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Campus Resources
Libraries
IIT’s library system includes Paul V. Galvin Library;
the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions
Library (Main Campus), the Graham Resource Center
(Main Campus); the Louis W. Biegler Library (Rice
Campus); the Downtown Campus Library, serving the
Chicago-Kent College of Law and the Stuart School of
Business; University Archives (Main Campus); and the
National Center for Food Safety & Technology Library
(Moffett Campus).
Paul V. Galvin Library
www.gl.iit.edu
312-567-5136
As the university’s central library, Paul V. Galvin Library
combines a unique blend of cutting-edge information
technology with traditional library services. The library’s
holdings include approximately 980,000 volumes, including
books, printed journals, government publications,
and microforms. This collection supports all of IIT’s major
academic programs except law and architecture which
are housed in other IIT libraries. Digital library services
provide 24-hour internet access to more than 100 electronic
databases, indexing millions of journal articles;
approximately 19,000 full-text electronic journals; electronic
course reserves; CARLI, which provides access to
the online catalogs of 65 university libraries; and OCLC
interlibrary loan services. Additionally, Galvin Library
provides web-based delivery of a variety of materials,
including documents requested via interlibrary loan.
The Library’s Instruction and Outreach Program serves
the IIT community by teaching skills needed to locate,
retrieve, and evaluate information. Library instructors
teach at all levels from introductory to advanced and
cover a broad range of types of information and retrieval
techniques. Workshops are available on a drop-in basis
or can be scheduled in advance and can be specifically
tailored for a course or program.
228 IIT Undergraduate Bulletin 2006–2008
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Graham Resource Center
www.gl.iit.edu/grc
312-567-3256
The Graham Resource Center (GRC) is a branch of
IIT’s Paul V. Galvin Library serving the College of
Architecture. The GRC houses books, journals, images,
maps, and architecture-related special collections. The
GRC is found on the lower level of S.R. Crown Hall.
Louis W. Biegler Library
www.gl.iit.edu/biegler
630-682-6050
The Louis W. Biegler Library on the Rice Campus in
Wheaton, provides access to a small circulating collection,
reference materials, and journals, as well as digital
access to all of the databases subscribed to by Galvin
Library. Services include interlibrary loan, electronic
reserves, web-based document delivery, research
consultations, and library instruction.
Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions
www.iit.edu/departments/csep/library.html
312-567-6913
Located in Hermann Hall on IIT’s Main Campus, the
Center contains a variety of materials dealing with topics
in practical and professional ethics, such as autonomy,
confidentiality, conflict of interest, and self regulation.
Downtown Campus Library
library.kentlaw.edu
312-606-5600
Besides collections in law, business and social sciences,
this Downtown Library includes the Library of
International Relations, an official depository
of the United Nations and the European Union.
National Center for Food Safety
& Technology Library
www.ncfst.iit.edu
708-563-8163
Located on IIT’s Moffett Campus, the NCFST Library
supports research on food technology and food safety.
It is a depository library for the FAO (Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations),
and provides digital access to all of the databases
subscribed to by Galvin Library.