Wallace Library Collections

Books
Reference Collection
Electronic Resources
Periodicals and Newspapers
Microforms
Videos
Audio Collections
Music Scores
Education Curriculum Collection
Interactive Multimedia
Archives and Special Collections
Faculty in Print
Collection Development Policies
Gift Policy

Books

The main book collection of Wallace Library (Library of Congress classification A to M and P to Z) is located in the Stacks Level. Art books (classification N) are located on the first and second mezzanines of the Atrium and in the Clark Room on the level between the two mezzanines.

To save space, oversize books are shelved in separate stack areas and marked Quarto, Folio and Oversize Folio. Quartos and Folios and Oversize Folios are in the second room of the Underground Stacks, following the main A to M and P to Z section. Oversize art books are on an intermediate level between the two mezzanines of the Atrium.

Also browse the New Books and Faculty in Print as you enter the Library Atrium.

Books are listed in HELIN, Wallace Library's online catalog.

Reference Collection and Other Print Resources

The Reference Collection and Reading Room houses the primarily print collection of up-to-date scholarly resources. These resources include general and subject specific encyclopedias and dictionaries, atlases, directories, statutes, statistics, bibliographies, indexes and abstracts.

As familiar indexes and abstracts (e.g., Art Index, Humanities Index, General Science Index, Social Sciences Index, MLA Bibliography, Psychological Abstracts) migrate to electronic format, superseded print volumes have been relocated to the Stacks level.

Reference resources are listed in HELIN.
However, students are encouraged to ask librarians for guidance in selecting and using both print and Electronic Resources.

Periodicals and Newspapers

Periodicals Wallace Library's collection of approximately 1400 periodical titles was reorganized during the 1998 summer renovation. The Current Periodicals Level (one flight down from the Main Level) houses periodical issues from 1995 to the current year. As you enter this level from the stair tower, most current issues for browsing are on your right, arranged in a single A to Z alphabet by title. Periodical issues for the years 1900 to 1994 are housed in the compact shelving which occupies the first (left hand)range of the Stacks level. These periodicals also are arranged in a single alphabet for all subjects. One exception is for oversize periodicals, which are located in a separate alphabet in aisle 30 B. A frequently used title, Life, is located in this section, so be sure to notice the location designation Oversize Periodical in HELIN. Pre-1900 periodical issues and issues in poor condition have been relocated to a closed storage area, designated in HELIN as Periodical Closed Storage. These issues can be accessed by contacting the Serials Department.
Newspapers Wallace Library subscribes to 33 newspapers. Current issues are housed in an alcove as you enter the Current Periodicals Level from the stair tower. Most newspapers are kept for 3 months before being discarded or replaced by microfilm. All periodicals and newspapers are listed in HELIN, with information on holdings, latest issue received and format (print, microform or electronic). For further information on full text electronic journals, see descriptions of JSTOR and Project Muse, or connect to information about the constantly expanding collections of Electronic Journals.

Microforms

The Microform Room is located on the Current Periodicals Level of the Wallace Library. The largest portion of this collection is retrospective issues of periodical and newspaper subscriptions, comprising approximately 260 titles.

In addition to subscription titles, the Library has a limited number of significant monographs and monographic collections on microfilm and microfiche. Titles of interest include the Virginia Woolf Manuscripts from the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of the New York Public Library; the Gerritsen Collection of Women's History, 1543-1945, comprised of American, British and other English language monographs and periodicals; Schlesinger Library Vertical Files for Women's Studies; Witchcraft in New England; British Trials, 1660-1900.

Titles in the Microform Collection are listed in HELIN.

Audiovisual Materials

Music CDs and cassette tapes represent the growing collections supporting the music curriculum and may be requested at the Circulation Desk for use within the Library. Videos, CDs and tapes are listed in HELIN.

Music Scores

Circulating Music Scores The circulating collection of music scores includes standard early music, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Neo-classical compositions. Twentieth century scores include experimental forms, chance compositions, music in graphic notation and instructions for musique concrete. Also featured are musicals, operas, ethnic music and hymnals. The Library also is proud to feature compositions by noted 20th century composer and Wheaton professor Pozzi Escot. The circulating music scores are located on the Stacks level opposite the Music Seminar Room. The collection is fully cataloged and listed in HELIN.
Noncirculating Music scores The Library has standing orders for complete works of selected composers, including Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Mozart and Schoenberg. A portion of these works are in Urtext editions. Distinguished historical series also are collected, including Denkmaler, Nagels Musik-Archiv, Recent Researches, Hortus Musicus, Monuments of Renaissance Music, Music Britannica and Early Polish Music. The noncirculating music scores are located in the Music Seminar Room on the Stacks level. The collection is fully cataloged and listed in HELIN.

Education Curriculum Collection

The Education Curriculum Collection is located at the end of the Compact Shelving along the left wall of the first room of the Stacks level.

The collection is comprised of books, textbooks, teaching and curriculum guides, educational kits and other materials designed for use within the classroom.

The Education Curriculum Library is fully cataloged and listed in HELIN.

Interactive Multimedia

Both the Wallace Library and the Kollett Academic Computing Center provide access to interactive multimedia, primarily in compact disc format. Titles available include: Adam, the Inside Story, an exploration of human anatomy; Her Heritage, an introduction to over 1000 influential American women; American Sign Language Dictionary, multilingual and using slow motion and zoom in technology to illustrate hand and finger gestures; Maus, Art Spiegelman's cartoon vision of the Holocaust; Antonin Dvorak Symphony no. 9 in E Minor, the New World Symphony and a recreation of the American journey that inspired the composition.

All interactive multimedia titles are listed in HELIN.

Faculty in Print

The Library maintains a collection of publications by members of the Wheaton College faculty. These titles are on continuous display as you enter the Library Atrium. Second copies of these titles are available in the Stacks and may be checked out by authorized borrowers.

The Wheaton Collection, maintained in the Archives Reading Room, is the most complete representation of publications by past and present faculty, staff and alumnae/i.

Faculty in Print titles are listed in HELIN.

Collection Development Policies

General Collection Development Policy
(last updated 11/02)

Reference Collection Development Policy
(last updated 7/08)

Gift Policy

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