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Research at the Center
How Do I Find Rare Books?
Special Collections has a wealth of rare materials across a wide
range of subject areas. Our rare book
holdings total approximately 265,000 volumes, and consist of
the general rare book collections as well as a number of separately
named collections (for example, the Ludwig
Rosenberger Library of Judaica). It may seem a daunting task to
find the books in our collection which pertain to your specific
research, but there are several easy ways to narrow your search to
Special Collections materials. If you've never used the online
catalog before, you may want to review the Library's guide to
finding books before starting on your quest for primary
sources.
Simple Search: Limiting by "Special
Collections"
The simplest way to find rare books in the online catalog is to
limit your search to "Special Collections." Say you were looking
for early editions of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of
Species for your History of Science class paper.
- From the library catalog home page, click on the "Advanced
Keyword" tab at the top of the page. From the Advanced search
module, you are able to tailor your search in a variety of
ways.
- Type origin of species into the blank space
next to the title box.
- Type darwin into the blank space next to the
author box.
- Now scroll down to the "Limits" section in the middle of the
page. From here, you can limit your search by language, location,
and/or format.
- Scroll down and select Special Collections in
the limits box.
- Click the Go button.
- See the
results of this search.
About 15 editions are found in the online catalog, including
several very early editions and the first edition of On the
Origin of Species.
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