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Collections at Cook Library

Albert S. Cook Library contains about 570,000 volumes and 17,800 non-book items, and subscribes to more than 1200 print journals, 5,000 electronic journals, and 150 online databases.

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Reference - 3rd floor, along windows

  • Encyclopedias, dictionaries, statistical manuals, and bibliographies
  • For use in the library

Stacks - 4th and 5th floors

  • Main collection of books
  • Bound periodicals
  • Open-access and self-serve

Periodicals - 2nd, 4th, and 5th floors

NOTE: Bound periodicals (i.e. older volumes) have been moved from the second floor to the fourth and fifth floors. Current periodicals are on the second floor.

  • Subscriptions to more than 1200 print journals, 5000 electronic journals, and 150 online databases
  • Microfilm and microfiche
  • Microform readers/printers
  • Provide access to a wide range of subjects, opinions, research and current events, and include scholarly, professional journals, and popular magazines
  • A staffed service desk is available for assistance
  • For use in the library only
  • Unbound periodicals are located on the second floor

Read more about the Periodicals collection

Baltimore Hebrew Institute Judaic Collection - 2nd floor

A specialized collection of Jewish studies that includes material on:

  • The Bible and archaeology
  • Jewish history, rabbinics
  • Jewish philosophy, political science, sociology
  • Jewish education, language and literature and the arts

Reserves - 3rd floor, ask at Circulation Desk

  • Closed stacks (not open-access and self-serve)
  • Intended to supplement course materials
  • Physical format and electronic format (e-reserves)
  • Physical reserves are available for limited time and typically restricted to in-library use
  • E-reserves are online and allow multiple users at one time

E-reserves Login

Juvenile Book Collection - 5th floor

  • A collection of about 15,000 books
  • Divided into the categories of fiction, short stories, non-fiction and biography
  • Shelved according to the Dewey Decimal System

Audio Visual Collection - 2nd floor, Media Resources Services

  • A collection of over 8,500 videos and films, as well as a collection of audiocassettes, phonograph records, and CDs
  • Students must view video materials in the Media Lab
  • Audiocassettes, phonograph records, and CDs can be used in the Media Lab or checked out

Read more about the Audio Visual collection and Media Resource Services

Special Collections - 5th floor

  • Special Collection of the history of the University from 1866 to present
  • Repository for non-current official University Records
  • Repositiory for records of student organizations, alumni activities, and university publications
  • Large collection of photographs and other memorabilia

Archives Collections

Read more about Archives & Special Collections

Collections at Cook Library / Albert S. Cook Library
http://cooklibrary.towson.edu/collections.cfm
Last revised: April 01, 2009

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