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The Trexler
Library houses the College's primary collection of information resources
including books, journals, videotapes, government documents, and electronic
databases. The collection of approximately 200,000 books, 140,000 U.S.
government documents, 4,400 audio-visual items (including 2,700 film and
video titles) and 800 journal subscriptions meets the general instruction
and research needs of undergraduate students. In addition to the on-site
collections, students and faculty have access to the collections of five
other Lehigh Valley independent colleges, with combined holdings of more
than 1.75 million volumes, as well as to libraries world-wide. The OCLC-based
interlibrary loan system makes available tens of millions of books and
journal articles free or at low cost.
Automated with an integrated library system since
1995, the Library's online catalog provides users with a single access
point to search for books, journal articles, documents, audio-visual items
and offers gateway access to more than 30 Web-based remote databases.
More than 80 CD-ROM databases provide specialized
searching tools in disciplines taught at Muhlenberg. Multimedia workstations
allow students to search text, audio, and video.
Built in 1988, Trexler Library offers a modern facility
combined with varieties of seating and study space to meet the needs of
individual and group work.
The Library is open 108 hours per week with additional
hours provided during exam periods. Automated reserve services make available
course-related readings. A program of course-integrated instruction pairs
librarians with instructors to combine information-gathering and evaluating
skills into the curriculum with the goal of making Muhlenberg students
information literate.
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