Resources

On Campus Resources
Main Library
The main library houses over 73,000 items including fiction books, non-fiction books, language resource books, reference books, maps, CDs, DVDs, and audiobooks. The main floor of the library has communal study areas, lounge areas, and individual study desks. Periodical Room The periodical room houses about 200 periodicals and current newspapers. The room also has two communal study desks.

 

Electronic Resources

The library offers card holders access to various electronic resources.

 

eCatalog

The eCatalog is the library’s online catalog search platform that enables you to find books and other material available at a library. To create an account, contact the library to receive a username and password.

EBSCOhost

EBSCOhost is an online research platform. Divine Word College has access to 25 databases through EBSCOhost.

Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database that provides more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.

Philosophers Index with Full Text contains research published since 1940 including over 680 journals from more than 50 countries with content representing a variety of languages.

MasterFILE Premier is a multidisciplinary database that provides full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals with full-text information dating as far back as 1975.

To learn more, check out our Guide to EBSCOhost.

Overdrive

Overdrive is a free service offered by the library that lets you borrow digital content (like ebooks and audiobooks) anytime, anywhere. Have a new smartphone or tablet? Great! Overdrive has an app that will let you borrow digital ebooks, audiobooks, movies, and shows from your local library--and it's all free.

To learn more, check out our Guide to Overdrive.

 

WorldCat

WorldCat is an online library catalog that lets you look up books, dissertations, microform, journals and multimedia items in libraries around the world. Use WorldCat:

• When you know the title of the book you want, but you don't know which libraries have it.
• You want to know what books and other information sources exist on your topic, not just the ones that are available in one library.
• You need more information about a book or other information source (like its full list of authors, its publisher, etc.).

Mango

Mángo is an online language learning resource. Mángo prepares learners for realistic conversations and strengthens everyday communication skills in over 70 world languages, including English. Mángo prepares learners for realistic conversations and strengthens everyday communication skills in over 70 world languages, including English.

Credo Reference

Credo Reference is a database of full text online encyclopedias, dictionaries and reference books covering all subject areas. Get definitions, illustrations, pronunciations and other useful information from this collection of hundreds of subject encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Britannica Online

Britannica Online is a website with more than 120,000 encyclopedia articles and is updated regularly. It has daily features, updates, and links to news reports from The New York Times and the BBC.

State Library of Iowa

The State Library of Iowa offers a number of online services and resources to all users and additional resources to state library cardholders. Anyone who lives in Iowa may apply for a State Library Card.

 

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