As one of the nation’s top research universities, Case Western Reserve is committed to investigating new areas, questioning long-held beliefs and finding answers. Our network of libraries helps our students, faculty and staff conduct cutting-edge research—whether it’s using state-of-the-art technology or an expansive collection of books.
Our libraries enable innovation and academic engagement while providing collaborative spaces for learning, teaching and research.
The Kelvin Smith Library is Case Western Reserve’s main library, and serves as the campus destination for connection, collection, creation and, to help fuel late-night study sessions, coffee. Kelvin Smith Library is home to the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship and Special Collections, and its staff members manage the Astronomy Library and Kulas Music Library.
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Kelvin Smith Library
Main Service Desk: 216.368.3506 | Reference Desk: 216.368.6596
11055 Euclid Ave |
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Looking for the Astronomy Library? You can find it on the fifth floor of the Sears Building on the Case Quad. With holdings including more than 3,000 books, 4,000 bound periodical volumes and 480 linear feet of observatory publications, the sky is no longer the limit.
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Astronomy Library Circulation: 216.368.6701 556 Sears Library | 2083 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive | MAP
The Judge Ben C. Green Law Library
Have a question about a legal issue or enrolled in the Case Western Reserve University School of Law? You’ve come to the right place. With a collection including more than 440,000 volumes and special collections, The Judge Ben C. Green Law Library has the resources you need to be a top-notch legal mind.
The Judge Ben C. Green Law Library
Circulation Desk: 216.368.2792
Reference Desk: 216.368.5206
11075 East Blvd |
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Lillian & Milford Harris Library
All you ever wanted to know about social work and nonprofit education is under one roof, inside the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. Founded in 1916, the Lillian & Milford Harris Library is the oldest social work library in the United States and it is one of only a few libraries to be administered by a school of social work.
Lillian & Milford Harris Library
Circulation Desk: 216.368.2302
11235 Bellflower Road |
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Cleveland Health Sciences Library
The Cleveland Health Sciences Library operates in two locations: The Allen Memorial Medical Library and the Health Center Library. The combined collections total more than 445,000 volumes and provide both archive records and current clinical journals.
Allen Memorial Medical Library
The Allen Memorial Medical Library is home to the university's clinical medicine collection and to basic science journals prior to 1970, as well as the Dittrick Museum of Medical History, which consists of the Archives and Rare Book collection.
Allen Memorial Medical Library
Circulation Desk: 216.368.3643
11000 Euclid Ave. |
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The Health Center Library serves the dental medicine, medicine and nursing schools. The Health Center Library has basic journals from 1970 through the end of print. In addition, there is a large collection of current textbooks for use in the library.
Health Center Library
Circulation Desk: 216.368.4540
Robbins Building 2210 Circle Drive |
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