and publishing expenses. ​

As the premier research library in the Commonwealth, UK Libraries empowers lifelong learners to discover, create and connect by providing ever-expanding access to quality information and collaborating with academic and creative communities worldwide to advance knowledge, enhance scholarship and preserve the history and culture of the Commonwealth. More information about UK Libraries can be found on its website.