Services
OCLC (vendor) will be doing maintenance on all their data centers on Saturday, June 16, from Noon-8pm.
Interlibrary Loan, UBorrow, and WorldCat may be unavailable or not work as expected at this time. If you are having difficulty placing requests, please try later.
Locating our most popular resources: PubMed, AccessMedicine, AccessPharmacy, ClinicalKey, DynaMedPlus, Micromedex, Mobile Devices Subject Guide, Scopus, UpToDate, Web of Science, and the A-Z list now requires 2 clicks.
Select Popular Resources, then click on the resource that you want to access.
Click on the Calendar button to see upcoming events and registrations.
Click on the Reserve a Room button to reserve a classroom, group study, learning lounge, or a simulator.
Our website was redesigned on June 11.
The search bar on the upper right searches all of the University of Iowa Libraries web pages and guides. Use this if you remember seeing something on a library website in the past and you can’t find it.
The InfoHawk+ search bar with focus on searches our library catalog. Use this to find book titles, journal titles, electronic journals and movies.
The InfoHawk+ search bar with focus off searches Primo Central, a database of 200 million items (think: library google) including individual articles, books, journals, and movies. We do not recommend doing research using this. We recommend using PubMed or another specialized database in your subject area.
The Hardin Library will be open shorter hours this weekend for the Memorial Day holiday.
| Saturday, May 26 | 10am-2pm |
| Sunday, May 27 | Noon-4pm |
| Monday, May 30 | Closed for Memorial Day |
| Tuesday, May 29 | Summer hours begin |
Our 24-hour study is available when the library is closed. Apply for access at the library service desk.
Shorter hours begin Saturday, May 12 at the Hardin Library.
| Saturday, May 12 | 10am-2pm |
| Sunday, May 13 | Noon-4pm |
| Monday, May 14-Thursday, May 17 | 7:30am-9pm |
| Friday, May 18 | 7:30am-6pm |
| Saturday, May 19 | 10am-2pm |
| Sunday, May 20 | Noon-4pm |
| Monday, May 21-Thursday, May 24 | 7:30am-9pm |
| Friday, May 25 | 7:30am-6pm |
| Saturday, May 26 | 10am-2pm |
| Sunday, May 27 | Noon-4pm |
| Monday, May 28 | Closed for Memorial Day Holiday |
| Tuesday, May 29-Thursday, May 31 | 7:30am-9pm |
The 24-hour study is available when the library is closed. Apply for access to the study at the 3rd Floor Service Desk.
Do you need to get ready for finals? Hardin Library has got you covered, starting on Friday, May 4.
5pm -Free coffee begins, and continues all week
6pm – Visit a therapy dog in Room 401
7pm-Midnight – Eat popcorn and study the night away! We are open late.
Saturday the library is open 10am-Midnight and the coffee and popcorn continue!
The Hardin Library will have reduced hours for Spring Break, beginning on Friday, March 9.
| Friday, March 9 | 7:30am-6pm |
| Saturday, March 10 | 10am-2pm |
| Sunday, March 11 | Noon-4pm |
| Monday, March 12-Friday, March 16 | 7:30am-6pm |
| Saturday, March 17 | 10am-2pm |
| Sunday, March 18 | Noon-Midnight *regular hours resume* |
| 24-hour study available when the library is closed. Apply for access at the desk. |
OpenRefine (formerly known as Google Refine) is a free tool for working with messy tabular data. Save yourself time working with datasets that need to be transformed, cleaned, or processed before use. Bring your laptop for hands-on training. You may also follow along without a laptop.
Prior to the workshop, please install the Release Version of OpenRefine on your laptop:
https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/wiki/Installation-Instructions
Our session:
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 11am-12pm (Information Commons East, 2nd Floor, HLHS)
Register online or by calling 319-335-9151.
Need a personal session or one for your team? Contact Brian Westra by email or phone 319-467-0069.
The Hardin Library will be open regular hours 7:30am-Midnight on President’s Day. This year President’s Day is celebrated on February 19.
Presidents Day always falls on the third Monday in February. The holiday was originally called “Washington’s Birthday” to celebrate the first president of the United States, George Washington. The holiday was celebrated throughout the USA beginning in 1885.