Archives/Special Collections and IRAD are located in Brookens Library, Room 144. This room is located on Level 1, next to the Information Technology Client Services(ITS) area. Once you enter the doors to the ITS area, Archives is located to your right.

Brookens Library is in the center of campus and Parking Lot B, on the east side of campus, is the best place for visitors to park. We also have several handicapped parking spots and 2 metered parking spots available near the library. To access these you will turn from Eliza Farnham Drive onto University Plaza.

Brookens Library is located in only half of the building. The other half of the building is comprised of classrooms and offices. You can access the classroom side of the building through the elevator on the second floor, also known as the main floor, on the East side of the building. You can also access the classroom side through the stairwell, on the East side of the building.

If the elevator is out of service, come to the Main Desk and we will assist you with accessing the classroom side of the building.

This is our big classroom on the main floor (2nd) of the library side of Brookens. If you are wanting to book this room for a class, please see our space request page.

From the main entrance of the library, make a slight right and navigate to the left-hand side of the Feature Film shelves.

Upcoming workshops are listed on the CINRC calendar. All workshops require registration due to their popularity and limited seating. You can find more information on a workshop, as well as a registration link, by clicking on its calendar entry.

The Learning Hub has a page on their website with some really great tips for editing and proofreading here. However, please note the following message from the writing section of the learning hub:

Bookstore in the lower level of the PAC Building. Call them at (217) 206-6766 or email them.

We do have classrooms within the library itself.

At the moment, only the big classroom (BRK 232) is in use and available for reservation: Reserve Here. This classroom can be found on the 2nd floor of the library at the far end. If you need help locating this classroom, ask the main desk.

If you're looking for a classroom on the other side of Brookens, or on level 1, we have a FAQ here to help you find those.

Brookens Library has created a research guide for each discipline taught at UIS. These guides are an excellent place to see what resources the Library has available in a particular subject area. Additionally, each research guide provides the contact information of the librarian that specializes in the subject; you can book a consultation with the librarian if further assistance is needed.

Primary sources are the evidence of history, original records or objects created by participants or observers at the time historical events occurred or even well after events, as in memoirs and oral histories. These sources serve as the raw materials historians use to interpret and analyze the past.

Before syllabi become available on canvas, the UIS bookstore is the best place to find out what textbooks you'll be needing.

As long as the professor has released what books they'll be using, it will appear on the bookstore website and you can search for your textbooks using your UIN (where it will give you a list of all the textbooks you need for all your classes), or using the class code/title.