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Outside Academics: Exploring the Library for Fun & Personal Enrichment

Listed here are public library resources that can extend your access to books, movies and films, and databases beyond Butler's academic collections.

Welcome!

This LibGuide was created to help direct you to know and use library resources for your personal enrichment. It will point you to resources that Butler Libraries or your local public library has to help with home projects, entertainment reading (books, newspapers, and magazines), and media entertainment (films, music, podcasts). Freely accessible resources beyond the Libraries' collection are also included.  Navigate through this guide using the Tabbed Table of Contents to your left. 

Appointments with Librarians

Butler Subject Librarians

Butler Librarians are assigned to the colleges and majors here at Butler; they provide information literacy instruction, build and maintain the collections in their assigned disciplines, and provide additional service support for the students, faculty and staff in their assigned areas.

Use the Find your Librarian below to locate a librarian you either know or you think may be able to address your information need based on the disciplines they cover.  The directory provides email and phone contact information for each librarian, and a way to schedule a Research Consultation, in person or via Zoom, with the librarian.

Butler Subject Librarians

Find Your Librarian

 

College of Communication

 

Librarian and contact info

Communication Sciences & Disorders

Brittany Heer
317-940-8550
bheer@butler.edu

Make an appointment

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Critical Communication & Media Studies

Organizational Communication & Leadership

 

Joel Atkinson
317-940-9219
jatkinson@butler.edu

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Esports Communication

Exploratory Communication

Strategic Communication

Journalism

Sports Media

Sally Neal
317-940-9949
sneal@butler.edu

Make an appointment

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Creative Media & Entertainment

Music Industry Studies

Web Design & Development

Josh Petrusa
317-940-9236
jpetrusa@butler.edu

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College of Education

 

Librarian and contact info

All Majors & Minors

Janice Gustaferro
317-940-9349
jgustafe@butler.edu

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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

 

Librarian and contact info

Biological Sciences

The Center of Urban Ecology & Sustainability (CUES)

Chemistry

Computer Science & Software Engineering

Environmental Studies

Mathematics & Actuarial Sciences

Physics & Astronomy

Psychology

Science, Technology & Society

Jenni Burke
317-940-9937
jburke1@butler.edu

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English

Exploratory Studies

Sally Neal
317-940-9949
sneal@butler.edu

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History & Anthropology

Sally Childs-Helton
317-940-9265
schildsh@butler.edu

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Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures

Jennifer Coronado
317-940-9549
jraye@butler.edu

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International Studies

Peace & Conflict Studies

Philosophy, Religion, & Classics

Political Science

Vanessa French
317-940-6491
vfrench@butler.edu

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Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Sociology & Criminology

Josh Petrusa
317-940-9236
jpetrusa@butler.edu

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College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

 

Librarian and contact info

All Majors & Minors

Brittany Heer
317-940-8550
bheer@butler.edu

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Jordan College of the Arts

 

Librarian and contact info

All Majors & Minors

Sarah Ward
317-940-9218
srward1@butler.edu

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Lacy School of Business

 

Librarian and contact info

All Majors & Minors

Teresa Williams
317-940-8467
twilliam@butler.edu

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Core Curriculum

 

Librarian and contact info

All Majors & Minors

Sally Neal
317-940-9949
sneal@butler.edu

Make an appointment

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CONTACT

Email Butler University Libraries
Irwin Library: 317-940-9227
Science Library: 317-940-9937

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