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Overview
Collections

Over 1.3 Million print and ebooks

Over 200 databases

More than 7,700 physical music scores

Over 62,000 print books circulated in 2018

More than 840,000 eBook uses in 2018

More than 76,000 books in the Clarke Historical Library

CMU Libraries play an important role in supporting research and instructional activities for faculty and students. The library holds more than 1.7 million physical and electronic materials in a variety of formats, languages, and subjects for all disciplines.

Books

Curated to support student learning, degree programs and cirricula, we own over 671,000 print titles and provide online access to over 709,000 ebooks, which can be searched using
Library Smart Search.

Databases

We provide access to over 200 online databases that users can find on the disciplinary subjects or an A-Z list.

Journals

With over 9,300 print volumes and access to over 114,000 electronic serial titles, we offer a large collection of journals to support user's research and learning needs. View the A-Z list.

Newspapers

The complete collection of online newspapers can be discovered through Smart Search by limiting your search to newspapers. We have multiple print subscriptions to local, state, national and international newspapers. For more information, please visit the library guide for newspaper collection.

Reference Collections

We provide access to many online reference resources including dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks, which can be accessed through Library Smart Search, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Oxford Reference, Oxford Handbooks Online,Issues and Controversies, Opposing Viewpoints in Context, etc.

Betty A McDonald Children’s Collection

The Betty A. McDonald Children’s Literature Collection consists of over 25,000 volumes of outstanding works for young people, including picture books as well as fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults. The collection is located on the 4th floor of Park Library. Many of the books contained in the collection are award-winning titles of prestigious children’s literature prizes such as the Caldecott, Newberry, and Coretta Scott King awards. For more information on the books included in the collection, please see the collection guide.

Clarke Historical Library

The Clarke Historical Library collects, preserves, and promotes nationally recognized collections including materials on the history of Michigan and the Old Northwest Territory, the history of Central Michigan University, children's literature, campaign biographies of United States presidential candidates, the history of angling, and historic Michigan newspapers.

CMU Scholarly and Creative Works

CMU Scholarly and Creative Works is an online repository currently providing open access to 1,130 CMU Graduate Research (These and Dissertations), 61 CMU Undergraduate Research, and 202 CMU Faculty/Staff Research.

Art Collection
The Central Michigan University Art Collection has over 700 unique works of art created by alumni and nationally recognized artists, and new acquisitions are continually added. The works are displayed throughout the campus and range from monumental sculptures to prints, paintings, fiber art, ceramics and drawings. Artworks are exhibited throughout Park Library, which is steward to the majority of the collection.

Audio and Video
CMU Libraries provide access to audio and video resources available in physical formats, including DVDs and CDs, and via streaming. For more information on streaming resources, please visit the guide to streaming video collections and the guide to streaming audio collections.

Government Documents

The CMU Library has been a selective government documents depository library since 1958 and provides access to more than 500,000 publications of the United States government. Our collection consists of print, microform, and online items. Users can use Library Smart Search and GPO Monthly Catalog to access the collection.

Legal materials
CMU Libraries provide access to major legal resources through 2 databases Westlaw and HeinOnline. Remote access to these databases is limited to individuals with a CMU email address.

Music Resources
The CMU Libraries also maintain a collection of music. This collection includes over 7,700 physical scores available on the 4th floor of Park Library, as well as electronic scores accessible through Smart Search. For more information on music scores, please see this guide. Additionally, over 11,000 CDs and 6,000 LPs are available at the Music Resource Center in the School of Music.

Open access
Open access is a term for barrier-free online access to scholarly literature. The CMU Libraries promote the use of quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals by inserting open access journal titles into the CMU library catalog Library Smart Search—thereby increasing the visibility of these journals. Users can search for open access publications from a variety of sources: SmartSearch, Web of Science, Directory of Open Access Journals, or ROAR.

Park Library
Park Library is located on main campus Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant. The University Library and Clarke Historical Library are both in the Park Library building with other academic support unites. Renovated in 2002, the magnificent building is housing physical formats of collections including print books, periodicals, print government documents, microform, maps, videos, and electronic collections in Park Library.

Statistics and Datasets
The CMU Libraries subscribe to a number of databases of statistics and datasets. Users can access the Libraries’ subscriptions with OER sources through this library research guide.

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