In the Evansdale Library, African materials are located on the second floor and have Dewey Decimal call numbers. In the Downtown Campus Library, the majority of Africana materials are included under the call numbers beginning with DT.

Agriculture materials cover subject areas such as plant science, entomology, agronomy, animal and veterinary science, landscape architecture, forestry, wildlife management, parks and recreation, and more.

The Appalachian Collection is on the third floor of the Wise Library in the James V. and Ann Pozega Milano Reading Room. 

Art and art history books and print journals are located at Evansdale Library, primarily at the call number N. 

The West Virginia and Regional History Center has federal census records available on microfilm and/or soundex.

Books on dance are located at Evansdale Library at the call number GV1580.

Books that support all disciplines in engineering and computer science are located in the Evansdale Library on the second floor. The books are located in the QA 76 and T call number areas.

The West Virginia and Regional History Center possesses the finest collection of early field recordings of folk music in existence.

As the Federal regional depository library in West Virginia, we are committed to providing free access to government information.

The History of Medicine Collection, currently located on level one of the Health Sciences Library stacks, contains histories of health sciences disciplines, diseases and treatments, biographies of medical pioneers, as well as early textbooks and research publications.

The WVU Libraries' buildings do not have enough space to hold all the books and journals they own. The storage facility is used to keep low-use library materials in a controlled environment.

The West Virginia and Regional History Center has a variety of West Virginia maps available in atlases, history books, and an extensive collection of individual maps.

Music books, journals and scores are located at Evansdale Library with call numbers M-MT.  Compact disks and listening equipment are available at the Service Desk by the entrance.

The West Virginia and Regional History Center has early Virginia county records, the Historical Records Survey, and West Virginia County Court Records.

The Rare Books Collection contains old and rare books from the 1400s to the present.  The collection is particularly strong in literature, history, religion, philosophy, and natural history.

Books about theatre are located at Evansdale Library at the call number PN2000.  A separate play collection is shelved by author.

The WVRHC holds the most comprehensive collection of books and periodicals relating to West Virginia in existence.

The West Virginia and Regional History Center holds the largest collection of historical West Virginia newspapers in existence.