Open Menu

This descriptive menu page is designed to meet the needs of blind screen reader users who are part of the Laurier and wider community. Menu items are listed as headings and followed by brief descriptions to make exploring the menu faster and easier with a screen reader. We have learned this design also benefits a wider group of users, such as users who search pages (control + f), users who prefer browsing, or users who are new to university libraries.

Services

The Library provides services to support teaching and learning.

Accessibility Hub

Accessible services for library resources, technologies, and spaces.

Borrowing Services

How to borrow books and other materials from the library, including delivery methods, returns, and fine policies.

Student Course Supports

Resources to help students with coursework, including course reserves and course-specific help guides.

Teaching Supports

Options available for librarian research skills instruction for a course, both online and in-person

Library Technology

The library offers a variety of technologies to assist the research process, and to make the best use of Library resources.

Library Makerspace

The Laurier Library Makerspace is a workshop for students, staff and faculty to make things, learn skills and meet other makers.

Research

Library resources to support the needs of the Laurier community including guides to research by subject, books, articles, journals, databases, videos, data and statistics, and much more.

Subject Guides

Guides listing the best search tools for specific subjects or programs.

Articles

Finding articles at the Laurier Library

eBooks and Books

How to find books, both in print and electronic.

Resources

Tools for searching for information resources and collections of those information resources in our collection.

More Research Materials

News articles, video, music, data and statistics, theses, and other types of library research materials.

WLU Press

The Wilfrid University Library Press publishes books in areas such as social sciences and humanities.

Scholarly Communication

The library plays a role in the support and evolution of the creation, evaluation, dissemination, and preservation of scholarly writings.

Research Data Management

Library resources that help researchers manage their research data, including data management planning services, consulting, and data deposit.

Laurier Archives

The Laurier Archives contains the library's research collection of primary sources and rare books, and is a research destination for students, staff, faculty, and the public

Digital Projects and Curation

The Library can help the Laurier community start digital humanities projects or online exhibitions.

Arts and Culture

Arts & Culture: The Library showcases artistic and creative projects of the Laurier and wider community.

Robert Langen Art Gallery

The Robert Langen Art Gallery (RLAG) is the University’s visual arts center and cultural hub for students, staff, faculty and the public at large.

Indigenous Mural Project

Laurier Library's Indigenous Mural Project

Locations

The Library serves the Laurier community at multiple campuses and through additional locations.

Study Areas

Learn about places to study and work in groups at the various library locations

Waterloo

The main Laurier library is located at the Waterloo campus

Kitchener

Laurier's Kitchener campus Library is located on the lower level of the Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work.

Brantford

The Laurier library services at Brantford are found in the lower floor of the Grand River Hall and at the neighbouring Branford Public Library

Additional Locations

The Library serves the Laurier community at multiple campuses and through additional locations.

About

Library contacts, policies, and information about where the Laurier Library started and what it is trying to become.

People

The library is staffed with librarians, staff, and administration to provide services to Laurier and community users.

Policies

Laurier Library policies related to services, collections, volunteering, and Library facilities.

Partnerships

The Laurier Library's partnerships with other libraries and groups to provide library services to the Laurier community.

Library History

A timeline of Laurier Library's history from 1910.

Awards

Library awards to recognize the accomplishment of Library users.

Strategic Direction

Visions and plans for the future of the Laurier Library.

Help

The Library has prepared resources to help students, faculty, staff, and the community quickly and independently.

Tutorials

Short help tutorials on using the Library's resources and services.

Common Activities

Help guides organized around common academic tasks

Site A-Z List

Alphabetic list of common and specialized pages on the website

User Groups Help

Guides organized around common library user groups, such as students, faculty, alumni, etc.

Ask Us

An email form to send a question to the library. We'll steer it in the right direction.