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Mary Church Terrell Main Library
148 W College St. Oberlin, OH 44074-1545

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The main visitor lot is the east Service Building lot, and the south row of the Carnegie Building lot for visitors to offices within that building.

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Books, articles, scores, recordings, and films at Oberlin, OhioLINK, online, and beyond.

Databases A-Z

The Databases A-Z list provides a complete alphabetical list of searchable databases accessible to you through the Oberlin College Libraries. The databases range from those that cover multiple subject areas, e.g. JSTOR or Web of Science, to more narrow research topics, e.g. SOCIndex.

They contain both citations and full text for ebooks, peer reviewed journals, newspapers, magazines, data sets, images, music, primary documents, and more. You will want to use them for finding credible and scholarly materials required for your college research.

If you are unsure which databases are best for your research topic try using the subject and type filters, consult a subject or course guide, Ask a Librarian, or make a research appointment.

Course Reserves

Materials on reserve for a specific course. Search for course reserve lists by course instructor's name, course name, or course code.

Journals A-Z

Use to browse complete issues of a journal, magazine, or newspaper or to check Oberlin's access to a title. To find individual articles, use Search.Libraries.

OhioLINK

Books & ebooks, scores, videos, and audio available from OhioLINK institutions. Use this option to request physical items from other libraries.

WorldCat

WorldCat contains more than 43 million records describing books and other items owned by libraries around the world. You can search for popular books, music, CDs, and videos—all of the physical items you're used to getting from libraries. You can also discover digital content, such as downloadable audiobooks. Use InterLibrary Loan to order materials that you locate on WorldCat.

Research Guides

Course Guides

Course Guides are organized collections of resources created for the research and information needs of students in specific courses. Research strategies and library services are also included.

Source Type Guides

Oberlin College librarians have identified the best platforms for finding resources by source type, including newspapers, magazines, dissertations and theses, books, music, primary sources, and more. Some guides also provide search tips and techniques.

Subject Guides

Research guides are the gateway to library collections and resources. Created and maintained by Oberlin College & Conservatory reference and subject librarians, Guides by Subject are organized by their relevant subject areas to provide a detailed list of recommended scholarly sources, including: databases; internet and digital resources; and the libraries’ collections of books, journals, magazines, music, art, DVDs, etc.

Guides also help you develop search strategies, cite sources and manage bibliographic references, and lead to a librarian who can provide further assistance. Subject guides are displayed alphabetically.

News

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April 16, 2022

Contribute! Anyone can be a citizen scientist during Citizen Science Month!

April is both Earth Month and Citizen Science Month - a great time to contribute to our understanding of life on Earth by identifying plants and animals around us. It's a lot of fun using the app iNaturalist. The Science Library has been using iNaturalist for a few years, under the name "obiescilib." Try it, or get involved in... Continue Reading

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April 15, 2022

Library Tours

Have questions about the library? Feel like you don't understand our services or collections? Take a library tour, offered monthly at each branch (Terrell, Art, Conservatory, Science, Archives & Special Collections. Register Continue Reading

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April 15, 2022

Easter Egg Hunt at the Art Library!

Happy Spring! This month we are doing an Egg Hunt in the Clarence Ward Art Library stacks from April 11-30! Look for books with colorful paper eggs and bring them up to the circulation desk to be entered into a raffle for a Slow Train Gift Card! The more eggs you find, the greater your chances to win. What are you waiting... Continue Reading

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April 07, 2022

Earn $20 at a Focus Group

Take charge of your education. Librarians from across the Ohio Five want you to tell us what you want to learn about library research and how you’d like to learn it. The libraries are conducting both in-person and online focus groups throughout April. Each participant will receive a $20 incentive (either a gift card or... Continue Reading

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April 05, 2022

A Writer & Her Reader: Robin McLean and Dion Graham

Join us on Tuesday, April 12 at 4:30 PM in Craig Auditorium, Science Center, 119 Woodland St., Oberlin for A Writer & Her Reader, featuring Robin McLean and Dion Graham. The talk is free and open to public in person or via Zoom. Masks are required indoors. McLean and Graham will discuss McLean's acclaimed new work, Pity... Continue Reading

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March 15, 2022

The Oberlin College Archives are Hiring!

The Oberlin College Archives are excited to announce the opening of the 2022 Weidenthal Undergraduate Summer Internship.This internship is 10 weeks long and open to any undergraduate (not just Oberlin College students) as long as they have completed two semesters at their institution. The applicants should be pursuing a... Continue Reading

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March 14, 2022

Paving the Way and Then Some!

Petite and always impeccably dressed, Shirley Chisholm was a natural trailblazer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 20, 1924, to Ruby and Charles St. Hill, Barbadian and Guyanese immigrants, Shirley Chisholm won her first Congressional seat at the age of 43 in November 1968. She was re-elected six more times to Congress... Continue Reading

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March 04, 2022

bell hooks Read-In

Join us for a bell hooks Read-In event on Tuesday, March 8 from 4:30pm-5:30pm in the Academic Commons (first floor of Mudd). bell hooks was a national treasure -- scholar, author, professor, feminist, activist and so much more -- who died in December 2021. Oberlin's BHM celebration -- which extends into March this year and... Continue Reading

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February 28, 2022

OhioLink Service Disruption

UPDATED 4/18/22 OhioLink book delivery will be suspended March 11. Use InterLibrary Loan for book requests during that time. OhioLINK made a change last summer in the courier company that delivers materials between libraries all around the state. Unfortunately, the new company has proven unable to meet the demands of this... Continue Reading

February 28, 2022

Ohio 5 Student Collaboration Critical Information Literacy Survey

Students, tell us what you'd like to learn in a library information session through a social justice and anti-racist lens by taking a three minute, anonymous survey. Librarians from the Ohio5 (College of Wooster, Denison University, Oberlin College, Kenyon College and Ohio Wesleyan University) developed the survey to help us... Continue Reading

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Learn More About Our Libraries

Search.Libraries ? Books, articles, scores, recordings, and films at Oberlin, OhioLINK, online, and beyond.

Course Reserves ? Materials on reserve for a specific course. Search for course reserve lists by course instructor's name, course name, or course code.

Journals A-Z ? Use to browse complete issues of a journal, magazine, or newspaper or to check Oberlin's access to a title. To find individual articles, use Search.Libraries.

OhioLINK ? Books & ebooks, scores, videos, and audio available from OhioLINK institutions. Use this option to request physical items from other libraries.

Course Guides ? Course Guides are organized collections of resources created for the research and information needs of students in specific courses. Research strategies and library services are also included.

Source Type Guides ? Oberlin College librarians have identified the best platforms for finding resources by source type, including newspapers, magazines, dissertations and theses, books, music, primary sources, and more. Some guides also provide search tips and techniques.

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