UNLV Libraries News Blog

What does LINK+ mean?
LINK+ is a consortium of more than 40 academic and public libraries in California and Nevada that uses a shared online catalog and an efficient lending system to transfer requested items between member libraries. UNLV faculty, students, and staff can borrow books that the University Libraries do not own or items we own but that are unavailable. The University Libraries added more than eight million volumes to its print collections last year by joining the

What’s in it for UNLV students, faculty and staff?
It means you have access to an additional 8 million unique book titles. It means no more waiting weeks for a needed book to be returned or recalled. It means that you can get a book using LINK+ in an average of just two to four days instead of two to four weeks from the more traditional method of interlibrary loan. And it means that you can keep the book for three weeks with a two week renewal and it can’t be recalled.

Where do I find order a book using LINK+?
Just click the Link+ icon displayed in the library catalog, make your selections, and the book will be on its way to the branch library you choose. Please note: Link+ handles only books; to get journal articles not available in the libraries use Document Delivery Services. Most are delivered to you electronically within two to four days.
Bottom Line: Link+ is fast and easy to use, and won’t cost you anything. What’s not to like? More information.

The Nevada Test Site Oral History Project documents the remembered past of persons affiliated with and affected by the Nevada Test Site during the era of Cold War nuclear testing. Nearly 200 full-text searchable transcripts and audio clips are now available in this digital collection.

Through the Libraries' partnership with the UNLV Department of Liberal Arts, the collection presents a wide range of oral history interviews representing diverse points of view including: scientists and engineers; labor and support personnel; military personnel and corporate executives; Native American leaders; peace activists and protesters; Nevada ranchers, and communities downwind of the test site.