Collections

American Indian Boarding Schools Collection

Briggs Library maintains materials related to off-reservation boarding schools.

Atlas Collection

Briggs Library has an assortment of atlas materials covering state, national, and world geographical areas as well as historical perspectives.

Best Sellers and Hot Picks Collection

Briggs Library offers a variety of recent popular fiction and nonfiction titles.

Career Services Library

The Career Services Library is comprised of books related to career opportunities.

CD Collection

Briggs Library CD collection includes music of various genres and styles from classical to jazz. The spoken word CDs are in the general collection.

Circulating Games Collection

A variety of tabletop games are available for checkout through Briggs Library.

Curriculum Library

Curriculum Library is to serve the needs of the students and faculty of the Division of Education and to provide resources for current and prospective teachers.

DVD Collection

The Briggs Library DVD collection includes documentaries that support the curriculum as well as a variety of feature and entertainment titles representing numerous genres and languages.

Faculty Learning and Teaching Collection

The Faculty Learning and Teaching Collection includes resources on a wide variety of topics related to higher education, pedagogy and the teaching profession.

Journal Collection

Briggs Library subscribes to thousands of electronic and print journals.

Little Magazines Collection

Donated by retired Professor Richard Grant, Briggs Library's collection of Little Magazines is shelved in the McGinnis Room.

Music Scores Collection

Briggs Library purchases and houses music scores for solos and small ensemble performance.

Paulette Fairbanks Molin Collection

Briggs Library is honored to have been chosen in 2015 by Paulette Fairbanks Molin to receive a collection of scholary materials that represent her lifetime work as a noted author, educator, and museum consultant.

Poetry Collection

Contemporary poetry written in English and published since 1900 reside in the McGinnis Room.

Rare Books and Manuscript Collection

The Rare Books and Manuscript collection is located on the fourth floor of Briggs Library.

Reference Collection

Briggs Library has a wide assortment of reference materials available for use.

UMM Scholarship Collection

Briggs Library is proud to identify and collect works created by UMM faculty, staff, and students.

West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center

The West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center collects documents and records of eight counties in West Central Minnesota.

West Central School of Agriculture

Located on the fourth floor of Briggs Library in room 420, this collection represents the records and materials of the West Central School of Agriculture.

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