The Computer Center operates a Convex Exemplar with two hypernodes with eight central processing units each and one gigabyte of memory. The Convex provides an environment where faculty and faculty-sponsored students can run computationally intensive programs. The IBM 3090 has three central processing units, each with its own vector facility. The University Library at UIC consists of the Main Library, the Architecture and Art Library, the Library of the Health Sciences, the Mathematics Library, and the Science Library. University Library holdings number more than 3.5 million items, including 1.7 million books and bound periodicals, and over 1.8 million other items such as microfilms, maps, manuscripts, pamphlets, curriculum materials, music scores, and recordings.
Students have full access to books and other materials shelved on the open stacks.
The Library of the Health Sciences supports teaching, research, and clinical programs in dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, and the associated health professions. More than 15,000 current periodicals are available. A large number of online date files for searching international literature in the health sciences are available. Materials can be transferred anywhere in Illinois within three days through the Illinois Library Delivery System. All rights reserved.