The Jerry Falwell Library is here to support learning, discovery, and research by providing you and your students with robust resources, engaging instruction, flexible spaces, and outstanding services.
Library Services
- Course Reserves (Residential)–Place items in the library for students to check out for one hour, three hours, 24 hours, three days, or seven days.
- Interlibrary Loan–Borrow materials from other libraries or request that materials from our collections be delivered to you.
- Proxy Request– A Liberty University faculty member may grant permission for another member of the Liberty University community (Proxy) to check out library resources on their behalf for research purposes.
- Liaison Librarians–Contact your department’s designated librarian for library instruction, customized research guides, collection development, curriculum support, and research assistance needs.
- Library Technologies–Use the library’s telepresence or assistive technologies.
Research & Instruction–Request residential classroom instruction, synchronous or asynchronous online sessions, video tutorials, and other instructional materials.- Fundamentals of Research–Self-paced, interactive modules introducing students to core concepts and skills related to research, plagiarism, and information literacy.
- Room Requests–Book a group study room for academic purposes or request to use an event space.
- Scholarly Communications–Get copyright assistance, and explore publishing and Open Education Resources (OER) information.
Faculty Scholarship
- RefWorks–Organize your research, and easily generate reference lists.
- Scholars Crossing–Submit your works to our institutional repository, and explore Liberty University journals, conferences, and events.
Library Materials
- Recommend Resources–Submit requests for items to be added to our collection.
Additional Resources
- Academic Success Center–Direct students to tutoring, writing, and study skills support.
- Beyond Our Library–Visit participating libraries in person to borrow physical items from their collections.
- Center for Research Libraries (CRL)–Use CRL’s digital collections or request print resources through ILLiad.
- WorldCat–Discover if a book is available in a library near you.
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