We are here to help every step of the way.
Mabee Learning Commons’ mission is to design and develop resources to help every student, staff and faculty member achieve their full potential while at MidAmerica Nazarene University.
The Mabee Library provides visitors with digital materials, print materials, and study zones for academic success. The library team offers research assistance and technology support on a drop-in and/or appointment basis. Please come by for a visit!
If you cannot locate a needed journal article or book in the Mabee Library collections, please fill out a request form. We will attempt to locate the material from another library. Click on one of the following links to place an inter-library loan request:
Requests may also be submitted online via the library website or through the Kansas Library Catalog. Journal article requests may also be submitted through EBSCOhost.
Usually this service is free, but occasionally a fee is charged from the lending library. The library will cover the first $20 of the charge. If there is any remaining balance, you will be notified prior to the request being submitted, and you may choose to continue or cancel the request. If you authorize the request to be submitted, the remaining balance is to be paid when you come to pick the item up at the library. In most cases fees do not exceed $25.
Journal articles are photocopies which you can keep; books are borrowed for an approximate three week period (this varies from one lending library to another). You should return borrowed books to Mabee Library; we will return the book to the lending library for you.
A renewal request may be submitted to the library within three days prior to the item being due. If the
renewal request is accepted, you will receive an e-mail from the library with the new date due. If the request is not accepted, you will be notified and the item must be returned to the library as soon as possible. Failure to return items in a timely fashion could result in the loss of borrowing privileges. The lending library may assess a replacement charge for items that are lost. This charge will be placed on your student account.
Textbooks are not available for interlibrary loan. Personal or entertainment uses that are non-academic may be restricted.
Please allow five to ten business days to receive materials you have requested through interlibrary loan.
Have questions? We have created a research guide on inter-library loan that goes into more detail, and which provides a useful introduction to the use of the Kansas Library Catalog for inter-library loan requesting.
Mabee Library provides access to many research databases. You will be asked for your MNU email username and password.
The Mabee Computer Lab is located on the second floor of the Mabee Learning Commons. When not in use for instruction or testing, it us available for student use.
Technology help is available! Trained students can answer questions related to printing, Moodle, email, Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), OneDrive (cloud file storage), wi-fi access, and operating systems. They can help with many laptop and tablet issues, but cannot reinstall software, solve computer virus problems, or perform hardware repairs. There is a lot they can do, though, so when in doubt, please ask!
The University Archives, housed on the second floor of the Mabee Learning Commons, collects, organizes, preserves and provides access to a wide range of historical university papers, letters, reports, photographs, video, sound recordings and physical artifacts.
While some archival materials are on open display on the second floor of the Learning Commons, the majority of the archived materials are secured in locked rooms. Access to the Marge Smith and Vennard College Archives (described below) may be obtained by contacting the University Archivist, Rev. Lon Dagley, 913.971.3566.
Rev. Lon Dagley
ledagley@mnu.edu
913.971.3566
MNU Institutional Repository – archival and scholarly resources from MNU.
The Marge Smith Archives is the official archival repository for MidAmerica Nazarene University. The archives were founded under the guidance and direction of Marge Smith, the wife of the first president of the University. These archives, located on the second floor of Mabee Learning Commons, house all of the documents related to the organization and founding of the University following the 1964 General Assembly of the Church of the Nazarene, and continue to document administration, faculty and student life.
The Vennard College Archives is housed in the Marge Smith Archives. The Vennard College Archives is the repository for documents and materials related to the founding of Vennard College and its predecessor institutions (Central Holiness University, Epworth Institute, Chicago Evangelistic Institute, Fletcher College and Kletzing College) from the early 1900s until its closing in November 2008.
This is a collaborative project between MidAmerica Nazarene University, Marge Smith Archives, the Office of the General Secretary of the Church of the Nazarene and the Nazarene Archives. The content of the Manual of the Church of the Nazarene is under copyright by Nazarene Publishing House and is published on this website under permission of the General Secretary of the Church of the Nazarene.
These electronic copies were created from work files use for the editing of the Manual of the Church of the Nazarene. The Manuals and other resources represented here are to be used for research only. The printed version of the Manual of the Church of the Nazarene is the final content authority.
*Includes Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene
MidAmerica Nazarene University
Mabee Learning Commons
2030 East College Way
Olathe, KS 66062-1899
Semester Hours
Sunday: 6:00 pm – 12:00 am
Mon. – Thurs: 7:00 am – 9:00 pm
Friday: 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday: Closed
Summer Hours
Mon. – Fri: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: Closed
2030 E. College Way
Olathe, KS 66062-1899
913-782-3750 or 800-800-8887
