Resources for Students
- Writing Assistance for LIMEX Students
- Library Services for LIMEX Students
- Disability Services
- Career Development Services
- Extension Program Forms for Student, Facilitators, Liaisons, and Adjunct Faculty
- On-Campus Public Lectures
Writing Assistance for LIMEX Students
Assistance with written assignments for courses in the LIM Extension graduate program is offered in conjunction with Loyola University’s Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) center. This gives LIM Extension Program graduate students the opportunity to confer with a writing consultant on all phases of the writing process. Detailed information can be found online at the Writing Consultant web page.
Library Services for LIMEX Students
The Loyola Libraries consist of the Monroe Library and Law Library. Holdings include more than 375,000 volumes, access to more than 27,000 e-books, and 36,000 print and electronic journals, 11,000 music scores, 357,000 microform units, and 5,500 media titles.
Loyola’s Distance Library Service provides research assistance and free article and book delivery. Extension students with Internet access are encouraged to log on to the library’s web page at http://library.loyno.edu. This page provides links to the library’s online catalog and research data bases. To log in to library resources, use your Loyola email username and password. The username is the first part of your email address. If you do not know your Loyola e-mail address, you can find it in the Loyola directory, or you can find it in the "Personal Info" section of your LORA account. For example, if your email address is stiggy@loyno.edu, your username is stiggy. If you haven't changed your password, it should still be set at the default, which is a six digit number consisting of your birth year (4 digits) followed by your birth month (2 digits). For example, if you were born in May 1980, your default password would be 198005.
Detailed information regarding access of the library’s electronic resources by distance students can be found in the LIM Guide to Written Theological Reflection. Click here for an overview of what can be found in the Reflection Guide. You may contact Distance Library Services by dialing direct to 504-864-7152 or 504-864-7138 or toll-free in the U.S. and Canada 877-614-0633; by fax 504-864-7142; or by email distlib@loyno.edu. When you call the library, please let them know you are a LIM distance education student.
The practicalities involved in obtaining books through the mail often make it difficult for students to use this feature of the Distance Library Services. It is for this reason that the Extension Program requires that a professional library be established locally for extension students that must include, but is not limited to, the books on the LIMEX bibliographies. Sponsoring agencies also agree to provide access for students to college, public and theological libraries in their area. These local libraries enhance student access to a great variety of additional resource materials.
Detailed information can be found online at the Library Resources Web Page: http://www.lim.loyno.edu/extension/libraryresources.html
Disability Services
Extension Students with learning, physical or other disabilities may contact the Director of Disability Services at Loyola for information on the services and accommodations which are available. Students may e-mail the director at ssmith@loyno.edu, call the office at 504-865-2990, or they may also write directly to the Director of Disability Services at Academic Resource Center, 6363 St. Charles Avenue Campus Box 041, New Orleans, LA 70118. All contacts and information provided are confidential. In order to receive any reasonable special services or accommodations, students will be asked to provide documentation of the learning or physical disability. Copies of the university policy are available from the Office of Disability Services. http://www.loyno.edu/arc/disability-services. Students may also call 800-777-5469 extension 3398 to speak to the associate director in LIM who works directly with the Office of Disability Services on extension program issues and who can transfer you to the Office of Disability Services.
Career Development Services
The Career Development Center offers assistance to graduate students in the career exploration and development process by providing a wide variety of individual services and on-line resources. Every effort is made to meet the unique needs of LIM extension students.
Students have 24/7 access to EMPLOYOLA – our on-line recruiting tool for job postings, on-campus interviews, career fairs, and a host of other services. Visit the website at www.loyno.edu/careerservices for career information, resources and access to other valuable e-job boards. Individual appointments and consultations with a career coach may be scheduled by calling the center at 504-865-3860 or emailing career@loyno.edu. Distance education students have access to all online resources and resume writing services. Distance education students may also contact the center’s office to schedule phone consultations with a career coach.
Please contact the Career Development Center for more information about the services they provide.