Browse our Collections

BROWSING OUR COLLECTIONS?

Not sure what you want? Here are some suggestions for BROWSING the various collections in our library.

If you find something that is interesting, and you want more like it, or if you already know what you want,

you can also SEARCH within these collections.

Leisure Reading Collection: These are current, award-winning (e.g. Pulitzer), best-selling

          fiction and nonfiction books.Leisure Reading*

Videos on our shelves: http://alice.library.ohiou.edu/search/X?SEARCH=videorecording&l=&

            m=&b=&searchscope=6&SORT=R&p=&Da=&Db=&submit=Submit

Streaming Videos: These movies can be viewed from any computer on campus. You can browse

              this collection by title or subject. http://dmc.ohiolink.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?page=index;c=dvc

Electronic Books: There are four sets of books that you read right on your computer screen.

Net library http://www.netlibrary.com/ Browse by clicking on the link “see our collection of

ebooks.”

OhioLINK electronic books http://ebooks.ohiolink.edu/xtf-ebc/ There is a “browse” link.

Safari Books are an excellent source for information about computers/technology.    

http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/?uicode=ohlink

ACLS Humanities E-Books have a wide range of titles

http://alice.library.ohiou.edu/search/X?SEARCH=ACLS+Humanities+E-

Book&l=&m=&b=&searchscope=7&SORT=R&p=&Da=&Db=

Periodicals (Journals, Magazines) on our Shelves: Most journals are available

                electronically through our databases, but you may find what you need on our shelves.

                 http://alice.library.ohiou.edu/search~S6?/fshelved+alphabetically/fshelved+alphabetically/

                 1%2C3%2C237%2CB/exact&FF=fshelved+alphabetically&1%2C235%2C

Special Collection on Religious Tolerance: This collection includes the rare books

                  in the climate controlled cases.

                  http://alice.library.ohiou.edu/search~S6/X?rtspecialcollection&searchscope=6&SORT=DX

Browse the General Collection by Subject: When you already sort of know

                    what you are interested in, it is best to browse the entire collection by putting your topic into

                     the subject search box. Follow this link and enter your interest in the box and click on “search.”

                     The catalog will help you. http://alice.library.ohiou.edu/search/d

Children’s Collection: This collection is not easy to browse. Follow the link and browse by going to

                      the previous or next screen. If you find a title you like, click on the blue call number link and see

                       if the location of the book is “Chill. Music Room.” All of our children’s books are kept on the

                       Chillicothe Music Room shelves. http://alice.library.ohiou.edu/search~S6?/cpz6/cpz++++6/-

                        3,0,0,E/2browse   

Microfilm Collection: We have microfilm readers in the back of the library.

                   http://alice.library.ohiou.edu/search~S1/?searchtype=X&searcharg

                   =microfilmchill&searchscope=1&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT

                   =Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tmicrofilmchill