Collection strength

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The University of Queensland Library has one of the largest collections amongst Australian academic libraries and is by far the largest in Queensland.

Our collection includes access to:

  • 2.21 million book titles (electronic and print)
  • 178 thousand journal titles (electronic and print)

This substantial collection is used extensively by UQ clients. In 2022, there were:

  • 13.54 million journal article downloads
  • 4.62 million ebook downloads (chapter or title)
  • 56 thousand physical item loans

Our institutional repository, UQ eSpace, houses over 485,500 items authored or co-authored by UQ affiliated researchers, including more than:

  • 299,700 journal articles
  • 78,800 conference papers
  • 27,400 theses

165,600 of these items are available open access.

Our cultural and historical collections include Australian literature, art history, architecture and more.

Each library location has particular subject area strengths. We offer guides to the best resources in each subject area.