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Welcome to the Library: The Resources

Off Campus Access

All of our resources are searchable from off-campus. Databases and LibGuides are available 24/7.

If connecting to a database from off-campus you will be directed to the A-Z Database page page.

If asked to log in, use your Manor email and password.

What we have to help you succeed

Laptops: Laptops can be borrowed for use anywhere in the Library, including the mezzanine.

Phone Chargers: Android and iPhone phone chargers are available for use anywhere in the Library.

Reserves: The Library may have the required text for your class. Located behind the circulation desk, reserve materials are for use in library only.

Study Models: The study models are located behind the circulation desk and can be retrieved for you by Library staff.

Books: Searchable in the OPAC, we have books on a number of topic spread through 7 different collections.

Databases: We have more than sixty databases and a variety of other compiled resources in our Articles and More page. Access these 24/7 with your Manor College email and password.

LibGuides: A collection online resources for almost every subject taught at Manor College.

Website: Our website is your link to all of our resources, info about the staff and space, and Library announcements.

Stacks Sign

The Library uses Library of Congress call numbers to organize its books. Our stack signs, on the end of each bookcase, show which subject areas are covered within each one.

Library Collections

Academic: Contains 20,000 items including monographs and books. The Academic Collection is based in a liberal arts foundation but has strong holdings in the Sciences as part of Manor’s current programming.

Archives: Located off-site, the Archives collection contains items related to the history of Manor College.

Catholic Studies and Catholic Studies Reference: An extensive collection of books on the Catholic faith which includes the “Eastern Catholic Spirituality Collection”. In addition to English, the Eastern Catholic Spirituality Collection includes a selection of Ukrainian language books on the subject of the Eastern Catholic faith. The Catholic Studies Collection acknowledges Manor as a Catholic institution and focuses on the histories of the Roman and Byzantine Church, the Founding Fathers, the Ukrainian Catholic tradition and the Order of the Sisters of St Basil the Great.

Children's Literature:

Civil War: The Civil War Collection contains over 8oo items, including a complete set of The War of Rebellion, a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies. The collection is part of the Civil War Institute donated by the members of the Delaware Valley Civil War Roundtable.

Graphic Novels: From "Akira" to "Deadpool" to "Y: The Last Man".

Periodicals: Includes general interest magazines, as well as Dental, Vet Tech, Ukrainian, and Catholic subscriptions.

Popular Fiction: Novels big and small, classic and modern.

Reference: Materials available for research within the library only.

Ukrainian: Part of the Ukrainian Heritage Studies Center, it contains roughly 3,200 Ukrainian language books, photographs, sheet music, periodicals, pamphlets, and other ephemera, as well as dozens of works of Ukrainian art and crafts.

 

How to Read a Call Number

When a Book is in an Academic Collection

 

Line 1

GR

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 Based on the subject

Line 2

825

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 Narrows the subject

Line 3

.A86

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 Based on the author or book title

Line 4

2009

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 Year published or copyrighted

 
 
Start with Line 1:
Books are arranged in alphabetical order (H comes before HA. HA comes way before GR)
 
Follow to Line 2:
Within the Alphabet arrangement, books are arranged in numerical order (1 comes before 2. 9 comes before 825. 850.12 comes before 850.5)
Note: If there is decimal part of Line 2, it is pushed to the third line, not to be confused with Line 3
 
Follow to Line 3:
Line 3 has both letter and number parts. It’s in alphabetical order. Once you find the letter, it’s in numerical order, but the numbers are decimals. (.A1 comes before .A2. .H14 comes before .H145. .A134 comes before .A86)
Note: Some books have more than one Line 3. Do the top one first and the second one last. (.A64 .G13  comes before .A64 .G63
 
Finish at Line 4:
Line 4 is arranged in chronological order. (1990 comes before 1991. 2000 comes before 2004.)
Note: Some books might not have a Line 4. If your call number does not have a Line 4 then your book should come before one that does.
Note: Some books might have a letter after Line 4. If it does, it should be read in alphabetical order. A book without a letter will come before a book with a letter after Line 4.
 
Note: There are some exceptions to these rules . Like, if the first line in a call number is REF or something similar, ignore it and skip to Line 1.

When an item is in a Popular collection

 

Line 1

GRA

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 Tells what collection it is in

Line 2

POS

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 Three letters of Author’s last name

Line 3

2014

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 Year published or copyrighted

 
Start with Line 1:
Line 1 tells you what collection it is in. If it is GRA it is in the Graphic Novels Collection. If it is A/V it is in the Audiovisual Collection. If it is FIC it is either in the Popular Fiction Collection or the Children’s Literature Collection. You’ll have to check in the Catalog
 
Follow to Line 2:
Books are arranged in alphabetical order (AAA comes before AAB. FIL comes way before POS)
 
Finish at Line 3:
Line 3 is arranged in chronological order. (1990 comes before 1991. 2005 comes before 20013.)
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