Main and Department Libraries

Van Pelt Library
3420 Walnut Street
Philadelphia , PA 19104-6206
(215) 898-7555
www.library.upenn.edu

The library system of the University of Pennsylvania consists of the Van Pelt Library Center and 15 school/departmental libraries. The Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center is the central social sciences/humanities library and houses an extensive social work collection. The Library's on-line catalog, Franklin, and journal article files in a wide range of subject areas can be searched by Penn students and faculty via PennNet. A large number of other computerized search services are available. An interlibrary loan/document delivery service enables students and faculty to borrow books and journal articles which are not in the University's collections. The following is a selected list of libraries that SP2 students may find relevant to their studies: