28 Merrill-Cazier Library

The Merrill-Cazier Library is the central research library for USU. There are classrooms and study spaces that can be reserved for faculty and class use, and the librarians provide instructional support for USU courses, as needed or requested by instructors.

The library also has an expansive “Special Collections” archive with particular strengths in folklore, the intermountain west, Beat poetry, and Jack London materials. For information about using Special Collections for a class or your own research, please consult the Special Collections staff listed on their website: Special Collections and Archives | Libraries | USU

Composition instructors and graduate students often use the USU library for the following:

• Electronic databases
• Interlibrary loan
• Reference assistance
• Government documents
• Special collections
• Research assignment design