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Welcome to the Biology Library, located at 101 Burrill Hall, 407 S. Goodwin. The Biology Library is one of 38 departmental libraries on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus. The Biology Library provides a working collection of over 128,000 volumes and  nearly 3000 biological sciences periodicals (print and/or electronic). The collection is primarily designed to support the curricular and research needs in the biological sciences, particularly the students and faculty of the School of Integrative Biology (SIB) and the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology (SMCB) [ formerly known as the School of Life Sciences (SOLS) ]. Thus, the Biology Library has holdings in the areas of cell and structural biology, microbiology, physiology, neuroscience, ecology, plant biology, entomology, and all of the basic biological sciences. Other libraries with related holdings include the Applied Health Sciences Library, the Biotechnology Information Center, the Funk Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences Library,  the Illinois Natural History Survey Library, the Library of the Health Sciences-Urbana, and the Veterinary Medicine Library. The Environmental Studies Virtual Library may also be useful.

Although the Biology Library was established in Burrill Hall in 1959, the collection originated in the late 1800's with the library of S. A. Forbes. As a result, the Biology Library holdings are rich in rare, older editions of classic publications; botany, entomology, and ornithology are particularly outstanding.

The Lyle E. and Lois R. Bamber Reading Room was officially dedicated on October 25, 2001.

Information about the Biology Library's journal collection.

 
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