Using the collections
MAC football team, 1930sThe collections held by the Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center (SCUA) are available at no cost to all researchers, regardless of affiliation.
In the reading room
- How do I begin?
- On your first visit, you will be asked to register and to provide name, institutional affiliation (when applicable), and current address, and to present a valid form of identification including a photograph.
- On each subsequent visit, you must sign in and out at the front desk.
- Upon leaving for the day, please notify the staff whether you are finished with your material or wish to place it on hold for a return visit (you may also update your collection hold form).
- What may I bring into the reading room?
- Pencil and paper, laptops, cellphones, and usb drives are all permitted: lockers are available to store anything else.
- You may bring your cell phone into the reading room, but we ask you to set it to silent mode or switch it off; calls may be taken in the adjacent elevator lobby.
- Smoking, food, and drink are not permitted.
- Care and handling of materials
- Please use care in handling manuscripts and books to prevent damage.
- Handwashing is encouraged both before and after using archival materials or books from our collections.
- Use only a single box of manuscript or archival material at a time and preserve the existing arrangement of the files.
- You may photograph items for research purposes, though please check with a staff member first.
- Scans and photocopies are made only by staff members in keeping with our copying policies.