Library & Student Support Resources
ILR is a small college with the resources of a big university. For example, ILR is home to the Martin P. Catherwood Library, the foremost academic collection on the workplace in the U.S. As a Cornell student, you will have access to seventeen other outstanding libraries on campus. See the Cornell Library Gateway for more information about these other libraries.
Kheel Center
The Kheel Center is located in ILR's Catherwood Library. This special collection holds over 30 million primary-source documents on labor-management relations in photographs, recordings, films, and digital formats.
Distance Learning
A commitment to meeting the challenges of the 21st century impels the ILR School's initiative in distance learning, which uses multiple-party telecommunications technology to give the school a presence far beyond Ives Hall. Two classrooms in the new building of the ILR School support technologies that are designed specifically for distance learning. They allow undergraduates at other institutions, practitioners in the field, and others around the world to interact with ILR School professors and each other during class.
ILR's Office of Student Services
In the Office of Student Services you will find a dedicated group of people ready to advise you on course selection and degree completion, as well as other areas of academic and social concerns, study abroad, credit internships, honors program, independent study, and multicultural affairs. Their online resources for undergraduates includes a listing of Undergraduate Research Initiatives. For more information visit the ILR Office of Student Services website.
ILR's Office of Career Services
When you are ready to plan for life beyond ILR, the Office of Career Services is ready to help. They will work with you to plan an internship over the summer and during winter break. If you plan to enter the job market, they will help you with your job search, résumé preparation, and interviewing skills. And you will want to participate in their active on-campus recruiting program. If you plan to further your education at the graduate level, they will help you find the right school and assist you in the application process (although note that pre-law advising is done by the Director in the Office of Student Services). For more information, visit the ILR Office of Career Services website.
