The Library Online Catalog may be accessed through this Website from any computer.  Computers in the Library are located in the computer lab off the Feehan first floor reading room, in the alcove across from the elevator in McEssy, and in the McEssy lower level.  The Catalog and other Internet resources (e.g., online periodical indexes, the Encyclopedia Britannica Online) may be accessed on campus through the USML Semweb.

The non-circulating Reference Collection is located on the first floor of Feehan.

Reference questions may be submitted in person, by e-mail (lolley@usml.edu), telephone (847-970-4833) or by fax (847-566-5229).   Reference assistance is not available on weekends.

The Circulation Policy is posted in the library and on the University intranet.

Materials that are not owned by the library can be requested through Interlibrary Loan. Requests for materials can be made to any staff member. Interlibrary Loans generally take 7 days to fulfill.

Rare Books, Special Collections, USML theses and dissertations are made available through the Library Director.

Copy Machines are on the first floor of Feehan, and in McEssy in the alcove across from the elevator. Copy cards are required and may be purchased at the circulation desk in Feehan.

Current issues of Periodicals can be found in the computer lab off the Feehan first floor. Bound issues are shelved in alphabetical order on the Feehan first floor and first mezzanine levels.  Periodicals do not circulate.  Newspapers are available in the McEssy first floor gallery.

Materials placed on Faculty Reserve are located on shelves behind the Feehan circulation desk. These items do not circulate.

Users may set up Reserved Study space for the quarter. The process is outlined on the blue “In House Reserve” forms available at the Feehan circulation desk.

Books identified as Folio or Oversize are shelved is a separate section on the McEssy lower level.

The mission of the University of St. Mary of the Lake Library is to support the education and formation of men for pastoral ministry as diocesan priests. This mission has been expanded to provide educational resources for separate diaconate and lay ministry programs, insuring competent graduates for the parishes and agencies of the Archdiocese of Chicago.