Research
The Earl K. Long 17ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø houses a collection of books and periodicals which totals over 1.3 million volumes. The library maintains about 8,000 current serial titles, most of which are in electronic form. The library also maintains subscriptions to several full-text databases that provide additional online content. Special collections include the Louisiana Literature Collection, the Von der Haar Faulkner Collection, and the Marcus Christian papers on African American culture in New 17ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, as well as numerous microforms of old and rare books. The library has access to many on-line databases, many of which link to full-text content, including the MLA International Bibliography.
Graduate students have borrowing privileges at seven other local university libraries, as well as access to the New 17ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø Public 17ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø and such local archives as the Amistad Research Center and the Historic New 17ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø Collection. They also receive Inter-library Loan privileges that permit them to borrow research materials not owned locally.