The Cullom-Davis Library has a multitude of resources available in the library as well as online. They can be accessed through two main tools: the library catalog and the databases.
Every department has a librarian assigned to it as a liaison. Your liaison librarian can assist you in finding and ordering materials to support your research. You can find your liaison librarian listed on the Research Help page.
The Cullom-Davis Library provides access to over 100 databases for articles, ebooks, primary sources, and other online materials. We regularly offer new databases on a trial basis to assess their usefulness to our students and faculty. The current trials can be found on the Trial Databases page on the library website. If you would like to request a trial of a database or online resource that we don't currently subscribe to, please contact your subject librarian.
The Cullom-Davis Library is part of a state-wide consortium that allows to you borrow materials from other college and research libraries in Illinois. This system is called I-Share. Books from other libraries can be found and ordered through the library catalog. Instruction for how to do this are detailed in the video below.
The Library provides full-text access to millions of articles and a huge selection of books, via our own collections and through I-Share. However, if you encounter an article, book, or other item that is not available through our database, catalog, or I-Share, you can request those items through our Interlibrary Loan system, called ILLiad.
Google Scholar is a popular way to search, but it cannot perform deep searches or consistently provide full-text access. If you use Google Scholar, use the customized link so that the "Get it @ Bradley" links will appear in the results. "Get it @ Bradley" links you to access the library for full-text access or to request the item through interlibrary loan.