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Many of the library's databases and other electronic resources are available from off-campus. When prompted, enter your ULID and password for access.

More information about Accessing Online Library Resources.

The STEP Lab in Agnes Edwards Hall (Room 152) is accessible 24 hours with your Cajun Card.

To check your library account for a list of items you have checked out, due dates, or fines owed, log in to My Account.

For your ULID replace the letter "C" with the number 3. 

First Time? Reset PIN to create a PIN. View the My Account Help page.

For assistance with your library account, contact the Circulation Desk at (337) 482-6025 or circulation@louisiana.edu. 

Books are loaned to undergraduates for 21 days, to graduate students for one semester, and to faculty for an academic year.

More information on Loan Periods.

To find a book in the library, look for both the location and the call number in the book's catalog record. The location will tell you the area or department in the library where the book is located. If it says "general collection," that means it's on the shelf and able to be checked out. Other location codes include "Ernest Gaines Center," "Louisiana Room" or "University Archives and Manuscripts Collection." Find a complete list of location codes in the Dupré Library Catalog.

The call number will help you locate the book once you've found the correct area in the library where it's located. Books in Dupré Library are assigned a call number based on the Library of Congress classification scheme, which organizes books by subject. Each call number will be a combination of letters and numbers. Use the letters to find the right floor and section of the library, then use the numbers to find the book on the shelf. Contrary to what some people assume, the call numbers aren't arranged alphabetically in the library. You can use the library floor plan to find which call numbers are located where or ask any library staff for help.

The library has a comprehensive collection of engineering books and materials, both in print and online. Printed books and journals can be found in the T section on the back of the second floor. There are also many U.S. government publications on engineering in the U.S. Government section on the first floor near the Reference Desk.

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To find articles on a current topic in engineering, check out one of the library's engineering subject databases. Magazine and journal articles are usually published more quickly than books and other information, so they are most useful for finding recent information. Databases also often have other types of materials, including news, dictionaries, conference proceedings, and reports.

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The library provides several online informational research guides that will give you access to a variety of engineering resources. Check out one of these guides to get a good overview of library resources.

• Resources for Chemical Engineering
• Resources for Civil Engineering
• Resources for Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Resources for General Engineering
• Resources for Mechanical Engineering
• Resources for Petroleum Engineering

Find searchable catalogs for UL Lafayette theses and dissertations. (Full-text availability is noted.)

Theses and dissertations published prior to 2013 are shelved on the second floor of the library. Those published after 2013 are only available in the Louisiana Room on the library's third floor.

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Most databases give you the option to limit your search results by published date. For example, in the image below (taken from EBSCO database CINAHL Complete), you can restrict your search results by published date in the "Limit your results" section of the Advanced Search interface. Enter the range "2010 - 2015" in the boxes provided, and the database will only retrieve articles published in the last five years.

View a list of databases for English.

The following are especially good databases for finding full-text, scholarly articles in English and other humanities fields.

• JSTOR
• Project Muse
• Academic Search Complete

Find other suggestions about searching for English resources in the Resources for English research guide.

Library hours vary by semester. For more information, view the Hours & Directions page.

View a yearly timeline of Library Hours.

University Office of Network Services provides wireless and wired connections to the Internet on campus, including throughout the library. Devices must be registered to connect to the Internet.

Find more information about the wireless and wired networks in the library.

For further assistance, contact the IT Service Desk at 482-HELP (4357).

Self-service KIC Scanning Stations are available on all floors to use at no charge:

• 1st Floor – Catalog Station (in front of the Elevators)
• 1st Floor – Copy Center
• 2nd Floor – Main Hallway Stacks (near shelf T 1-22)
• 3rd Floor – Jefferson Caffery Reading Room
• 3rd Floor – Cajun & Creole Music Collection (CCMC)

Using touch screen technology and an overhead scanner, the stations allow users to edit and send scans in a variety of file formats to a USB drive, Cloud Storage, QR Code, the MyDocs app, or email.

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Printing through PaperCut costs 10 cents per page. Find more information about Navigating PaperCut, FAQs, and Adding Credit.

Instead of printing articles for your research, you can download them to a flash drive or email them to yourself. To easily email an article, look for the envelope icon when viewing the article in full-text mode.

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The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) is available online, though you can find print copies of older issues in the library. The call number for the print version of the journal is R15 .A48.

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Find a list of campus building abbreviations on the University's website.

The 22 parishes that make up Acadiana are:

• Acadia
• Ascension
• Assumption
• Avoyelles
• Calcasieu
• Cameron
• Evangeline
• Iberia
• Iberville
• Jefferson Davis
• Lafayette
• Lafourche
• Pointe Coupée
• St. Charles
• St. James
• St. John the Baptist
• St. Landry
• St. Martin
• St. Mary
• Terrebonne
• Vermilion
• W. Baton Rouge

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The call number for L'Acadien is LD3091 .L65A2. Copies are available in the second floor stacks and in the Jefferson Caffery Reading Room on the third floor of the library.

Find digitized copies of almost all of the University's yearbooks online.

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Located in the Student Union and online. For information and hours, visit the University Bookstore website.

Find a list of textbooks currently being used for classes using the Textbook Clearinghouse.