Library News
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On display on the main level of ODY are comics created by students in John Woods’ Graphic Fiction Workshop.
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Every month there is a theme collection of books featured in the Launders Science Library. For the month of February, it's dinosaurs! (Who doesn't like dinosaurs?)
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Our research consultation program connects you with a librarian on the reference staff who can give you more extensive one-on-one help with a research paper or project. We also have a new group of
Services & Technology
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A collection of resources on the topic of Open Access is now available on the library's website. It includes peer institution policies, definitions and ways to get involved.
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Renovations to the Cole Reading Room in Herring-Cole have restored it to a quiet study space and enhanced the original woodwork in the historic building.
New Resources
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There are two collections of digitized pamphlets that are now part of our database offerings. The first database is the American Pamphlets Series One, 1820-1922, a collection of pamphlets from the New York Historical Society.
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online is a major collection of primary source materials covering British history from 1790-1929.
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Photogrammar is a collection of 170,000+ photographs from 1935 to 1945 created by the United State’s Farm Security Admi
Special Collections
Special Collections is the place in the general library where we keep any items that are scarce, fragile, or valuable. Holdings include: printed books, journals, newspapers, maps, atlases, photographs, reports, diaries, correspondence, and more...
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The War of 1812 was fought between Great Britain and the United States from June 18th 1812 until December 24th, 1814 when the warring sides signed the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium, reinstating pre-war conditions.
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Solomon Barrett Jr. was born in Washington, Mass. April 1, 1800 and died in Madrid, N.Y., November 19, 1882. He was a teacher and an author of several grammars including Barrett on the Languages and The Principles of English Grammar.