Yale University Library consists of twenty different buildings on campus. These buildings are intended for specific schools and subjects. Like the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library and the Lillian Goldman Law Library. Each school provides subject-specific services to its students and differs from other campus libraries in policy and layout. Despite the differences between libraries, they all share the same library home page. The Yale University Library site brings together all libraries and buildings for your convenience. Bringing together so many libraries is no easy task, especially when a large portion of your user base is made up of incoming college students. The following is a brief evaluation of the library website conducted by a non-student/faculty/staff member. Overall RatingThe Yale Libraries home page provides a lot of information. However, despite the amount of links provided, the page didn't feel cluttered or chaotic. Links to services provided by the library system are located at the top of the page via drop-down menus and in the center of the page in a site map configuration. Contact information is not available on the home page and does not have a prominent location on the site. The organization of the home page and corresponding pages is clear and easy to use. Titles are worded in a layman-friendly manner, with a few exceptions, and are clear in meaning and purpose. The book guides are presented in alphabetical order by general topics. Once you click on a libguide, it may contain resources for more specific topics. Navigating the site is generally simple. The Yale logo at the top of the page takes users back to the main home page every time it is clicked. Some exceptions to the ease of navigation... middle of paper... in the "Orbit Catalog" have been excluded from the basic guides. The site is designed with the assumption that incoming college students will be library literate. Without adequate instruction in library use, incoming students may have problems initially using the library. However, once a student is educated in the basic functions of the library, the resources and links provided on the site will undoubtedly be helpful to their education. . Apparently the goal of the site is to promote the educational goals of the student and the university. In this respect the Yale Library web page does an exceptional job. Works Cited Raward, R. (2001). Academic library website design principles: Developing a checklist. Australian Academic and Research Libraries, 32(2).Yale. (n.d.). Yale University Library. Retrieved from http://web.library.yale.edu/