Ask a Librarian

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Yes. The library has classrooms and study rooms that may be available. Just fill out the online room request form.

The Library has both group and individual study rooms. Students can also use the carrels on floors one, three, and four.  More information about quiet areas is available. In general, the quiet areas are on the first, third, and fourth floors along the Keane Hall side of the building. 4th floor also has a quiet area on the Loras Boulevard side.

No. The library will send you two overdue notices. A third notice will inform you that you will be charged with the replacement value of the item, plus a $15 processing fee. Also, usage of your card may be blocked until the matter of the overdue item has been resolved.

To add a printer in Windows 8:

1. click on the window-pane button that is right under the screen (not on the keyboard) + the R key on the keyboard to bring up the Run command dialog box;
2. type in \\prnt02\ and browse for the desired printer;
3. double-click on the name of the desired printer to add this printer
4. the newly added printer should now display in your list of available printers. if not, you may need to restart your computer.

"Criminal Justice" is a comprehensive collection of U.S. and international criminal justice journals. For details, go to the library's tutorial for Criminal Justice.

Find the library's hours here. If special circumstances require a change in hours, these changes will also be posted on the campus portal and on the door of the Library.

The Library does not have a color printer for patron use. However, patrons can use the color printer available in the Alumni Campus Center, in the lounge area next to Duhawk Market.

Go to the Campus Safety & Security Office and ask for a new ID card. The office is open Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm. A $10 card replacement fee will be billed to your business office account by Campus Safety.

Click here for links to other local, state, and national library catalogs.

The Loras Library is in the Academic Resource Center (ARC), in the center of the Loras College campus. Click here for a campus map.

Bibles (in various translation), and book about the Bible, can be found in the 220s, on the first floor of the library..........

There is a courtesy phone outside the elevator on each floor.

You may have up to 40 items checked out from the Library. An exception to this policy is that faculty members may have up to 100 items checked out from the Library.

Yes. The Library has the New York Times from 1851–2008 on microfilm. Dubuque newspapers (including the Telegraph-Herald) dating from 1836–present are also on microfilm, as are a few old newspapers from the Iowa towns of Cascade, Dyersville, and Farley, and the Illinois town of Galena.

For more information, see the list of titles posted on the microfilm cabinets.

​You may return library materials in one of two drop boxes on campus:

• Outside the Library—Located along the sidewalk to the main entrance of the Alumni Campus Center (ARC)
• Inside the Library--Located at the end of the Check Out Desk closest to the front door of the library (look for the slot)

This guide to "My Library Privileges" will walk you through library borrowing rules and responsibilities.

The Loras College Library moved into the Academic Resource Center in July 2002. Before that, the library (then called Wahlert Memorial Library) was located in the building now known as Wahlert Hall.

Welcome! Please browse the library's Faculty Services guide. The library staff is looking forward to working with you!

Anyone who has an Iowa public library card and a picture ID may use the Loras Library.