ILLiad is back. Patrons may request as usual.

Get a head start on all of your Spring term papers!  Make an appointment with Writing Center tutor Sharon Brubaker at Hahnemann Library, Tuesday evenings between 5 and 8 PM.  Reservations can be made for half-hour tutoring sessions through the Writing Center Website at http://drexel.mywconline.com/ with a limit of one hour of tutoring time per week for each student. While students with appointments have priority, walk-in are welcome as well.

Have you searched for an hour without finding the information you’re looking for? Stop! It’s time to visit, phone, email, or chat with a librarian!

We welcome opportunities to put our specialized knowledge to work for you.

• We are comfortable with advanced search techniques
• We can delve into resources you’ve never heard about before.

Ideally, we combine your subject knowledge with our search expertise to form a powerful team. This can be done by working together at keyboard. If a library visit isn’t possible, we can team up by phone or chat, with the librarian “walking you through” a search. We also perform delegated searching; just tell us what you need, with enough explanation to enable us to recognize it when we see it.

For help with search challenges or any other information need, contact us at

Hahnemann Library: 215-762-7184 — OR — Queen Lane Library: 215-991-8740

Oh the weather outside is . . . well, actually it’s pretty good for mid-December! But snow or no snow, the Fall term is over and the holidays are rapidly approaching. The libraries will again be closed during the week between Christmas and New Year, and will have reduced hours the week of December 19th.

Hahnemann Library Hours:

• Monday Dec. 19 through Friday Dec. 23: 7:45 am – 5:00 pm

Queen Lane Library Hours:

• Monday, Dec. 19: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Tuesday, Dec. 20: 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
• Wednesday, Dec. 21 – Friday, Dec. 23: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Both libraries will be closed on Monday, January 2nd (Federal holiday for New Years Day), but will re-open on Tuesday, January 3rd when classes resume for the College of Medicine.

As always, the 24 hour study space at both libraries will remain open throughout the holidays.

We’re taking advantage of the end of classes and exams to do so systems upgrades. Our library system that handles circulation (including renewing books online) will be offline for a few hours the afternoon of Monday, Dec. 19th, and the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 21. If you need assistance with any related matters during those times, please call the library circulation desks:

• Hahnemann 215-762-7631
• Queen Lane 215-991-8740

Thank you for your patience and Happy Holidays to all!

To all our students who are getting ready to graduate!

If you’re finishing up your thesis or dissertations, look  at http://www.library.drexel.edu/services/ccthesisbinding for information about bringing copies of your thesis to the library for binding. Your thesis should be brought to the library after the final version is approved and all program/adviser signatures obtained.

Students are strongly encouraged to submit a digital copy of the thesis for inclusion in iDEA, Drexel’s institutional digital repository and archive. A thesis archived in iDEA is available digitally to be read and cited by scholars in your field!

The EZ Borrow system for borrowing books from other (non-Drexel) libraries is transitioning to a new system, Relais. Because we don’t think that Relais is quite “ready for prime time”, we’re delaying our adoption of this system while we do further testing.

In the meantime, all book borrowing will be done through our ILLiad system.  Login to ILLiad using your university ID and password in the My Accounts box on the homepage, and place your request — you’ll receive an email message from ILLiad when the book you request is waiting for you at the Library.

Faculty, if you have any last-minute items to add to our reserve collection — either the print collection in the library, or the e-reserves collection available to students online, please contact Sarah Daub at 215-762-3509 or sed42@drexel.edu.  You can read more about our Reserves process, and find forms for submitting items online at http://www.library.drexel.edu/services/putonreserve.

Also, if you’ve had items on reserve for a course in previous terms, please check under your name or the course number in our Reserve System to make sure that they’re still active.

The Hahnemann and Queen Lane Libraries will be closed from Friday, December 24th through Sunday, January 2nd. 24-hour study areas at both libraries will be open to current students, faculty and residents, with computers and printing available.

Hagerty Library, on the University City campus, will be open limited hours,Monday, December 27th through Thursday, December 30th, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.  Reference assistance will be available during that time at 215-895-2755.

We’ve just added 5 new Mac Books to the selection of laptops available for loan at the Hahnemann Circulation Desk (2nd floor). Fill out a laptop borrowing agreement to use a Mac Book or PC laptop; you can borrow a laptop for 3 hours at a time, and it must be used in the Hahnemann Library.