Education Library

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Today’s hours:

8:00am - 4:30pm

All hours

Capacity is at 5.4%

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511 Union Street
Duncan McArthur Hall
Kingston, ON
K7M 5R7

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About this location

Welcome to the Education Library, located on the main floor of Duncan McArthur Hall. The library provides the information services and resources you need for your teaching, learning, and research, and space for contemplation and collaboration. Education Library staff work in close consultation with researchers, learners, and instructors across the disciplines to ensure they have the information resources they need. 

Services, Departments, & Resources

This library houses a variety of services, departments, and resources dedicated to your learning and research.

Education resources include:

  • Children’s and young adult fiction and non-fiction in English and French 
  • Professional resources for teachers, textbooks with teacher guides 
  • Ministry of Education documents 
  • Multimedia (kits, posters, puppets, big books)
  • Academic resources for researchers 
  • Electronic access to the major databases in the field and to over 2000 education-related journals

Accessibility

Queen's University Library is committed to an inclusive library community that respects the dignity and independence of persons with disabilities.

Discover Library Accessibility Services

 

The entrance into the Education Library is accessible.

Please refer to the Queen's University West Campus map for more information on parking and accessible entrances.

The Information Desk is accessible.

The classroom B120 has a height-adjustable workstation and a computer equipped with Dragon Naturally Speaking, Inspiration, Kurzweil 3000, Read&Write, Equatio, and ZoomText.

There is an elevator located in the Library.

There are no accessible washrooms inside of the Library. Accessible washrooms are located near the Library.  Refer to the floor map.

Book a Room

When its time to study or collaborate as a group we have the space you need. Queen’s students, staff and faculty can reserve group study rooms. 

Learn about bookable rooms in the library

There are three group study rooms available to book in the Education Library. These rooms have a 4- to 8-person capacity. 

Book a study room

There is one classroom available to book in the Education Library.

The classroom provides an accessible inviting location for Queen's University Library's teaching programs. The classroom is equipped with laptops, and is available for use when classes are not booked. The classroom is open during library hours.

Discover the Education classroom

The Education Library offers classes and workshops in the Teaching Corner, located beyond the ground floor workstations.

Floor Plans

What’s on this floor:
  • Bookable Study Room
  • Computers
  • Children’s and Young Adult Books
  • Current Periodicals
  • Information Services
  • Microfiche Collection
  • Multi Media Room
  • Quick Reference
  • Reading Tables
  • School Textbooks
  • Teaching Corner
  • Teacher Resource Collection
  • Bound Periodicals
  • Folios
  • French Collection
  • Study Tables
  • Teaching Collection
  • Computer
  • General Stacks
  • Historical Government Documents
  • Historic Textbooks
  • Journals
  • Projects & Theses
  • Study Area
  • Study Tables
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