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As the central library, the Paul V. Galvin Library provides a
broad range of services including information on engineering,
business, science, mathematics, the humanities, architecture and
design via the Internet; numerous electronic and paper-based
databases; a document delivery service; interlibrary loan; and
special collections. Students can access holdings through the
ILLINET Online Cataloging System, which provides information
about the collections of 800 libraries throughout Illinois,
and through corporate memberships at The John Crerar Library
at the University of Chicago. Patrons of the Galvin Library
can use a World Wide Web-based network providing access to
Engineering Village and ProQuest, two comprehensive, fulltext
databases in engineering and business, as well as many other
CD-ROM indexes, abstracts and full text databases.
The Graham Resource Center on the lower level of S.R. Crown
Hall houses architectural and city and regional planning materials.
Multicultural Programs
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The Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions Library
at the Downtown Campus contains a variety of material dealing
with topics in practical and professional ethics.
The Louis Biegler Library on the Rice Campus contains a
collection of electrical engineering materials. The focus is on
electronic access to information.
The Chicago-Kent College of Law Library at the Downtown
Campus is a technologically advanced library with outstanding
collections in law, business and the social sciences.
Chicago-Kent also houses one of the largest collections of
international law and commerce materials in the Midwest.
The library at the Moffett Campus supports research on food
technology and safety.
The Center for Multicultural Programs (CMP) assists minor- personal counseling; academic monitoring: and assistance
ity students with transition from high school. One aspect in obtaining pre-professional employment and scholarships.
of IIT’s success in retaining and graduating minority students CMP offers opportunities for collaborative study and peer
is the Academic Challenge for Excellence program, a collection mentoring. CMP maintains a computer lab, interactive
of personal and professional development activities. These learning software and learning aids, and a video library of
include a weekly fall semester orientation class; academic and historical, cultural and social topics.
Women’s Center
IIT’s Women’s Educational Development Center assists
women students in their academic programs. Social, cultural
and educational events are planned for women students,
Writing Center
faculty and staff through the Women’s Network, a support
group of women on campus.
The Writing Center coordinates all aspects of instruction in lab, lecture, design, ITP and IPRO classes. For many of these
written, oral, electronic and interpersonal communications at classes, students will have one-on-one contact with a commu-
IIT. The program is based in the Lewis Department of nications instructor and the opportunity to complement their
Humanities, where students can go for tutoring on writing acquisition of technical knowledge with professional help in
assignments and questions about the communications inten- communication. Students may also benefit from the Writing
sive “C-Courses.” Assistance is also available for non-native Center’s peer tutors, who assist in ITP classes, offer one-onspeakers
of English (ESL). In addition, the program directs one tutoring five evenings per week throughout the semester
IIT’s Communication Across the Curriculum initiative, and conduct special evening programs on such things as
which provides intensive, in-class communications training in Power Point presentation skills and HTML.
Student Affairs
The Office of Student Affairs oversees many areas of student all students to participate in athletics, student organizations
life and serves as the primary advocate and ombudsperson for and professional societies. Students are also encouraged
students. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to contact to take advantage of the cultural, educational and recreational
the office for help or referrals. resources on campus, as well as in the Chicago area. For
additional information on activities, organizations and services,
Activities outside the classroom and laboratory complement consult the IIT Student Handbook.
and enhance IIT’s central educational mission. IIT encourages
IIT Undergraduate Bulletin 1999-2001