The Francis A. Drexel Library, located between the Barbelin building and the Science Center, supports the academic programs of Saint Joseph's University with books and periodicals in both print and electronic formats, research e-Resources, audiovisuals and microforms. The Library has a collection of textbooks and accompanying materials for grades K-12 and a large selection of children's literature. In addition, the Library provides circulating collections of popular reading and audiobooks. The Saint Joseph's University Archives is housed in the Drexel Library.
The Library's holdings are accessible through our Library
catalog. Access to many
major Web-based services is provided to support student and faculty
research.
Who
was Francis A. Drexel?
Library Mission & Policies
Library Hours
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Monday - Thursday |
8:30 a.m. |
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Service Desk: 610-660-1900 at anytime during our hours of operation.
Information Desk:610-660-1904 - Call during Reference Hours or stop by to meet with a Reference Librarian.
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Interlibrary Loan: 610-660-1907
Monday-Friday 8:30a.m. - 4:30p.m.
Archives/Special Collections: 610-660-1903
Open by appointment only.
Reference Services
Reference Librarians are available to provide the following services:
- General reference service as well as guidance in the overall research
process
- Instruction in the use of electronic resources
- Classroom instruction sessions on the use of library resources
- Guidance in locating government information and in the using the Curriculum Materials
Center
Contact a Reference Librarian in any of the following ways:
Information Desk:610-660-1904
Call during Reference Hours or stop by to meet with a Reference Librarian.
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Ask a Librarian! web-based email form
The Saint Joseph's University community may submit a question or concern directly to the Reference staff through a web-based email form.
An email response will be sent within 24 hours during the business week, and within 48 hours on weekends.
By Appointment
Make an appointment for a consultation:
The Saint Joseph's University community may make an appointment with a reference librarian for assistance with an extensive research project. The appointment may be in person or via telephone. Simply fill out our appointment form and a Reference staff member will contact you.
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Directions:
Saint Joseph's University
Francis A. Drexel Library
5600 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131
(610) 660-1900
The Library is located next to Barbelin Hall, our main administrative
building, at the crest of the hill.
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Library Staff:
FAQs
Library Collections
Locating Materials in the Library:
- Floor Plans for the Francis A. Drexel Library:
1st Floor - Main Floor
2nd Floor
3rd Floor
Network Connections
Computer Workstations - The Drexel Library has over 30 networked computer workstations available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Connections for Laptops:
The Drexel Library has over 90 hard-wired
network connections for laptops. These
connections are in study carrels and other publicly-accessible locations
on the first, second,
and third floors of the Library.
In addition the open Reference area on the first floor and the open
study area on the second floor are wireless network areas.
Students must have a wireless card (configured for our network) in
their PCs/Macs. For instructions on connecting to the wireless network
visit IT's Helpdesk
page.
Laptop computers require a special setup to print in the Library (for both wireless and hard-wired connections) and at this time only Windows based PCs running Windows XP can be configured to print (no Vista and no Macs):
Printing from Windows XP laptops in the Library
Printing/ Scanning in the Library
Printing from PC web
stations in the Library:
All web stations in the Library are configured to print at the networked print
station where both a black & white and a color printer are available. Unless
separate plug-in applications (ex. Adobe® Reader) have launched, the print command
should be selected from the Browser's menu. When requesting a print from
web stations in the Library:
- Make sure that you are connected to the network using any of our
designated SJU network connections.
- Make sure that your printer selection is set to either
Black & White
or
Color.
The University IT department offers 200 free
B&W pages/student at the start of each spring and fall semester.
Once the 200 pages have been used, there is a charge for printing:
- 8 cents/page for black & white
- 35 cents/page for color
- More information
about the "200 free pages program" is available at IT's
HawkNet site.
Payment is made through the use of the chip on the front of your SJU ID card.
Money may be added to the chip via the "Cash-to-Card" machines to the
right of the print station.
Once you have inserted your copy card in the card reader at the print
station, the screen will come active and your print job will be listed
in the queue by your SJU Username and the time. Select it, and press
print.
Note that many of our electronic resources also allow users to
download full text to print elsewhere and/or have an option to e-mail
the full-text articles.
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