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Thomas Library houses approximately 440,000 volumes. To search the Library's collection, use the catalog box above. You can search by author, title, keyword, call number, etc. Once you find a book in which you are interested, you can click on the title to see where it is located and if it is available for checkout. Most of the Library's books are located on the third floor of the main library. Thomas Library also has access to over 135,000 electronic books. All of our online books appear in the catalog.
Wittenberg University has access to almost 60,000 periodicals in print and electronic formats. A searchable list of all our periodical titles is available. This will allow you to see what format and which dates are available for a particular journal title. If you need articles from journals that are not available at Wittenberg, please see the information on Inter-Library Loan.
Circulation of Periodicals -- Generally Thomas Library does not circulate periodicals. However, faculty members may check out periodicals for 24 hours after talking with a Reference Librarian.
You can search for audio visual materials in our catalog. Once you have searched for your keyword, you can limit on the left side under "Resource Type" to audio, video, etc. We do not have many physical media formats, but what we do have will be listed as located in "Thomas Library AV/Media".
Wittenberg has access to over 200 databases which cover a wide variety of topics. A large portion of these databases would not be available to us if not for our membership in OhioLINK. For a complete list of our online databases and indices please see the Databases A-Z list
The archival collection in Thomas Library contains photos, documents, books, memorabilia etc. related to the history of Wittenberg University. Please talk to Suzanne Smailes if you are interested in seeing these materials. Phone 327-7020 or email ssmailes@wittenberg.edu.
Thomas Library has over 3000 items in its rare book collection. These items are included in our online catalog. To use rare materials, fill out an online request or pick up a print form at the desk. Materials will be retrieved as soon as possible. Suzanne Smailes will call you when the materials are available for your use. Rare materials do not circulate outside of the Library. When you are finished with them please return them to the desk.
Journals the Library Has is a searchable database of the periodicals Wittenberg has access to. If you are off campus, you should look for a link at the top the reads "Sign in" and login with your Witt credentials.
If the journal you need isn't owned by or accessible electronically at Wittenberg, you will have to order the article through Inter-Library Loan (ILL). Fill out an ILL request online or in the library. It may take about 7 business days to get a copy of the article requested, so plan ahead! There is no fee for ILL. We will request the article from another library and email it to you when it is available.
Not sure where to get started? See if we have a guide for your subject. And of course if you need help, please ask us!