Gabriele Library

The Gabriele Library is located adjacent to the university’s academic spaces. The facility provides a space for students to work collaboratively and individually. 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 such as ERIC, PsycARTICLES, Academic Search, Sage Premiere, Gale Literature Resource Center, Business Source, CINAHL and LexisNexis.  The library provides wireless access to color and black and white printers, whiteboard for students, and a collection of 100,000 print books and 200,000 electronic books. www.immaculata.edu/academics/library/

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 of 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.

To provide additional academic support for students, the library houses the IU Writing Center, the Student Success Center, and the Career and Development Center.  Students are also able to enjoy the Immaculatté coffee shop in the front of the library.