Visiting the GRC Resource Centers

Accessing the GRC

GW students, faculty, staff, and alumni who have a physical GWorld card enabled for campus access may visit the collections without an appointment during our staffed hours. Students and faculty of the WRLC and ARL consortia may also visit the GRC. Anyone not affiliated with GW can access the GRC by appointment only. Please email the GRC or call (202) 994-7105 to arrange for access to the collections.

All of Gelman, including the Global Resources Center, will be closed this summer from May 20 to August 17, 2024, reopening August 18, 2025. Researchers who were planning to visit the Global Resources Center during this time period should contact us at grc@gwu.edu as soon as possible to discuss options for your research

Collections Use Policy

The GRC makes available a wide variety of electronic and print reference and research materials, as well as recently published foreign-language books. The GRC usage policy is as follows:

• Print reference and research materials do not circulate outside the GRC.
• Foreign-language monographs located in the GRC stacks may be checked out by eligible patrons.
• GW faculty and Proxy Borrowers are eligible to borrow most GRC materials for limited loan periods.
• Patrons unaffiliated with GW are welcome to use all GRC collections while visiting the GRC.
• Materials located off-site will be retrieved for patrons if arrangements are made in advance of a scheduled visit. Please email us at grc@gwu.edu to make such arrangements.
• Exceptions to the above may be made on a case-by-case basis.