What will you find in our stacks?
Knight Library contains the largest research collection in the state! We have more than 3 million volumes and subscribe to nearly 17,000 journals.
The library has collections of materials in a vast array of languages, including Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, and Russian.
Our General Collection spans the second to the fourth floors.
Special Collections and University Archives
Housed separately from the general collection in the Knight Library, Special Collections includes manuscripts, photographs, University Archives and rare book collections.
New Books and UO Faculty Publications
Browse recent additions to our print collections, as well as a featured shelf of UO Faculty published materials! See these items in our Circulation Lobby
Music
Located on the third floor, the Music Collection contains music reference materials, scores, books, current and bound periodicals, and composer's collected editions. The Douglass Room contains most of the audio recordings (LPs, compact discs, cassettes, and reel-to-reels) held by the Knight Library.
East Asian Collection
The Asian Collection covers multiple languages including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai and Vietnamese with a primary focus on East Asian cultural studies. There are over 100,000 titles ranging from arts, history, language, literature and philosophy to political science from ancient to modern times. In addition, there is a collection of Chinese, Japanese and Korean popular reading materials and graphic novels.
Microforms
The microforms collection houses the library's vast collection of information in microform: microfilm, microfiche, and microprint. It includes the most complete collection of Oregon newspapers available, as well as many other items of historical significance.
Maps and Aerial Photography
The Maps & Aerial Photography (MAP) Collection has over 300,000 map sheets; approximately one million aerial photographs; and over 3,000 atlases. The collection includes paper maps of every corner of the world, with special emphasis on Oregon, the Pacific Northwest, North America, and topographic maps of Europe.
Government Documents
This collection contains publications from the governments of the United States, Canada, Great Britain, the State of Oregon, and cities and counties in Oregon. It also includes some official records of international organizations such as the United Nations and the European Union.
Current Periodicals
Current Periodicals contains unbound issues of both popular magazines and academic journals, located on the east side of the third floor mezzanine.
Diversity Display
This eclectic collection is refreshed monthly, and is curated by Library staff! Come check it out in our Circulation Lobby.
Video Collection
Our DVD collection contains over 9,000 titles. A browsing rack of DVD sleeves, categorized by genre, is on the Main Floor in front of the spiral staircase. The collection is broad and diverse, representing feature films from all over the world, animation, short films, documentaries, educational films, and television programs. DVDs and VHS may be requested at the Checkout & Reserves Desk. We also have a film collection.
Children's and Young Adult Collection
Maintained for research on children's literature, the Children's and Young Adult Collection contains books written for the preschool to young adult reader. This collection is located on the east side of the third floor mezzanine.
Curriculum Collection
The Curriculum Collection is a research collection of textbooks used in elementary and secondary classrooms, located on the east side of the third floor mezzanine.
Popular Reading
The Popular Reading collection contains recently published fiction, Young Adult (YA) literature, comics & graphic novels, bestsellers, modern cultural touchstones, and more. This collection is in the process of transitioning to the first floor, but currently can be found in the Quiet Study Area on the south side of the second floor, next to the Current Periodicals section.
PPPM Terminal Projects
This collection consists of terminal projects written by graduate students in the Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management (PPPM) and predecessor programs spanning 1960-2010 These projects, which are non-circulating, are on the first floor near our Government Documents. More recent works can be found on Scholar’s Bank.