Library Services - Merit University

Welcome to Merit University Library

The Merit University Library’s mission is to meet the informational, educational, and research needs of its students, faculty and staff. A variety of services and resources are available including electronic databases, books, journals/periodicals, and an online catalog.

Our library maintains learning resources on-site to support and enrich the curricula of the university. Click the link below to explore MU’s Library Catalog, a listing of books found on campus.

Merit University Library Catalog (Student Portal login required)

MU Online Library

MU provides online library resources through our subscription with the Library and Information Resources Network (LIRN). Students can access our online library resources 24/7.

Through LIRN, The MU Online Library provides students with millions of peer-reviewed and full-text journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, e-books, podcasts, audio, and video resources to support their academic studies from various academic databases, eLibrary, Open Access Resources and more. The online library and other resources are more than sufficient to meet the instructional needs for students and instructors.

Students can find the LIRN login details in the course syllabus and Student Portal (Populi).

Library and Information Resources Network (LIRN)

Students can find all the resources below through MU Online Library

ProQuest

ABI/INFORM Collection
ABI/INFORM Dateline
ABI/INFORM Global
ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry
Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection
Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database
Arts & Humanities Database
Asian & European Business Collection
Biological Science Database
Business Market Research Collection
Career & Technical Education Database
Computer Science Database
Education Database
Engineering Database
Environmental Science Database

Gale Cengage

Gale Directory Library
Gale eBooks

Open Access Resources

Directory of Open Access Journals
Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, covering all subjects and many languages.
ERIC
Provides a comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information. Includes bibliographic records (citations, abstracts, and other pertinent data) for more than 1.4 million items indexed since 1966, including: journal articles, books, research syntheses, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers, and other education related materials. Currently, more than 650 journals are indexed in ERIC either comprehensively (full content) or selectively (articles that are education-related). Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.

Library Hours of Operation

Closed during quarter breaks and holiday breaks

Monday through Thursday	10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Friday	10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.