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- Search for DVDsTo find a specific title, select "browse" and "title."
- Online catalog
The library’s online catalog contains information about the books, e-books, music scores, videos (both DVD and VHS), and sound recordings that the library owns. The catalog also contains detailed information about the print journal and magazine titles that the library owns, but it does not contain citations for individual articles. For more help in using the catalog, ask a librarian, review our FAQs.
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Dictionaries & Translation Services
- Oxford Reference OnlineSearch for entries in 14 Oxford University Press dictionaries and encyclopedias.
- Word ReferenceThis free online foreign language dictionary includes English to French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, and Japanese translations.
Resources
- Academic Search CompleteFind articles in all subject areas in over 17,000 journals and magazines, with full text for most. Updated daily. Dates vary, some as early as 1865 to present.
- JSTOR
Full-text scholarly journals in many subject areas. JSTOR has the beginning of each journal to 3, 4 or 5 years ago. How-to videos.
- MLA International Bibliography
The MLA International Bibliography, produced by the Modern Language Association of America, consists of citations related to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore in nearly 4,000 scholarly journals, books, book chapters, and other formats. Includes some non-English language material. 1926 to present.
- Online Image CollectionsOn this research guide, we have pulled together a list of many image collections available at museums, libraries, and other institutions around the world.
Other Library Catalogs
Expand your search for books beyond Monroe Library!
Loyola students can borrow book from Tulane's Howard-Tilton Memorial Library by requesting a TU/LU Card at the Monroe Library front desk. That will be your library card at Tulane for the semester.
You can also discover books held at libraries across the country using WorldCat, then request a copy using our InterLibrary Loan (ILL) service. Ask your librarian if you need help the first time you use ILL.
- Tulane Library CatalogLoyola and Tulane have a reciprocal borrowing agreement that allows the students, staff, and faculty of each institution to check out books from the other's library. To see if Tulane has a book that is not currently in our catalog, click here to search the Howard-Tilton's catalog. Be sure to change the search function from "Multiple Sources" to "Books."
- OCLC WorldCatCatalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide in OCLC member libraries. (Does not include book chapters or individual articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers.) Includes considerable non-English language material.