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The Angeles University Library and Learning Resource Center strives to provide a place for the college community to learn and share knowledge together. The library strives to provide information literacy skills which are essential to healthcare professionals in their development of lifelong learning. An information-literate person has the ability to be a knowledgeable, active participant in the workforce and the community.

Learn more about how to use the LIRN Library for research and writing.

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Additional Library Information

Angeles University Los Angeles campus provides full-text virtual library services and is empowered by the LIRN Librarian service which provides our institution access to a team of librarians. The LIRN librarians provide all library usage data using various methods for tracking student usage: Library Book Checkout Logs, In-Library Reference Logs, and LIRN Library login reports.

The City of Industry campus has its own on-site library holdings for local patrons to access books and periodicals through the LIRN online library related to the programs offered at this location. In the LIRN Library environment, students and faculty have access to databases vendors such as ProQuest, GALE, PubMed, and more. The City of Industry campus library is a centrally located resource physically and virtually for all students and faculty and is accessible during classroom hours. The City of Industry facility offers group-study space, a reading room and access to current word processing software and the internet. Refer to the Library web-portal for access to LIRN and College Catalog.


Our Computer Lab serves as a student group-study area. The Computer Lab currently features Desktop stations installed with Windows OS and MS Office and current browsers for online access.

*Library hours for Los Angeles are 6:00 AM – Midnight EST Monday-Friday and 10 AM – Midnight EST on Weekends. For more details, please refer to the Calendar Year 2026 flyer for LIRN Librarian Online Reference & Research Support. The City of Industry is Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, and as needed based on the program schedule. Contact (213) 487-2211 (LA Campus) or (626) 965-5566 (CI Campus) or email a librarian at angelescollege@lirn.net with your questions and comments.

AU offers Students & Faculty the LIRN library for both LA and CI campuses (Residential and Online eLearning), allowing each student to have access to thousands of online books, articles, and periodical publications, journals, and newspapers. The online library is available 24/7 though internet access, allowing students and faculty access according to their schedule.

You will need your LIRN access code (new students, please retrieve your online access code from the front desk).

Current faculty and students with credentials may log into the online library directly:

Angeles University LIRN Library (Database)

In the LIRN Library environment, students and faculty have access to database vendors such as ProQuest, GALE, and PubMed. The ERIC database is accessible directly from the link or browses to the bottom of the page.

Each vendor has numerous databases that can be searched by subject, like health & medicine, or search individual databases like the Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) for reference information.

Angeles University researchers can search for reference materials such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs as well as for articles from journals, newspapers and magazines across multidisciplinary subjects.

Angeles University Students

Browse the database training videos below to briefly introduce yourself to some of LIRN’s popular databases. They include video introductions to the databases available to Angeles University (be sure to check out the ProQuest’s YouTube Channel for how to use the ProQuest platform/interface).

The Angeles University Library strongly recommends students and faculty print out the suggested database handouts/user guides and compile a library reference manual/folder for quick reference, and review of database search techniques and strategies.

  • ProQuest “User Guide (Pdf-Handout)” for database navigation interface
  • Basic Search in ProQuest (Link to ProQuest LibGuide Basic Search Page – ABI/INFORM Example)
  • Advanced Search in ProQuest (ABI/INFORM Example): (Link to ProQuest LibGuide Advanced Search Page)
  • ProQuest ABI/INFORM COMPLETE – BUSINESS Research: “ABI/INFORM FAQ (Pdf-Handout)”
  • ABI/INFORM FAQs: Find Business Journal Content
  • ABI/INFORM FAQs: Find a SWOT Analysis
  • ABI/INFORM FAQs: Data & Reports Search
  • ABI/INFORM FAQs: Annual Reports Search
  • ProQuest Health & Medical Complete
  • ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source
  • Biomedical literature from MEDLINE
  • Search PubMed with Keywords: “PUBMED Basics (Pdf-Handout)”
  • Search PubMed by Medical Subject Heading – MeSH: “PubMed MeSH (Pdf-Handout)”
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library: Encyclopedias, Almanacs, reference sources on multidisciplinary research. “GVRL – Search Tips (Pdf-Handout)”
  • GVRL – Browsing
  • GVRL – Searching
  • Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context features continuously updated viewpoint articles covering hundreds of today’s hottest social issues. “Opposing Viewpoints – Search Tips (Pdf-Handout)”
  • Academic OneFile is the premier source of peer-reviewed full-text scholarly content across the academic disciplines. With millions of articles available, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. “AcademicOneFile Tip-Sheet (Pdf-Handout)”
  • ERIC is an online library of education research and information, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.

Angeles University has access to the online book collection Books24x7 via LIRN.

LIRN Skillsoft’s Books24x7® provides leading on demand business, technical and engineering content containing thousands of digitized “best in class” books, book summaries, research reports and best practices. The Books24x7 On Demand Platform enables users to search, browse, read and collaborate with other users of these vast professional libraries.

Watch a quick tour of Books24x7. You will need your library credentials to access the tour and retrieve ebooks from Books24x7.

LIBRARY Catalog (TEST via Library Thing) – AU Physical Holdings Directory

AU Library Catalog @ LibraryThing.com

The Angeles University City of Industry Library physical collection is curated to align with the institution’s academic programs.

Borrowing Policy: All books are for Angeles University City of Industry patrons to use (students & faculty). The library maintains an honor system for the collection (Checkout & Return) due to the size of the library community, and students are expected to utilize the library with proper behavior and common courtesy to other students. Library materials are to be shared and respected as learning material. Abuse of library resources by students or faculty may require administrative remedies.

Apart from the Angeles University library, students within Los Angeles county can access the LA County Library system for material outside Angeles University library