Housed on the second floor of Cudahy Library, the University Archives serves as the institutional memory of Loyola
University Chicago. Serving all Loyola campuses, the University Archives collects, organizes, preserves, and makes
accessible non-current official University records and ancillary records of enduring historical and legal value. The
University Archives actively encourages the use of its holdings by members of the Loyola community and the general public.
The University Archives is also home to the Loyola University Chicago
library system's rare book collection, including the Jesuitica collection.
Please contact the University Archives for access to
and reference services for the rare books collection. » Go...
On the third floor of Cudahy Library are the libraries' audiovisual
materials, a collection available by-request for use in the classroom
by Loyola faculty and in the libraries' individual viewing rooms. These
materials include videotapes, videodiscs, multimedia
CD ROMS, films, compact discs, audio cassettes, records, and slide sets.
For
material request forms and detailed polices, please
see Audiovisual Services. » Go...
Curriculum
The Curriculum Collection is housed on the eighth floor of Lewis Library. The collection consists of award-winning
Children's and Young Adult fiction, as well as Children's and Young adult non-fiction books. The collection also
contains teacher-edition textbooks and lesson plans, which support the curriculum and research of students in the
School of Education. Curriculum Reference materials are kept in the main Reference collection on the sixth floor.
Dissertations
Official Loyola University theses and dissertations are held by the University Archives
and span 1925 (the first year they were required) to the present. Circulating copies of theses and dissertations are held by
Lewis Library.
Housed on Stack Deck A of Cudahy Library are the United States federal
and Illinois state depository collections. Loyola University has been
a designated depository library since 1966, with collection strengths
that include federal holdings
from the Bureau of the Census, the Departments of Defense,
Justice, Education, and Health and Human Services, and both houses of
congress. Formats include extensive print and microfiche holdings and
a selection of maps and CD-ROMs. » Go...
With its home at 820 North Michigan Avenue, the Loyola University Museum
of Art, or LUMA, is dedicated to the exploration, promotion and understanding
of art and artistic expression and attempts to illuminate the enduring
spiritual questions and
concerns of all cultures and societies. The Museum interprets
and displays the university's medieval, renaissance and baroque collection,
known as the Martin D'Arcy, SJ, Collection, other museum permanent collections
and rotating exhibitions. Please visit
the LUMA Web site for additional
information. » Go...
Microforms
Available on the eighth floor of Lewis Tower and on the Stack Decks
of Cudahy Library, microform materials include older issues of newspapers
and some books, journals, government information, ERIC
publications,
and many historical documents. Microfilm and Microfiche
Reader/Printers are available for use in each library. Please ask at
the Reference Desk for any needed assistance with microforms.
Check here for information about newly acquired items. » Go...
The Gannon Center for Women and
Leadership is home to the Women & Leadership Archive (WLA).
The WLA collects, preserves, organizes, describes, and
makes available materials of enduring value to researchers studying
women's contributions to society. The collection includes the records
and papers of women's organizations and women recognized as leaders
in their respective fields. Included in the WLA are the records of
Mundelein College - the first self-contained "skyscraper college" for
women in the world and the last four-year women's college in Illinois.,
Schedules for library events and guest speakers across the Loyola campuses. » Go...
While not located at Loyola, The Center for Research Libraries (CRL)
is a consortium of North American universities, colleges and independent
research libraries to which Loyola University Chicago belongs. The consortium
acquires and preserves
newspapers, journals, documents, archives and other traditional
and digital resources for research and teaching. These resources are
then made available to member institutions cooperatively, through interlibrary
loan and electronic delivery. » Go...
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