What about Alverno's Library?

The Alverno College library, located in the north wing of the Liberal Arts building, houses over 120,000 items in many formats (e.g., books, videos, CD’s, etc.,) and over 1,000 journal titles. An academic library, its primary mission is to support the educational goals of the college and to collect scholarly and academic works. You are more likely to find essays by Carl Jung than novels by Danielle Steele on its shelves.

Materials are housed in several different areas. The main or general collection ( the “stacks”) contains the library’s largest collection of books, periodicals, audiovisuals, etc., on a wide variety of subjects. These materials can be checked out (or “circulated”) to library patrons. The stacks, consisting of four floors are located adjacent to the reference room.

The reference room contains both materials and people you can REFER to for help. The reference collection includes different types of print materials like atlases, almanacs, maps, encyclopedias and more. Reference librarians and students alike refer to these materials when they need to look up specific pieces of information (e.g., the height of the Sears Tower in Chicago). Reference librarians are available to help you locate the information you need (including information not relating to class assignments!!). They are expert researchers and can help you become more confident using the library and its resources

The Fine Arts Lab (or FAL) is another collection in the library. The FAL holds the library’s collection of sound recordings, musical scores and art slides along with audiovisual equipment.

The TMC or the Teaching Materials Center features the library’s collection of children’s literature as well as materials to support the college’s Education curriculum (e.g., teaching materials).

The Archives houses the institutional records of the college that come in various formats (paper, photographs, microforms and videotapes). These materials have historical value and are unique to Alverno. The Archives is located in the Corona building in room B8.

Alverno Library Web Site