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The Virtual Library

Welcome!

Boston University has (at last count) 24 libraries, but it's unlikely you'll need to use all of them!

The best starting place for most undergraduates - regardless of your chosen discipline - is Mugar Memorial Library. The main research library in the system, located centrally on the Charles River Campus, has 7 floors holding over 2.2 million books, journals, and microforms, as well as off-site electronic subscriptions to both indexes and full-text of journals and documents.

mugar map

Getting Here...

Take the Green Line 'B' Train to the 'BU Central Stop' (at Marsh Chapel)
or
If driving, we recommend BU's interactive maps. Limited parking is available at the parking symbol on the map above.

If you are a graduate student, faculty member or staff member at Law or Theology, or are primarily affilated with the Medical Campus, you are welcome to join us in this tour; but please keep in mind that the services outlined here (and database access) may vary with affiliation.

Other library locations... (this link will take you out of the tour)


This is a tour of both the library building and the virtual library, highlighting 21 locations (10 on the first floor). Links throughout the tour either send you to a new tour location or provide additional information in a new browser window.

You may choose to approach your personal tour by:
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the left; or
  • floor by floor navigation example
    (top navigation bar).

 

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