Helm-Cravens Complex || Kentucky Building || Educational Resources Center || Glasgow Regional Center Library

The purpose of the University Libraries is to select, acquire, organize and prepare for use all print, nonprint, and electronic library resources. The Libraries also provide reference services, research instruction, orientation, and circulation control for all materials available for instruction. The Western Kentucky University Libraries offer services through Helm-Cravens Library, the main complex located near the center of campus; two branch libraries, the Educational Resources Center and the Glasgow Campus Library; and Special Collections, in the Kentucky Building. The University Libraries collection includes more than onehalf million books, 100,000 volumes of periodicals, 1.2 million microforms, and onequarter million government documents. Each year, approximately 10,000 books are added to the collection and over 5,000 subscriptions are received. Access to the collections is provided by TOPCAT 2000, the Libraries' online catalog.