• Library collections and services are housed in a spacious complex that includes the Rose Memorial building and the Learning Center, attached to Rose, which also houses the Lena C. Coburn Media Resource Center. Across the courtyard is the national United Methodist Archives and History Center, jointly administered by the University Library and the United Methodist Commission on Archives and History. Library facilities provide private study space and convenient access to reference works.
• The library faculty provides reference assistance, instruction in use of the library, and individual guidance to students. The library employs an open-stack system, permitting users direct access to our collection.
• The collection includes some 472,000 bound volumes, more than 337,000 microforms, and over 2,000 periodical subscriptions. An online catalog allows searches for particular holdings. The library also provides a wide range of electronic sources directly to users and a local-area network makes specialized indexes easily accessible. Since 1939 the library has been a depository for U.S. government publications, and it also collects the official documents of the United Nations and the State of New Jersey. There are over 501,000 documents in the collection.
• A substantial reference collection specializes in bibliographies that enable users to tap the library resources of the whole New York-New Jersey region. Periodical holdings--American and international--span numerous subject fields. A special collection of chemistry reference materials and periodicals, for use in conjunction with laboratories and research, is housed in the Hall of Sciences.

General Information

• What is the Library's address and fax number?
• What are the directions for getting to the Library?
• How do I contact a particular staff member?
• Can I bring food or beverages into the Library?
• Are sections of the Library available only to Drew users?
• What about ADA compliance?

Reference Services

• What are the hours of Reference Assistance?
• How do I contact a Reference Librarian?
• Which electronic databases does the Library make available?
• How can I access the Library Catalog and databases from off-campus?
• What should I do if a Library database asks me for a password?
• What should I do if I can't get into a Library database or can't get to the full text?
• How do I find out if Drew owns a book?
• How do I find out if Drew owns a periodical?
• What if I need more in-depth research assistance?
• What if I need to use materials from another library?

Borrowing

• What are the borrowing privileges of the Drew community?
• What borrowing options are available to persons not affiliated with Drew?
• How do I know if an item in the Library circulates?
• How do I know if the book I'm looking for is checked out?
• How can books be renewed?
• How can a checked-out book be recalled to the Library?
• What about overdue books?

The Drew Library Catalog

• Who can access the catalog?
• How do I get to the catalog?
• Where can I find help on using the catalog?

Library Reserve Services

• How can faculty place items on reserve? 
• How and where can students access reserved materials?
• How is this area related to the Reserve Room link in the Drew Library Catalog?
• How is this area related to the K: drive?

Copying in the Library

• What type of copying is available?
• How much are the copies?
• How do I pay for photocopies?
• How do I pay for copies from the Microfilm/Microfiche Reader/Printers?
• Can the photocopiers enlarge and reduce items?
• What type of paper do the photocopiers accept?
• Can the photocopiers do transparencies?
• Can the photocopiers do double-sided copying?

Printing in the Library

• Printing in the Library

Study Spaces

• Does the Library provide group study space?
• Does the Library provide study carrels or lockers?

Requests and Feedback

• How do I request the purchase of a book?
• How do I recommend the purchase of a journal subscription?
• How do I send in a reference question?
• How do I submit comments or questions about the Library or its web site?