As UA's main library, the Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library houses more than a million books and offers a broad range of library services. The library supports teaching and research needs in humanities, social sciences, and government information.
Gorgas Library provides computerized cataloging, access to databases, and access to the Internet in addition to reference assistance at the ground floor information center. Adaptive equipment for users with disabilities is available.
Gorgas Library is named after Amelia Gayle Gorgas, who was UA's first female librarian and served the University as hospital matron, librarian, and postmistress for 25 years until her retirement at the age of 80 in 1907.
The main steps to Gorgas Library from the Quad cover the ruins of the antebellum library that was burned during the Civil War.
Gorgas Library is building 106 on the campus map.
