Gabriele Library

The Gabriele Library, located adjacent to the university’s academic spaces. The facility provides a space for collaboration, support, and individual study. The role of the library is to support the educational mission, goals, and curricula of Immaculata University through the effective organization of materials, technological resources, and services.

Open seven days a week, Gabriele Library provides full-text on-line resources as ERIC, PsycARTICLES, Academic Search, Sage Premiere, Gale Literature Resource Center, Business Source, CINAHL and LexisNexis; wireless access to scanner and printers; and World-Cat Discovery cataloging system, all of which are accessible online through the library’s home page.

Perhaps most vital to the success of the library’s mission is the dedication to service manifested by professional and paraprofessional staff alike. The reference librarians provide bibliographic instruction, both to scheduled classroom groups and to individuals at the point of service. The library also provides prompt interlibrary loan service. The circulation staff manages reserve materials, as well as the circulation traffic of the library.

The University is dedicated to the growth of the collection in print and non-print holdings. Special library collections include musical scores; theses and dissertations; and collections of juvenile and young adult literature. The Immaculata Heritage Room houses a collection of archival materials relating to the University and includes a microfilm collection of the University newspaper.

Gabriele Library participates in TCLC (Tri-state College Library Cooperative). As a member, the library shares ideas and expertise, as well as informational resources with other libraries in the Delaware Valley and Pennsylvania. Through this membership, Immaculata students can borrow reciprocally from 28 additional college and university libraries in the region. The library also curates a page with information on accessing online library’s resources available to IU college students.

The library provides collaboration space across the main floor for student projects and engagement. Wireless printing on both black and white and color printers are readily available to students. The main floor also houses the Immaculatté coffee shop, the Career and Development Center, and the Writing Center.