Hesburgh Libraries Featured Resources – If you’ve ever felt like the library has more databases, journal packages and tucked-away corners than you could ever wrap your head around, this blog is for you.

February 11, 2026February 11, 2026

Resource Round-Up: February 2026

By Megan Elsen, E-Access Librarian

As many of you may know, we have access to several EBSCO databases through the INSPIRE contract, which is made available to all residents of Indiana courtesy of the Indiana State Library. Due to budget constraints for the Indiana State Library, we lost access to a lot of the resources made available through this partnership last summer. However, thanks to a recent generous $2 million grant from the Lilly Endowment, we once again have access to some great EBSCO databases!

Here are some highlights of the collections that are included/restored :
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January 20, 2026January 20, 2026

EBA’s: Where Did We Get All of These E-Books?

Image Alt Text — July 28, 2023; Beth and Lou Holtz Family Grand Reading Room in Hesburgh Library, in the area formerly referred to as the fishbowl. (Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame)

A year ago, the Hesburgh Libraries announced that the Notre Dame community had newfound access to tens of thousands of e-books from the publisher Taylor & Francis and its imprints, including Routledge and CRC Press. Overnight, 37,000+ e-books became available for ND students, faculty, and staff to use.

Where did all of these Taylor & Francis e-books come from? Did the library buy them? Are they ours forever?

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January 20, 2026January 21, 2026

Launched: Featured Resources Blog

We are officially pulling back the curtain with the Hesburgh Libraries’ newest blog, Featured Resources. If you’ve ever felt like the library has more databases, journal packages and tucked-away corners than you could ever wrap your head around, this blog is for you. From shiny new subscriptions and expanded e-book content, to little-known digitized primary source collections, this blog is your insider guide to taking full advantage of the library.

But we aren’t just spotlighting resources. This blog will go behind the scenes and shed light on the strategies guiding the Hesburgh Libraries’ collections decisions. How does the library always have the exact e-book you wanted? Are the library’s e-books ours forever, or just temporary? If you publish an article, can the library help you publish it Open Access? (Spoiler: it’s complicated.) The Featured Resources blog will answer these questions and more, providing the insider details that true library fans crave. Think you’re an expert on the library’s collections? Just wait.