In keeping with the current advice of public health officials, the University closed the physical library until further notice, with the exception of the 24/7 Lab. This is for the protection of the campus and the library staff and faculty. The library will remain open VIRTUALLY for our normal semester hours via chat/email/text/zoom/phone:
Monday - Thursday 7:30am - 10pm
Friday 7:30am - 8pm
Saturday 9am-5pm
Sunday 2pm -10pm
For more information on library resources available at this time visit Fant Library Updates.
Fant Memorial Library is committed to bringing targeted, innovative resources and services to the MUW community to facilitate excellence in teaching, research, and learning—both online and in-person. To that end, we provide the technologies, materials, spaces, and expert support to further classroom explorations and stimulate intellectual curiosity. We aim to be the heart of our campus, a place where students and faculty can “study for light to bless with light.”
Books and other one-time-purchase materials are ordered on demand. All items will be available for checkout at Fant Memorial Library after cataloging. To check to see if the library owns your book already, go to muw.edu/library and use the Book button to search by title/author. Requests that involve recurring costs or subscriptions can be submitted for evaluation through the link below.
For questions about your order, please contact the Collection Development Librarian, Nichole Bonaventure-Larson, at nalarson@muw.edu or Coordinator of Undergraduate Research, Hillary Richardson at hhrichardson@muw.edu.
(The book purchase link will redirect you to sign in through Canvas before filling out the New Book form.)
Check out new archival databases that contain materials on women's history and LGBTQ culture. Women's Issues and Identities covers the social, political, and professional aspects of women's lives roles, experiences, and achievements of women in society. LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940 illuminates the experiences not just of the LGBTQ community as a whole, but of individuals of different races, ethnicities, ages, religions, political orientations, and geographical locations that constitute this community.
Explore our institution's holdings from Gale Primary Sources using Digital Humanities tools. Rediscover and interpret the past through analysis and visualization of historical texts.
