Libraries Home Page
Subject Librarian List - find a librarian who specializes in your area of study and contact them with questions!
Project Starter Databases - a great place to get started on a project
Off-campus Access - connect to library resources when you are not on campus
Borrowing Library Materials: Your Gator 1 ID is your library card!
As an enrolled graduate student, you are eligible for the following library privileges:
UF has seven library branches on campus! Each branch specializes in different areas of study. Visit our Libraries & Collections page for more information.
The Libraries offer a variety of Study and Testing Spaces across campus.
The Graduate Study Floor is located on the 6th floor or Library West and is reserved for grad students for quiet individual and group study. Just scan your Gator1 card in the elevators to gain access.
Small lockers are available each semester on this floor; just inquire at the second floor circulation desk.
Library Instruction
Do your students need help with:
If so, refer them to one of our Subject/Area Specialists for individual help.
A librarian will be happy meet with your students in person or on Zoom.
Course Reserves
Ares is the UF Libraries' online Course Reserves system. You may reserve print and electronic items (such as textbooks and journal articles) for your students to use through this system. To receive Faculty privileges in Ares, you will need to contact the Course Reserves unit directly at 352-273-2520 to have permissions set.
Library professionals on the Academic Research Consulting and Services team offer unique expertise to support your research activities. Areas of expertise include:
Visit the team's website to learn more and schedule an appointment.
Interlibrary Loan FAQs
Need a book, journal article, or other item not in UF Libraries' collections? Make a request through ILLiad, the online book and document retrieval service, and we will ask another library to lend you the items you need.
UBorrow lets you request materials directly from participating university libraries within Florida. Just search the online catalog, follow the UBorrow links to the statewide catalog, find the item you want, and click the
button. You can pick up your item at either Library West, the Health Science Center Library, or the Legal Information Center. Click here for more information on UBorrow.
The University of Florida’s access to RefWorks, including the legacy and “new” platforms, ended on December 31st, 2020.
Several alternative citation management tools are available for UF users at no charge, such as EndNote Web or SciWheel, or available for free regardless of affiliation, such as Zotero and Mendeley. More information regarding how to export and migrate your citations can be found at: https://guides.uflib.ufl.edu/citationsoftware
The Institutional Repository at the University of Florida is the digital archive for the intellectual output of the University of Florida community, and includes research, news, outreach, and educational materials.
The IR@UF encourages university units to contribute their open access research, reports and other materials to the IR@UF for archiving and dissemination free of commercial cost.
Want to learn more? Watch the video about the IR@UF! Learn how to preserve your legacy!
Brian Croxall of ProfHacker explains in "An Open Letter to New Graduate Students":
"In your first few weeks on campus, you might not want to add one more person to your list of people to meet. But getting to know your subject librarian can be invaluable. Your librarian will be the person who best knows the university’s entire collection of databases, journals, and books in your field; consequently she or he will be able to help you find the things you didn’t even know were there but are necessary for your scholarship. Plus, the subject librarian is the person who controls library acquisitions in your field. Get to know ‘em and they will likely buy the books you need. (My subject librarian easily bought me 30 books.)
Your subject librarian can also teach you how to most effectively use your library’s catalog. As easy as that might sound—how hard can a search box be?—we’re here to tell you that your catalog is idiosyncratic and you’ll be much faster if you get some quick tips. Finally, your subject librarian likely has an advanced degree in your field. Consider him or her another mentor, even if s/he is in a different building."
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