Yes! Consider your Jag Card as your pass to the library!  You will need your Jag Card to check out books, use our printers, and enter the Learning Commons.

Your Jag ID is your library card. Use it to check out library materials at the Circulation Desk on the 1st floor of the library. Undergraduates may borrow 20 books and graduate students up to 40 books at a time.

Probably not.

The Marx Library does not buy textbooks for classes at the university, but occasionally we will have a copy of an older edition. However, you can only check these out for 4 weeks, which is only 1/4 of a semester.

Sometimes your professor may put a copy of the current text on course reserve at the circulation desk for your use in the library. However, we recommend that students purchase all required textbooks.

Additionally, you cannot receive textbooks via InterLibrary Loan.

The Marx Library Circulation Desk is located on the first floor as you enter the library and is often the first point of contact for students. This is where you can check out books, reserve materials, reload your Jag ID with printing funds, etc. If you don't know where to start or need more information, head to Circulation and they'll point you in the right direction!

The Marx Library does not have a specifically designated fiction section, but that does not mean we don't have fiction titles.

We do have some fiction, and these titles are shelved with the other library items according to the Library of Congress Classification System. For info on the Library of Congress Classification System, check out this LibGuide.

Libraries that are part of an institution of higher learning, such as a college or university, are known as academic libraries.  The mission of an academic library is to support the curriculum and research needs of its students, faculty, and staff.  Because of this focus, our collection differs from that of public libraries. Generally speaking, this means fewer bestsellers and more scholarly publications. The public library is still the place to go to pick up your beach reading, but if you're working on an assignment for class, an academic library is where it's at!

Check out the Reader's Advisory: Reading for Fun! LibGuide for info on finding fun books at the Marx Library.

Click here for more Leisure Reading guides prepared by your friendly librarians!

And be sure to check out our Marx Mini, located on the 1st floor next to Circulation. It is our little free library with a constantly rotating selection of books in all genres!