Last updated March 27, 2020, at 12:45 p.m.
Hours and Services
- Access online collections and the Distinctive Collections: Digital Library.
- Request electronic articles and e-books through Interlibrary Loan.
- Virtual reference services available through live chat during business hours.
Access to Collections
- Access online collections and the Digital Library.
- Request electronic articles and e-books through Interlibrary Loan.
- Many publishers and vendors are providing expanded access to ebooks, reference works, and much more; see a growing list of Temporarily Available Online Resources.
Online Resources
- Catalog search for online Books & Media
- Contact librarians for research assistance
- Databases A-Z
- eBook collections
- Help with adopting Open Educational Resources (OER)
- How-to guides
- Streaming video collections
- Subject guides
- Vendors and publishers are providing expanded access to ebooks, online reference works, and much more; see a growing list of Temporarily Available Online Resources
Loans and borrowing
- The Library has stopped assessing overdue fines on Falvey materials.
- Students who are moving out of the residence halls should leave their Library materials in their rooms for future collection by University staff.
- Students who graduated in spring 2020 should request pre-paid return shipping labels for the books that need to be returned.
- Otherwise, books checked out from the Falvey collection, Interlibrary Loan, or E-ZBorrow should be held by Library patrons until such time as the University returns to normal operations.
- Physical materials from the Falvey collections, E-ZBorrow, Inter-library loan, as well as scanning from the Falvey collections, are not available.
Other Services
- The building is closed and all events canceled until further notice.
- The Library will begin accepting room reservations once the University decides to resume events.
- The Friends of Villanova and Courtesy Card programs have been temporarily suspended.
