Graduate Student Library Resources & Services: Home

Non-TU visitor hours*:

• Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• Fridays 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

McFarlin Library is a great place to come and read, relax, or complete research.

We'll help you discover :

• Articles and more using numerous research databases
• Books from our collection
• DVDs for research or pleasure
• Music of all kinds
• Interlibrary Loan                                                 

McFarlin Library's world-class Special Collections include extensive holdings in 19th and 20th-century Irish, British, and American literature; in Native American history; and in World War I literature, letters, and artifacts. These resources, which include primary documents such as manuscripts and letters, are made freely available to TU students and the public.

The Helen N. Wallace Writing Center offers one-on-one assistance with writing projects to all University of Tulsa students.

The Writing Center is located on the 3rd floor of McFarlin.   Call 918-631-3131 or go to the Writing Center website to make an appointment.

McFarlin Library's bookstacks are fully open to students, faculty and staff. 

The library also offers a retrieval service.  If you need a book or books you may fill out the online book request form.  Library staff will retrieve the book(s) you need for you to pick up at the Plaza Level Check-out Desk.

Your TU ID card serves as your library borrower’s card.  You MUST have your TU ID card with you in order to check out any materials. Circulating materials include books, music CDs, educational DVDs (documentaries, classic films) and popular DVDs (recent movies, TV shows).

Check out times for grad students:

• Books - 90 days with opportunity for 3 renewals.  Maximum of 30 books checked out at a time.
• Media - 14 days. This includes DVDs, CDs and VHS.  Maximum of 10 media items. Renewals allowed.
• Reserve materials - 2 hr. in library use only; 1, 3, 7 day checkout.

You may renew at the Check Out Desk, by phone (918-631-2873) or through your "My Library" account

Books can be recalled after 14 days. You may ask the Check Out Dept. to put a hold on a book so that it will come to you as soon as it's returned.

Print magazines/journals/newspapers and materials from Special Collections do not circulate.

All TU students have access to the Law Library (MLIC) and may check out most items available there. MLIC may have slightly different policies about length of checkout.

More detailed information is available on the FAQ.

Your My Library account, accessible in the upper right-hand corner of the library website, includes several useful functions. Interlibrary Loan materials are NOT included.

1. It allows you to see what items you have checked out
2. Renew items without coming into the library
3. Request items for pickup at the front desk
4. Review your search activity in Discovery
5. Save searches to run later in Discovery
6. Save individual items you find in Discovery to a list
7. Keep lists of items
8. Make changes in your profile, such as giving us an alternate email to use to contact you
9. Track your borrowing history (NOTE: You must 'opt in' to use this feature by enabling it in your profile. After that, anything you check out through McFarlin Library will appear in your history. You can delete any book or opt out at any time. Sorry, but ILL books are not included since they are checked out independently.)

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Systematic downloading of the licensed and copyrighted content of McFarlin Library's electronic resources, such as the use of scripted searches, download accelerators or web robots (i.e., "bots") of any kind, is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. You should download only the content you require for your immediate research needs or course assignment. For more information, please see McFarlin Library's Acceptable Use of Electronic Resources.