Graduate Students

The Leatherby Libraries are committed to providing an inclusive learning environment and services. Students may also request further accessibility accommodations through the Disability Services Office.

Located near the West entrance, the Circulation Desk provides assistance with lending and returns of materials, course reserves, technology checkout, study room access, and lost and found. Students enjoy a generous checkout policy: Master's students may check out up to 75 items for 8 weeks with two renewals, and Ph.D. students may check out up to 100 items for 16 weeks with two renewals.

The Leatherby Libraries facilitate submissions of theses and dissertations online to Chapman University Digital Commons and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.

Evidence of the Leatherby Libraries' continuing commitment to creating a climate that strives for inclusive excellence.

Chapman’s currently enrolled students may use the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service to request materials (books, articles, conference papers) that the Leathery Libraries do not own. This is a free service for both graduates and doctoral students.

Stay up to date on library news and events.

The Library Research & Data Services empower Chapman faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and staff to address their needs throughout the research and data life cycles.

Renew your books online or check their due dates.

Suggest a new book/audio/visual for the library to purchase.

An extensive collection of databases provide access to articles, conference proceedings, eBooks, dissertations/theses, datasets, newspapers, images, audio recordings, video streaming, music scores, anatomical teaching tools, science education videos, and research skills and methods online courses. Log in with your Chapman username (the first part before '@' of your email) and password.

On the 1st floor, reference librarians are available to answer your questions and guide you in locating resources for your research. Please feel free to stop by in person, call, email, or chat using the form on the library's website. In-person and virtual reference hours are available on the library hours page.

Group study and multi-media rooms can be reserved online up to 7 days in advance. Graduate students have a total of up to 8 hours of reservations and doctoral students have up to 10 hours of reservations.

Get to know your subject librarians. Please feel free to schedule an Individual Research Consultation (IRC) session with a librarian.

Located on the 1st floor, IS&T staff are available to assist you with student IDs and computer-related questions.

Printers are available on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors. Copiers and scanners are on the 1st floor.

Students are given an initial FREE print credits at the start of each semester.

Chapman graduate students have access to a rich options of software that they can download for free through the IS&T. Some are highlighted as follows:

List of software available on computer labs in the Leatherby Libraries and other locations on campus.