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ASU Library: Things to Know

Introduction to the ASU Library for students, faculty, and the ASU community.

ASU Library Accessibility Services

The purpose of ASU Library Accessibility Services is to ensure that all ASU students, faculty, and staff have access to our library’s resources and facilities. We offer a variety of library related services and assistive technology for users with disabilities.


Services

  • Orientation to ASU Library
  •  Instruction on accessing and searching One Search and the online databases
  • Book retrieval and assistance with photocopying/printing
  • Training on our assistive equipment and technology
  • Making print materials available in electronic format.

InterLibrary Loan

The ASU Library is committed to helping our students, faculty, and staff obtain information and materials that support their learning, research, and teaching needs.

We will: 

  • Provide assistance to users, at no charge, to locate materials
  • Obtain materials that ASU does not own through Interlibrary Loan for ASU affiliates
  • Place no limits on the number of interlibrary loan requests our users place and subsidize any fees up to $30.00 per request
  • Participate in appropriate memberships, groups and consortia that offer same-day delivery of articles as well as expedited shipping

To learn more, visit our Interlibrary Loan guide

Need Equipment?

Do you need equipment for your research assignments, projects, or general usage? The ASU Library has equipment for you to loan at our library locations. Here is a list of some things that you can check out: 

  • Phone Chargers and Accessories 
  • Computer Accessories 
  • Calculators 
  • Headphones 
  • Laptop Chargers
  • Design Tools (Design & the Arts Library)
  • Makerspace
  • And much more

To view everything that we have in our catalog, visit our Equipment Library Guide

Maker Space

                                                  

The Makerspace is located on the third floor of Hayden Library. It is a safe space to collaborate and explore! Here, learning means doing, and so they offer a range of opportunities to meet, share and collaborate with people from other fields and disciplines in order to learn new skills, create new things, and advance both your personal and professional projects. All backgrounds and levels of experience are welcome!

Data Science and Analytics

The Unit for Data Science and Analytics at ASU Library connects researchers university-wide to pursue research that engages machine learning, data analytics, visual storytelling, network analysis, and text and data mining.

 

Map and Geospatial Hub

The ASU Library Map and Geospatial Hub advances the use of geographically-referenced information by expanding access to and support for geospatial technologies and cartographic resources across ASU and beyond.

 

Naturespace

What is Naturespace? 

Naturespace is a space to find inspiration from nature. It is a hands-on natural collection where ASU Affiliates can come in and learn from nature. They can handle the specimens, sketch them, and even use Naturespace equipment to do research. Everyone is welcome into this space! 

To learn more about Naturespace, visit our library guide

 

Naturespace is a space to find inspiration from nature. It is a hands-on natural collection where ASU Affiliates can come in and learn from nature. They can handle the specimens, sketch them, and even use our equipment to do research. It is a space for people from all different backgrounds.

The ASU Library acknowledges the twenty-three Native Nations that have inhabited this land for centuries. Arizona State University's four campuses are located in the Salt River Valley on ancestral territories of Indigenous peoples, including the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and Pee Posh (Maricopa) Indian Communities, whose care and keeping of these lands allows us to be here today. ASU Library acknowledges the sovereignty of these nations and seeks to foster an environment of success and possibility for Native American students and patrons. We are advocates for the incorporation of Indigenous knowledge systems and research methodologies within contemporary library practice. ASU Library welcomes members of the Akimel O’odham and Pee Posh, and all Native nations to the Library.