Hours Monday - Friday, 8:00 - 5:00 pm
Library phone number, 501-683-5230
The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service Library opened in November 2004 on a limited basis. This elegant reading room is approximately 2,000 square feet in size, located on the first floor of the Sturgis Building (the historic Choctaw Station), and adjacent to the Clinton Presidential Library.
The UACS library contains a limited, specialized collection of reference books, journals and newspapers, and current monographs in support of the school's programs. The collection promotes the objectives of the school, which emphasizes many aspects of public service, with special interest fields of health policy, public policy, public administration, public service leadership, rural development, and arts and cultural administration.
The library offers access to electronic journals and databases and to the holdings of partner libraries, including those at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and the Central Arkansas Library System. A number of affiliated libraries can be accessed on-line.
Information Resources
Clinton School Library Catalog
Selected Websites
Arkansas State Library LSTA Traveler databases
Affiliated Libraries
Each of the following libraries will work closely with the Clinton School of Public Service Library. The policies and procedures of UA System libraries for granting access to online resources and services to students from off-campus varies from library to library. Students applying for a Central Arkansas Library System card will be given a card on the day of application.
Central Arkansas Library System
The Central Arkansas Library System is the largest public library system in the state, comprised of the Main Library and eleven branches in Pulaski and Perry counties. CALS provides print and online collections in areas that include: business, economics, grants, health, finance, American history, women’s studies, geography, and genealogy. The library is a partial depository for federal and state documents.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Ottenheimer Library
The Ottenheimer Library provides print and online access to collections in areas that include: history, political science, public administration, education, sociology, business, social work, and public policy. The library is a selective depository for federal documents and is the state's only depository of European Community documents. The library also collects Arkansas state documents. The Archives and Special Collections highlights materials specific to the lower Mississippi valley and houses manuscript materials from former governors and other political figures.
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Libraries
The University Libraries offer extensive print and online collections in the areas of public policy and administration, political science, history, education, sociology, and social work. Special Collections houses manuscript collections from former governors, senators, and other political figures.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Library
UAMS Library offers biomedical information resources for researchers, educators, clinicians, and health professionals as well as health information for the public.
The Clinton School Library is a member of ARKLink, a nonprofit organization of 47 college and university libraries cooperating to deliver services and collections to researchers in Arkansas. Reciprocal borrowing between the 47 libraries, cooperative database purchasing, and courier services are among the benefits of ARKLink.