Elmhurst College Library Resources

"As a teaching library, the Library is committed to an active role in the preparation of students for a lifetime of purposeful learning for professional excellence in an information technology based society."

A.C. Buehler Library Mission Statement

The A.C. Buehler Library provides many resources and services that assist Elmhurst College students in their studies. The faculty and staff of the library endeavor to teach students how to become independent and sophisticated library users. In a society where we are bombarded with information, it is crucial that students learn how to identify, use and evaluate information. The librarians at Elmhurst College strive to teach these skills during one-on-one interactions or in the context of the classroom

The print collection is sizable and reflects the curriculum of the college. The up-to-date reference section is a great place to begin researching a new topic. Over 1300 paper magazines and journals are located at the library; thousands more are available electronically. The library supplements its print collection by offering over ninety electronic resource which students can use to find journal and newspaper articles from on or off-campus.

The A.C. Buehler Library cooperates with hundreds of academic and public libraries across the country. Students can easily interlibrary loan books and journal articles gaining access to a world of materials. Students can use their Jaypass while visiting over forty Illinois college and university libraries.

Finally, the newly renovated A. C. Buehler Library building is a model of small academic libraries. Information literacy classes are taught in a state-of-the-art classroom by professional, highly-skilled librarians. Students can use any of the fifty-four computer work stations for research, Internet surfing, or word processing. Quiet individual and group study rooms, the comfy reading area, and the Library Café offer a variety of study venues to satisfy the needs of students.