Copley Library

Serving the entire USD community, Copley Library is a busy campus hub that provides students with access to a wide variety of information sources. The library is both a knowledge center and a place where students can find comfortable areas for quiet study and active group-study sessions. A $25 million renovation — completed in Fall 2020 — includes 25 group-study rooms, three library instruction classrooms and exhibit and display spaces to improve the student experience. The library is open 116 hours per week, providing access to collections, computer workstations, study rooms and special services. Copley Library is a member of the San Diego Circuit Library Consortium, which maintains a database linking libraries in the region. Through this consortium, USD students and faculty members can easily borrow materials from other San Diego libraries. Books and other items not available through the circuit can be requested via our interlibrary loan and document delivery services. Library faculty members provide research assistance and instruction services via course-integrated instruction sessions, research consultation appointments, in-person and virtual reference services, online subject guides and workshops on topics such as citing sources and searching databases. Copley Library’s collections include more than 500,000 books, 13,800 media items and 1,890 current print subscriptions. The library also provides online access to 200 databases, 97,334 e-periodicals and 355,731 e-books. Items such as laptop computers, phone chargers and graphing calculators are available for checkout. Wi-Fi is available throughout the library building.

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