Libraries
Marquette's
vast research environment is housed in two facilities:The libraries offer more than 1.5 million volumes, hundreds of research databases, computer access, laptops on loan, a CD and video collection, and library staffs who help researchers from around the world.
Raynor Memorial Libraries feature a mix of comfortable seating and group study spaces, more than 200 computer stations and 24-hour, seven-days-a-week access to the main floor Information Commons during the semesters.
Some of our most popular collections include the original manuscripts and multiple working drafts for three of J.R.R. Tolkien's most celebrated books, "The Hobbit" (1937), "Farmer Giles of Ham" (1949), and "The Lord of the Rings" (1954-1955), and a small collection of incunabula (from the "cradle period" of Western printing), including a 1473 edition of St. Augustine's "De Civitate Dei" (The City of God). Also from the 15th century is a two-volume edition of the Old Testament.
Quick Facts About Marquette
| Identity: | Catholic, Jesuit, private |
| Established: | 1881 |
| Location: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Undergraduate: | 8,113 |
| Postgraduate: | 3,693 |
| Campus: | Urban, approximately 90 acres |
| Athletics: | 16 NCAA Division I teams (Big East) |
| Colors: | Blue and gold |
