What We Do

Wendt Library primarily serves the College of Engineering and the Departments of Computer Sciences, Statistics, and Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences. We're happy to help students, faculty, staff, and the public in their research: see our reference services page for more details.

What We Have

• 165,000 books in print
• 6,000 electronic books
• 3,000 serials, including journals and conference proceedings
• 1.8 million government documents and technical reports
• 12,000 published standards
• All U.S. design, utility, and plant patents

Featured Collections

• Patents - Wendt is a U.S. Patent and Trademark Depository Library
• Standards - ANSI, ASME, ASTM, IEEE and more...
• Technical Reports Center - government-funded technical research
• Miles Value Engineering Collection - value analysis and value engineering
• Masters' and Bachelors' Theses - ECE Masters Project Reports
• Special Collections - rare books, 1st edition faculty publications

Wendt Projects

• Minds@UW - assistance with the institutional repository