Special Collections is located on the sixth floor of UT Arlington Central Library. There is a parking garage located behind the library across Planetarium Place. There is a fee to park in the garage. The garage may not be available on weekends or when school is not in session. See the Map of the Campus for additional visitor parking.

The directions to Special Collections are as follows:

From I-30 (Dallas or Fort Worth)

Exit I-30 at Cooper Street. Go south on Cooper for approximately 2 1/2 miles. Turn left at the Mitchell Street traffic light. Turn left on West Street and proceed through two stop signs; then turn left into the parking garage. Walk from the west side of the parking garage (side opposite you entered) around the library building to the west/front of the Central Library. Special Collections is located on the sixth floor of the library building.

From I-20 (Dallas or Fort Worth)

Exit I-20 at Cooper Street. Go north on Cooper approximately 4 miles. Turn right at the Mitchell Street traffic light. Turn left on West Street and proceed through two stop signs; then turn left into the parking garage. Walk from the west side of the parking garage (side opposite you entered) around the library building to the west/front of the Central Library. Special Collections is located on the sixth floor of the library building.

Special Collections is open to UT Arlington students, faculty, and staff as well as individuals not affiliated with the university. All users must fill out an Application for Use of Materials form and show a valid driver's license or student ID with a photograph on their first visit. All materials are retrieved by staff, and there are some restrictions on the number of items a researcher can use at any one time. Please see Guidelines for the Use of Special Collections Materials  for details.

Online access to Special Collections' books, archives and manuscript collections, and other materials is available through the UT Arlington Library Catalog. Special Collections has in-house finding aids for those materials not cataloged in the UT Arlington Library Catalog, such as newspapers, most maps, sheet music, and photographs and negatives. Some finding aids are available online

Researchers from out of town are strongly encouraged to call in advance of their visit. Phone: (817) 272-3393; Fax: (817) 272-3360; E-mail: spcoref@uta.edu