The Denver Campus library collects materials in support of the needs and interests of the students, faculty and staff of Johnson & Wales University. This growing collection of material focuses primarily on the major areas of study at this campus: Culinary Arts, Hospitality, Business, and Criminal Justice.
The collection contains over 30,000 books, 1,200 videos, and close to 200 magazine, journal and newspaper subscriptions. Search for materials using the Library Catalog.
In addition, students have access to nearly 30 electronic databases via the Internet. Search for full-text articles using the Library Databases.
If you are unable to locate the material you need, please contact us. We may be able to request it from another library (see Interlibrary Loan PDF) or you may make a recommendation (see Collection Suggestion). A list of new library materials can be found in the Featured Collections section of the Library Catalog.
Other Library Collections
The Leadership Collection was created by the Community Leadership Institute in 2000 and is currently managed and maintained by the Denver Campus Library. The collection includes approximately 1,200 books relating to research in the theory and practice of leadership. In addition, many industry leaders, writers of merit, friends, and mentors of the University have donated books that provided them with inspiration and insight into their career and life. If you would be interested in donating material to the Leadership Library, please contact us. The Leadership Library is a circulating collection (see Borrowing Policies and Borrowing Periods/Fines). A complete list of the titles included in the Leadership Collection is available from the Featured Collections of the Library Catalog.
McNaughton Literary Collection Dying to read the latest NY Times bestseller? The Library has a collection of over 200 of today’s hottest fiction and non-fiction bestsellers. To keep the selections current, each month we will add 10 new titles. You can find the McNaughton Collection on the book case next to the Check-Out Desk. A complete list of the titles included in the McNaughton Collection is available from the Featuerd Collections section of the Library Catalog.
Menu Collection Students, staff and faculty have donated to the Library over 400 menus from regional and international restaurants. If you are interested in donating menus, please contact us. The Menu Collection is non-circulating (cannot be checked out).
Reserve Collection Instructors may provide students access to course materials by adding items to the Reserve Collection. Examples of Reserve items include: required textbooks for a course, supporting materials for a research project, project examples, or supplemental course materials (books, articles, videos, etc). The Reserve Collection circulates (see Borrowing Policies and Borrowing Periods/Fines).
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