# Libraries, Writing Center, Museums

**Source**: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/navigating/research/libraries
**Parent**: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/navigating/research

As a graduate student, you will be challenged to master a subject, to solve problems and to extend the boundaries of current knowledge. The University of Texas at Austin provides the materials and support essential to this endeavor.

### [University Writing Center](https://uwc.utexas.edu/how-we-help/graduate-students/)

The University Writing Center provides free writing support for UT graduate students in all departments. The UWC's services include individual consultations, writing groups, events, presentations, and online resources.

### [Libraries](http://www.lib.utexas.edu/)

The University of Texas Libraries hold more than 10 million volumes in multiple facilities, with specialized collections in architecture, Latin American culture and history, law, geology, marine sciences, and more.

### [Research Help & Support](https://www.lib.utexas.edu/research-help-support)

Access academic assistance for research questions and citation needs. Find resources and expertise for scholarly research. Discover instructional support services for faculty and students.

### Research Units & Centers

The university supports more than 200 cutting-edge research units and centers. They offer graduate students opportunities to conduct focused academic research and to find communities that match their interests.

- [Research Units & Centers](http://www.utexas.edu/research/units-and-centers)
- [Briscoe Center for American History](https://briscoecenter.org/)
- [Center for Identity](https://identity.utexas.edu/)
- [Harry Ransom Center](http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/)
- [Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/llilas/)
- [Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center](http://www.wildflower.org/)

### Museums

Whether conducting research or just spending a quiet afternoon perusing some of the university’s treasures, graduate students have the resources of a number of museums at their fingertips—all part of Austin’s unique arts and culture scene.

- [Arts & Culture in Austin](http://www.utexas.edu/campus-life/arts-and-culture)
- [Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art](http://blantonmuseum.org/)
- [Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum](http://www.lbjlibrary.org/)
- [Texas Memorial Museum](http://tmm.utexas.edu/)
- [Visual Arts Center](http://utvac.org/)