Online Learners
What's available to online students?
Help with research
Subject & Course Guides
We provide online help guides for each subject area, and specific help guides tailored to many of the courses.
Tutorials
We have many short tutorials to help with tips and strategies for research.
Subject Librarians
Each academic program has a subject librarian who helps with research in that area. Your librarian will be happy to talk with you by email or online through Zoom or Teams. Find your librarian at our listing of Subject Librarians.
Quick help
If you just need someone to get you started in your search for information, contact us through email or our online Ask Us chat service.
For more information on research help, see Library Research Assistance.
Books and articles
- Course readings (reserves) Many courses have online readings (reserves)
- Omni catalogue (books and articles)
- Finding books (video)
- Print books from Laurier, University of Waterloo, University of Guelph, and the Annex can be borrowed for 120 days. Note: The standard loan period for books from other Omni Libraries is 6 weeks
- The Library will send you the book if you can't come to campus, but you will need to pay return postage
- Specialized article search tools by topic (Library subject guides)
- Finding articles by topic (video)
- Sign in when asked with your Laurier network login and password
Citing sources
- Citing sources: proper use of sources and links to style guides
- Citation management
Accessibility
The Library supports online students with disabilities through a variety of services. For more information see the Accessibility hub or contact our accessibility team at libaccessibility@wlu.ca.