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An integral part of any strong academic program is an excellent library. The Loras College Library, located in the Miller Academic Resource Center, fulfills this purpose at Loras. Students, faculty, staff, and administrators alike are served by the extensive research and study facilities.
The Library’s collections provide access to 300,000+ books, 130,000+ ebooks, 39,000+ online periodicals, 100+ electronic databases, a variety of DVDs and popular reading items, a document depository for both the United States government and the State of Iowa, and an excellent collection of rare books and other unique items in its Special Collections. We also have an active interlibrary loan program to borrow materials from other libraries.
The Miller Academic Resource Center opened in 2002 and houses group study rooms for students engaged in collaborative learning, private study rooms for concentrated, uninterrupted work, different kinds of seating couches, comfy chairs, tables, study carrels, and bean bag chairs and three classrooms. As part of a laptop campus, the library offers a networked printer, desktop computers, scanners, a photocopier, and laptop power cords and external DVD drives to borrow.
Online Research Guides are available for every program and be accessed from the library’s website at library.loras.edu. Librarians are available to provide assistance with getting started on a paper, finding the right database, search strategies, and finding sources. It is possible to get in touch with a librarian by scheduling an appointment and through email, chat, or phone. Evening appointments are available.
Other services included in the Miller Academic Resource Center are the Center for Dubuque History and the archives of Loras College, the Headwaters Academic Support Center [which includes the Writing Center, offices for the Honors Program, and the Lynch Learning Center], the Center for Learning and Teaching, and the Barnes and Noble bookstore.
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