Closed Stacks

Note: Staff must retrieve these items for patron use.

• Locked Case: houses materials prone to theft and mutilation; ask at Circulation Desk; items may circulate.
• Shelving Facility: off-site shelving houses earlier theses and dissertations, low-use materials, journals whose contents are available online. Circulation policies vary. Materials may be requested.
  • UW-Madison affiliates and community card holders should request through the Library Catalog.
  • Non-UW-Madison affiliates who are able to visit Memorial Library may place requests for theses and dissertations 3 business days prior to their planned visit.
    • Those unable to visit in person should refer your local library’s interlibrary loan staff to UW-Madison General Library System Interlibrary Loan Lending and Photocopying.
    • If you have no library or information service, consult our services for non-affiliated users.
• Special Collections – (976): sometimes called Rare Books. Materials do not circulate.
• Microform Media Collection: houses microforms and other media. Ask at the Circulation Desk for assistance. Microform readers are in 262D/E.
• Reference Non-Current Collection: reference materials currently located in the Basement Stacks. Ask at the Circulation Desk for assistance. Items do not circulate.
• Storage Collection: items moved to temporary shelves; ask at Circulation Desk; items may circulate.