Gangwish Library Overview

The Gangwish Library, located on the grounds of the residential campus in Ottawa, Kansas, serves not only the Ottawa campus but also the Surprise campus and adult campuses throughout the United States through the electronic delivery of many resources and services.

The Gangwish Library collection currently contains over 53,262 books and other printed materials, over 97,772 e-books, and multimedia materials. In addition, the library maintains subscriptions to 105 electronic databases that offer indexes, abstracts, 362,000 full-text of journals and other resources from leading information providers. Collectively these databases cover a wide range of academic disciplines including the Arts, the Sciences, Engineering, Nursing, Business, the Humanities, Information Technology, Human Resources and Education.

The library website is a centralized portal for library communications and services. The website provides students with access to the library catalog and EDS, hours of operation, the subscription databases, online book orders, electronic books, web directories, search engines, and Libguides - specialized subject resource links, university archives resources and collections and bibliographic aids. Access to the library catalog, electronic databases, reference services, and other resources are available to students, faculty and staff via the the Ottawa University Portal.