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Libraries
at Rochester
Empowering bold thinkers to change the world

The heart of any research university is its libraries. The University of Rochester’s libraries offer resources for inspiration, research, and collaboration.

Explore our libraries

Learn more about our library spaces, services, collections, and other resources offered, as well as hours of operation.

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Libraries on the River Campus

River Campus Libraries includes six libraries and an extensive collection of online databases and journals, as well as the University Archives and the Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation.

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Eastman School of Music

Sibley Music Library has nearly 750,000 holdings in scores, books, and journals, as well as manuscripts, sheet music, and various archival collections, for performance and research.

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Medical Center Libraries

The Medical Center Libraries support education, research, and clinical care at the University’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, School of Nursing, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, and hospitals. In addition to extensive contemporary digital collections, Miner Library features a robust Rare Books and Manuscripts collection in the fields of medicine, dentistry, and nursing.

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Memorial Art Gallery

The Charlotte Whitney Allen Library is open to the public and has resources for K–12 teachers.

Bring your big ideas to our spaces

iZone is a collaborative “problem-solving” space in Rush Rhees Library on the River Campus where students go to explore and imagine ideas that have social, cultural, community and economic impact.

See how our libraries foster big ideas
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Beyond preservation: Past meets future

Our libraries are combining digital tools and unique expertise to bring the past to life.

Digital Collections

Experts in the Digital Scholarship Lab work to digitally preserve historically significant and rare materials for future generations. The extensive collections can be searched and viewed online.

Search the collections
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a hand holds up a sheet of music with an image of Frederick Douglass and the title FAREWELL SONG TO FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Abolitionist rediscovered

Only two copies of the sheet music of “Farewell Song to Frederick Douglass” are known to exist—one in England and one in the University’s collections.

Hear it performed
Susan B. Anthony’s letters

Forgotten for over a century, a trove of more than a hundred letters fills in the political details of how the suffrage movement was run and the women activists who ran it.

Watch the video
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Learn more about Rochester

ADMISSIONS

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How to apply

Find more information on how to apply to our undergraduate and graduate programs, financial aid, and more.

SEE ROCHESTER

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Learn about our campus

The 154-acre River Campus—the University’s main campus—is located about two miles south of downtown Rochester.

ACADEMICS

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Explore majors and degrees

Our 200-plus programs of study run the gamut, from the traditional to the self-designed.