Visitors to the UMKC campus can connect to campus wifi with a guest password.
Stop by a library service desk for the current week’s password, or contact the UMKC IS Technology Support Center at (816) 235-2000 for the password.
For device-specific instructions, see UMKC Wireless Connectivity.
Alumni are welcome at the Miller Nichols Library. Everyone using the libraries must follow the Safe & Respectful Environment policy.
Yes, the Robot Cafe in Miller Nichols Library sells food and beverages including a variety of coffee drinks.
The Robot Cafe is open for a portion of the library's open hours when classes are in session: Robot Cafe hours. Vending machines in Miller Nichols Library and the School of Medicine Building (where the Health Sciences Library is located) also offer some coffee drinks.
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There are printers in both Miller Nichols Library and the Health Sciences Library. Log on to any library computer to send a document to a color or black and white printer. The printers are shown on the library floor plan maps. To print from your laptop, use the UMKC Web Print website to upload your document, and then send it to a library printer. Note: if you're not on campus, log in to the UMKC VPN to use Web Print.
Release your print job at a printer by swiping your UMKC ID card, typing in your student ID number, or scanning the QR code at the printer.
Yes, students, staff, or faculty affiliated with a UM System school are welcome to use Miller Nichols Library.
For assistance with a UMKC campus computer or wifi, contact UMKC Information Services at (816) 235-2000.
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Classrooms 151, 351, 352, 451, and 452 are in the Miller Nichols Learning Center (MNLC), which is connected to the Miller Nichols Library building. Classrooms 114, 121, and 325 are in the Miller Nichols Library. View the Miller Nichols Library Floor Plan map or the Health Sciences Library Floor Plan map to find the location of study rooms or classrooms.
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Books coming from Missouri Academic libraries (through UM Libraries or MOBIUS systems) are delivered within 3-5 business days. For books coming through the InterLibrary Loan system that allows us to borrow from libraries around the world, 50% are available within 10 days, 60% within 14 days, and 90% are available within 21 days.
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Connect to the UMKC campus wifi network, UMKCWPA, and use your UMKC username and password to log on.
Adjust the wireless network settings on your phone or laptop using the instructions for your type of device.
For assistance setting up wifi on your device contact the UMKC IS Technology Support Center at (816) 235-2000.
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Yes, non-UMKC users are welcome at the Miller Nichols Library. Everyone using the libraries must follow the Safe & Respectful Environment policy.
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MOBIUS is the combined online catalog of 60+ libraries in Missouri, listing all of their books and materials. UMKC library users can borrow physical materials from MOBIUS libraries; you can not borrow eBooks. You can request items by searching the MOBIUS catalog, selecting MOBIUS from the A-Z list of UMKC Libraries Databases, or by using the link in the library catalog and that says Search MOBIUS. Select Miller Nichols or UMKC Health Sciences Library as your pick up location.
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At the Health Sciences Library, place library books or materials in the return slot located at the service desk in the Health Sciences Library, or in the return box outside the library entrance.
At the Miller Nichols Library, place library books or materials in a return located:
24-hour book return: The return box at the north entrance of Miller Nichols Library, inside the entrance vestibule, is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Place items in the box through the slot. You can enter the vestibule to return items without entering the library.
The library will arrange to provide outside pickup and return of library materials if needed. See the library's Accessibility page for details on setting up your account for outside pickup and returns and making requests.
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Yes! Users can read the Kansas City Star through the Access World News database. The Star is available from 1991 to today in text format, from 2013 to today as color full-page images, plus blogs from 2005 to today and some recent video and video transcripts. The library continues to maintain our microfilm collection of the Kansas City Star, reaching back to 1885.
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Yes, headphones, phone chargers, and other equipment are available for checkout at the library Service Desks. The headphones do not include microphones. See all the equipment available for checkout at Miller Nichols Library and the Health Sciences Library.
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Yes! Select a color printer when sending a document to print from a library computer, or use the UMKC Web Print website to upload a document from your laptop and send to a color printer in the library at one of these locations:
Release your print job at a printer by swiping your UMKC ID card, typing in your student ID number, or scanning the QR code at the printer.
Note: if you're not on campus, log in to the UMKC VPN to use Web Print.
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Yes! The computers on the first and second floors of Miller Nichols Library have built-in webcams that pop up from the top of the monitor. Bring your own headphones and microphone.
Headphones without microphones are available to borrow at the service desks on the first floor of Miller Nichols Library and in the Health Sciences Library.
At Miller Nichols Library, the computer in the Presentation Practice Room MNL 108A has a webcam. The room can be reserved up to one week in advance. Reserve the Presentation Practice room online.
To see if other UMKC campus labs have computers with webcams, check with UMKC Information Services.
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Yes! Use the library search to find items you want, open the record, click Place Request on the left, and choose UMKC Health Sciences Library as your pick up location.
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The UMKC Libraries doesn’t have up-to-date access to the New York Times because our online database has a 3 month delay, and our collection of the New York Times on microfilm is updated monthly.
For online access to the most current New York Times, and access to historical issues, sign up for free for a local public library card and get access through the matching link below.
The UMKC Law Library keeps print issues of the current month of the New York Times. Visit the Law Library in person to use them.
If you are a New York Times digital subscriber or wish to purchase hard to find articles, you may want to use the New York Times Article Archive.
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You can request books and articles from any library in the world by placing an Interlibrary Loan request.
Log in with your UMKC username and password and request the item you need. You'll get an email when your book or article is on its way.
Click a Download or Download PDF or button or link if one is present on the eBook page you are looking at.
Read the PDF on your computer as usual, or download Adobe Digital Editions for free to read a PDF or EPUB file as an eBook while offline.
If you have any questions about the initial setup of your device for downloading books or any problems downloading, please contact us or consult our eBook guide.
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Yes, contact us to learn more.