The library is located in the McDonald Buildiing at the X on the Academic Mall. The ready reference collection is
located on the first floor and the K-12 textbook collection is on the lower level. The second floor contains
periodicals (current issues and bound volumes), part of the main collection (QD-Z), audiovisuals, browsing, and the
children's literature collection. The third floor contains the majority of the main collection (A-QD), music CDs and scores,
archives, special collections, the Brueggeman ecumenical resource collection, and the peace and justice collection. The library annex holds materials that are used less often.
In addition to the library collections, the McDonald Building provides study, lounge, conference, and instruction space. It houses photocopiers, multimedia equipment and computer workstations. For current members of the Xavier Community the library provides on-site and off-campus access to the XPLORE Library Catalog, research databases, electronic journals, electronic books, electronic reserves and the World Wide Web.
The library is part of the Division of Information Resources and consists of two units: