All services
User services
- Point-of-service research assistance (in the Library reference room or via phone, email, text, or instant message) as well as in-depth research consultations for on-campus and distance learners
- Borrowing privileges for materials in the Library's circulating and reserves collection
- Library display cases, photocopiers, and new book displays
- 3-hour use of DVDs
- Information literacy sessions for classes of all levels and in all disciplines by a librarian, in the Library’s electronic classroom
- Room reservation
- Course reserves
- Support in building technology literacy skills provided by a technology training specialist in the Student Technology Instruction Center
- Assistance with integration of technology into courses provided by the Director of Educational Technology Services
- Help with MLA, APA, Turabian, and CSE formatting styles
Learning resources
- A circulating book collection of almost 100,000 items, including children's and curriculum collections
- Electronic databases and eBooks accessible from home or on-campus
- Newspapers, scholarly journals, magazines, and an extensive print and electronic reference collection
- Three special collections: the John Novak Digital Interview Collection, the Archives, and the Education Materials Collection
- Access to other libraries' materials via reciprocial borrowing agreements and interlibrary loan
- DALNET membership, which facilitiates easy access to other member libraries
Facilities and equipment
- Friendly and service-oriented atmosphere in the air-conditioned comfort of the Library's own wing of the LIberal Arts building
- A mix of study and learning spaces, including The Spot, a comfortable workspace furnished with chairs that provide power to your laptop
- Access to a wireless internet connection throughout the Library
- Convenient hours of operation, 7 days and evenings a week during the academic year
- 40 computers with internet access and MS Office
- Student Technology Instruction Center: a drop-in computer lab and technology instruction space
- Faculty Technology Center for assistance incorporating technology into teaching and learning
- Self-serve use of equipment such as the typewriters in the lower level
- The Beyond Words Art Gallery of rotating art exhibits