Academic Resources

University Libraries. The Elvin and Betty Wilson Library, ULVŐs central library, contains 248,000 volumes and more than 17,500 current journal subscriptions in print and electronic versions. It also houses special collections on the history of the University, the City of La Verne, and the Church of the Brethren.

Tables and individual carrels provide seating and study space. Microfilm and microfiche readers and video cassette players are available as well as photocopy machines.

Reference services are provided by the professional library staff. Access to library resources beyond the Wilson Library is available through Link+ (a non-mediated interlibrary loan program) and by reciprocal borrowing privileges at several academic libraries in the area. The library has an online public access catalog as well as several electronic periodical databases.

The Law Library, located on the first floor of the new College of Law building in Ontario, has a collection of approximately 150,000 volumes and volume equivalents, primarily in print or microformat. Students may access additional resources electronically through online services, such as Lexis and Westlaw, in the libraryŐs 30-seat computer lab or via their own laptops anywhere in the College of Law through the wireless network. The expanding collection includes over 16,000 titles, consisting of a wide range of practice aids, law reviews, statutes and case law from all fifty states and the federal level, encyclopedias, digests, citators, treatises and other research materials. The Law Library is open daily, except holidays. During exam periods extended hours are observed.

Students enrolled in off-campus programs may use the Wilson Library from a distance through personal searching of the electronic periodical database and by use of an 800 number which gives them access to books and journal articles which will be sent by next day mail.

Learning Enhancement Center. Located in the Student Resource Center, the Learning Enhancement Center (ext. 4342) serves the campus community through tutorial services, academic assistance, placement testing, and an up-to-date computer laboratory. Peer tutoring provides students with an opportunity to enhance knowledge and skills in the following academic subjects: Behavioral Sciences (Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology, including Statistics), Biology, Business and Economics, Chemistry, Computer Science, English (writing and literature), English as a Second Language, Foreign Languages, History, Mathematics, and Physics. If students need tutoring in other areas, every effort is made to find tutorial assistance. Small group seminars are conducted periodically to assist students in the areas of study skills, test preparation, learning styles, and other college success topics. Placement testing for English, Foreign Languages, and Mathematics is administered at specific dates and times throughout the year.

Visit the Learning Enhancement Center on the web at: (http://www.ulv.edu/lec/).

Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). The CTL supports faculty in creating curricula based in instructional and pedagogical strategies that maximize student achievement. It provides development and research support through individual and small group workshops, faculty showcases, Blackboard course development sessions, and a multimedia lab (IDEA Lab). It also provides instructional technology design support and supports faculty and student use of the Blackboard course management system.

Visit the Center for Teaching & Learning on the web at: (http://www.ulv.edu/ctl/).

Office of Information Technology. The Office of Information Technology (OIT) provides support for the UniversityŐs technology infrastructure. This support includes Applications Support, Desktop/User Support, Systems Support and Network Support. In addition, OIT provides the technical support for the campus smart classrooms and microcomputer laboratories (which are open to the students seven days a week).

Visit the Office of Information Technology on the web at: (http://www.ulv.edu/oit/).