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The Drexel University Libraries connects the Drexel community with people, resources, and expertise to support experiential learning and impactful research.

We're here to help! Our expert staff provide research and course support for all Drexel faculty, staff and students. Chat, email or visit us in person.

We offer several options for borrowing and requesting items from the Drexel Libraries and beyond, including books, journal articles, newspapers and more.
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Drexel is the steward of multiple special collections, encompassing tens of thousands of items - art objects, historic costumes, artifacts, archival material - and millions of natural scientific specimens.
1932 cathedral-style radio from Drexel's Atwater Kent Collection
Photo of the Reference Department in the Drexel Institute library, circa 1899, from the Drexel University Archives

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directional sign taped to a pillar in the Hagerty Library Multi-Faith Prayer and Meditation Space Now Open in W. W. Hagerty Library
Earlier this spring, the Drexel University Libraries opened a new multi-faith prayer and meditation space in the W. W. Hagerty Library. The dedicated space is located on the second floor of the Library against the back wall by aisle 152 in the stacks.
A mix of objects and photographs loaned from students and Drexel University Archives, as displayed in "Dorm Objects 101." Drexel Exhibition Reveals What Students Keep in Their Dorms
"Dorm Objects 101" shows what Drexel students have sat on, looked at and otherwise used in student housing, both in the current day and more than 50 years ago.
5 free-standing panels with information about The Triangle newspaper on them Drexel Libraries & University Archives Hosts Opening Event for 100th Anniversary Exhibit, "Celebrating a Century of The Triangle"
On April 14, more than 40 students, faculty, staff and alumni gathered in the W. W. Hagerty Library for the official unveiling of the exhibit Celebrating a Century of The Triangle, Drexel's Student Newspaper: 1926 to 2026.

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