With more than 7.3 million items in a variety of physical, digital, and electronic formats, the Sheridan Libraries provide the major library research resources for Johns Hopkins University.

The system includes the Milton S. Eisenhower Library, Brody Learning Commons, and Albert D. Hutzler Reading Room on the Homewood campus, the John Work Garrett Library at Evergreen Museum & Library, the George Peabody Library on the Peabody campus, and the Frary Library at JHU Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C.

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The Stein way

The Stein way

Sheridan Libraries exhibit explores the many facets of modernist matriarch Gertrude Stein

At a Glance

Headshot of Elisabeth M. Long in front of stained glass windows

Meet the Dean

Elisabeth M. Long is Sheridan Dean of Libraries, Archives, and Museums for the Sheridan Libraries & University Museums.

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Library Departments

The six Sheridan Libraries provide the major library research resources for Johns Hopkins University.

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Libraries and Locations

Milton S. Eisenhower Library

MSE Library is the university’s principal research library and the largest in the Sheridan Libraries network. The library opened in 1964 and is one of the most heavily used buildings on Homewood campus.

Milton S. Eisenhower Library
Students Walking Outside of Brody

Brody Learning Commons

Brody connects to the Eisenhower Library and includes a large quiet reading room, 16 group study rooms, teaching and seminar rooms, and a café.

Brody Learning Commons
Design rendering of library in Hopkins DC facility

Irene and Richard Frary Library

Our newest library in the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. supports teaching, research, and public engagement in the nation's capital.

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Albert D. Hutzler Reading Room

The Hut in Gilman Hall features a high ceiling and 19 beautiful stained-glass windows illustrated with the marks of Renaissance printers.

Hutzler Reading Room

John Work Garrett Library

The Garrett Library is located in Evergreen Museum & Library and is home to nearly 30,000 rare books. The collection can be used by appointment

John Work Garrett Library

George Peabody Library

The Peabody Library in Mount Vernon is a special collections library containing more than 300,000 volumes. The collection is non-circulating, and the library is open to the public.

George Peabody Library