Library Quick-Start Guide

What do we have?

We've got everything you need to produce top-notch research! Here are some of the tools that will make finding our material easy:

• Visit our catalog: DuSearch
• Need help searching? Visit our DuSearching tutorial!
• Worried about finding a book? Here are some instructions.
• Looking for a DVD? Here's a search just for our DVD collections.

What can you do at the Check Out Desk?

After you've found a book or DVD, bring it to the Check-Out desk, and the student on duty will check out the item to you. Be sure to bring your student ID card!

• Look here for more information about borrowing from the library.
• It's easy to renew books at the checkout desk, but even easier to renew online. Learn about renewing via your MyLibrary Account.
• Looking for something your professor put on Reserve? Search here.

Have a class in the library?

The library has classrooms!

• We have 3 classrooms in the building, MARC 102, MARC 202, and MARC 402 They are across from the elevator on the 1st, 2nd, and 4th floors. 
• When you come for your library instruction, you'll probably be in MARC 202, which is on the library's entry level, across from the elevator. 
• Other classes in the library? MARC 102 is down 1 floor from entry level, and MARC 402 is 2 floors up.

Need to print or scan?

The library printer is called ARC-PublicPrinter-HP605x. After you've sent the item to print, you must "release" it for printing at the terminal near the printer using your network login. 

• If you have issues printing, these instructions may help.
• How to Use the Scanners

Need a place to study?

We have study spaces to meet your needs!

• Rooms for groups and individual study.
• Designated quiet areas on 1st and 4th floors.
• Comfortable chairs, bar-height tables, study carrels.
• The 2nd-floor common area is a great place to work on group projects!

Need Research Help?

The library offers several ways to get in touch for research assistance!

• Schedule a research appointment
• Wondering who the Loras librarians are and how to contact them? Take a look.
• Look for our ChatBox! Hint: example to the right.
• Find out how to get your library questions answered!
• Or, consult our FAQs!
• Research Guides are a great way to learn about research in various disciplines. Here's a list of our guides.

Where can you find the best sources?

• Easy answer: The Library Website
• Learn more about the Library Website.
• Looking for a database?: the A-Z List.
• More tutorials! Learn more about how to use the Library.

Wait, there's More!!

Also in the building:

• Special Collections
• Center for Dubuque History & Loras College Archive

Finally, there's a reason we're called the Academic Resource Center, not just the Library. In the building, you'll also find...

• The Learning Commons
• Lynch Learning Center
• Writing Center