NOTE: BECAUSE OF COVID-19, THE LIBRARY IS ENCOURAGING PATRONS TO EXPLORE ELECTRONIC VERSIONS AS THE FIRST CHOICE. WE ARE REQUIRED TO QUARANTINE ANY PHYSICAL ITEM FOR THREE DAYS BETWEEN USE PERIODS. ACCESS TO PHYSICAL MATERIALS MAY BE LIMITED AND ACCESS TO ANY MATERIALS FROM OTHER LIBRARIES MAY TAKE MUCH LONGER FOR DELIVERY DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
Search the CONSORT CATALOG for items held by CONSORT Libraries. Consort is a shared catalog for the following schools: The College of Wooster, Denison University, Kenyon College, and Ohio Wesleyan University. You can request books held in other CONSORT libraries directly through the CONSORT system. These items take an average or 2-4 working days to be delivered to our library. You will receive a message on your @wooster.edu account to let you know when items have arrived. They will be placed on hold for you at the Gault Reserves Desk.
Search the OhioLINK CATALOG for items held by OhioLINK Libraries. You can request books held in other OhioLINK libraries directly through the OhioLINK system. These items take an average or 2-4 working days to be delivered to our library. You will receive a message on your @wooster.edu account to let you know when items have arrived. They will be placed on hold for you at the Gault Reserves Desk.
Materials are found in the following areas of the library:
Woo Reference
Woo Main
Woo Oversize
Woo Periodicals
Woo Special Collections
Woo Special Collections Reference
Follow the links to see a detailed outline of the Library of Congress Classification System, as well as maps and floorplans for our libraries.
Some keywords to consider when searching the CONSORT catalog or OhioLINK:
ARTISTS' BOOKS
BOOK ARTS
BOOK DESIGN
BOOKBINDING
PAPERMAKING
Books in the CONSORT and OhioLINK catalogs are assigned Library of Congress (LC)
Subject Headings. Here are some subject headings to consider for topics in the Book Arts:
ARTISTS' BOOKS
BOOK DESIGN
BOOKBINDING
BOOKS--CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION
PAPERMAKERS
PAPERMAKING
PRINTING--SPECIMENS
TYPE AND TYPE-FOUNDING
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