News about library resources and services for DePaul University students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends
Drop by the 1st floor of the John T. Richardson Library to browse our temporary collection highlighting Black speculative fiction – science fiction, fantasy, horror, and more from Black authors and featuring Black characters. Speculative fiction is known for its imaginative concepts, immersive worldbuilding, and reality-bending plotlines. We have a
Grace Sheahan is Health Sciences Librarian and a member of the DePaul Library’s AI Working Group. From Google’s AI Overviews to Nike’s Air sneakers, artificial intelligence has infiltrated countless industries, including scholarly publishing. Some academic publishers, such as Springer Nature, are actively incorporating AI in several aspects of their workflows including
Bundle up for a selection of DePaul Library resources showcasing Antarctica! Our reading list includes historic accounts like Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure and brand new publications like Colonialism and Antarctica: Attitudes, Logics, and Practices. Streaming films from our databases include the documentaries Shackleton’s Captain (2012)
Explore indigenous voices in poetry, art, music, and literature at the DePaul University Library. These are just a few of the recently published books and music you’ll find in our collections at the John T. Richardson Library and the Loop Library. Ask a Librarian for help using library resources to
Are you working on a research project or paper and not sure where to find primary sources? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! Check out our latest video: How to Find Primary Sources Using the Library In just a few minutes, you’ll learn how to locate primary sources through: Books: using
Jennifer Schwartz is the Assessment Librarian and a Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian at DePaul’s John T. Richardson Library. This past spring, in May 2025, the DePaul University Library took a moment to check in with our visitors – at both the John T. Richardson Library in Lincoln Park and
The DePaul University Library now has access to 200 new streaming films from Pragda with a recent 2nd Edition Upgrade that will include a total of 400 additional films over the next year. Pragda Stream is a platform for Latin American, Spanish and Latinx cinema, and their diverse catalog includes feature
This summer, our Loop-based library staff undertook several projects to update the library and make improvements to the space. Stop by the Loop Library to check out new manga titles, browse the video game collection in its new location, meet up with a group in the expanded collaboration area, or
Welcome to the DePaul University Library! If you’re new to DePaul or just want a refresher on our services and resources, check out this short video for an introduction to the John T. Richardson Library in Lincoln Park and the Loop Library along with all the services we have to
While browsing our e-book collections, have you noticed a beta Research Assistant that suggests overviews and key takeaways for books and book chapters? Or a new search mode in our databases that attempts to form complex search strategies from your natural language queries? This summer, the DePaul University Library’s Artificial