The Opperman Law Library serves Drake Law School students, faculty, and staff. Hours, services, and borrowing privileges differ from Cowles Library, so be sure to check the Law Library website or contact them at 515-271-3189 for details.
You can search Law Library collections in SuperSearch separately from Cowles Library collections.
The Collier-Scripps building houses the School of Education's Curriculum Library, which contains Pre-K and K-12 books, as well as curricular and reference works for educators. To find Curriculum Library books in SuperSearch, conduct a search and select "SOE Curriculum Library" from the Library filter in the left sidebar.
While not a collection per se, Iowa History & Culture is an online bibliography of resources about or pertaining to Iowa. This online project is an extension of Iowa History and Culture: A Bibliography of Materials Published Between 1952 and 1986, published in 1989.
The bibliography--containing more than 33,000 entries--is constantly being updated and expanded, and is organized by topics such as Agriculture, General Histories, Religion, Wartime & Military Life, and many more.
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Course ReservesUse materials placed on reserve by your instructors
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Drake history and Iowa political papers
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