Academic Support

The Disability and Learning Difference Resource Center (DLDRC) is committed to helping students with disabilities obtain meaningful academic accommodations and support and to help improve access to the many excellent programs and activities offered by the University.

Services include evaluating disability documentation, arranging academic accommodations and providing disability management/counseling to students with disabilities. They also coordinate with other departments, both academic and administrative, such as Residential Life, the Department of Public Safety, the School of Law, and the Dean's offices of the various schools on campus, to meet students' needs. We are available to the University community (faculty, staff, parents and all students) for consultation on a broad range of disability issues and manage the needs of students with temporary disabilities (e.g., mobility limitations and transient but severe illnesses).

(619) 260-4799

copley@sandiego.edu

The Helen K. and James S. Copley Library, located on the west end of the campus, currently houses over 500,000 volumes. Collections include books, journals, reference works, databases, government documents, newspapers and electronic journals in many languages, as well as maps, videos, sound recordings, microforms and rare books.

Helpful for Graduate Students:

Copley Library is happy to provided one-on-one meeting opportunities with subject specialists. This can assist graduate students with their more in-depth, complicated research questions.

The library also hosts workshops on a variety of topics and tools and often a workshop might be of interest to graduates in particular. For example, "How to Write a Literature Review" or "How to cite in APA Style." Visit the workshop calendar for more information.

Main: (619) 260-4542
Fax: (619) 260-4616

Welcome to the Pardee Legal Research Center (LRC). In addition to a fine collection of books, the library offers computer research services, a very strong microforms and documents collection and generous space for work and study. The library is open seven days a week.

As one of the premier academic law libraries in the country, the Pardee Legal Research Center (LRC) serves as an invaluable resource for students and faculty, in particular, as well as alumni and members of the public. The LRC continues to grow to support the educational missions of the School of Law and the university.

Information Technology Services supports the University of San Diego by working with colleagues within and beyond the campus to enhance teaching and learning, support research and collaborations, facilitate outreach, and foster strategic partnerships.

ITS is happy to offer:

• Technological support
• Services for students
• Training and workshops

Support and training from ITS includes Blackboard, Adobe design, library systems, and more. 

Founders Hall, Room 190B

Contact: For an appointment, stop in or call our direct line at (619) 260-4581.

Need help with a paper or writing assignment? We have the tutoring help you need.

USD Writing Center, which is free to all USD students, helps students improve their academic writing. The Writing Center includes staff members who are experienced in supporting graduate students with their writing needs.

Students may bring work in any stage of completion to the Writing Center, from brainstorming notes to rough drafts to graded essays. Students are tutored individually by their peers in all phases of the writing process, including:

• understanding a text

• thinking critically

• generating paper topics

• developing and focusing ideas

• organizing information

• refining and expanding ideas

• grammar and punctuation

The SOLES Graduate Student Writing Center is a virtual space designed to accommodate both online or on-campus graduate students for whom distance or busy schedules conflict with coming to campus.

The Center's free web-based service provides students with feedback on digital versions of their assignments and offers one-on-one coaching sessions via remote conferencing. The Center also hosts a variety of writing workshops catered to graduate students.

In addition to currently enrolled SOLES students, the SOLES Graduate Student Writing Center offers services to currently enrolled students from the following schools/degree programs:

• Hahn School of Nursing
• Kroc School of Peace Studies
• M.S. in Cyber Security Operations & Leadership
• M.S. in Law Enforcement and Public Safety Leadership
• School of Business