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• Academic Search Premier• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, Full Text• JSTOR (Arts and Sciences Collection I)• ProQuest Research LibraryStudents and faculty may access all of the electronic resources listed above fromcomputers either on or off campus via the Library’s web site. Students and faculty mayreceive assistance using these resources from the librarians in the Reference Area on thefirst floor of the Gray Library. Materials not available in a full-text format online areusually available in the Library’s physical collection or from another library via ourInterlibrary Loan service.Hours of OperationLibrary facilities are available to users 95.5 hours per week:Monday – ThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m*.2:00 p.m. – 12 p.m.[*Note: As of Fall 2010, the library is open 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m., except onthose Saturdays when the LU football team has a home game. On those Saturdays, thelibrary is open 8:00 a.m. until 12 noon.]Reference service is available 95.5 hours per week. Users have access to the stacks at allhours when the library is open. Access to the library’s electronic resources is availableliterally 24/7.A general access PC lab is located on the seventh floor of the library in the MediaServices department. The lab contains one hundred and twenty IBM compatiblecomputers with laser printers attached to every PC. Standard and oversize color ink jetand color laser prints are available, as well as CD and DVD duplication and scanners.The lab hours are the same as the general library hours, and assistance is available fromsupport staff. The lab offers over two dozen general programs including wordprocessing, spreadsheets, databases, programming languages, desktop publishing,statistical programs, and computer graphics programs.The Media Services department also houses a video collection (DVD and tape), CDs, andrecords. A circulating equipment collection provides support for classroom instructionand can be scheduled by professors throughout the semester.Professional Library Staff Assigned to Engineering UnitThe librarian who serves as the engineering library liaison works closely withengineering faculty and department chairs in collection development and in delivery ofreference and library instruction service. As stated above, the librarian receives support49