Library



Library

Local Libraries

 

Note: Most libraries welcome visitors. Keep in mind, however, that not all services will be available to you. Call ahead to find out the hours open and any restrictions for visitors. A few libraries charge admission or user fees.

 

Consortia (Libraries in Partnership with Neumann College)

Federal Depositories
 
Delaware County Libraries
Chester County Libraries
Philadelphia Libraries
 
State of Delaware Libraries

State of New Jersey Libraries

 

Consortia (Libraries in Partnership with Neumann College)

 

CHI (Consortium for Health Information & Library Services)
Neumann College faculty can request videos from CHI’s video library by filling out a form available from Interlibrary Loan staff.

 

SEPCHE (Southeastern Pennsylvania Consortium for Higher Education)
Neumann College faculty, staff, and students can borrow items from the libraries of the following area colleges and universities: Arcadia University, Cabrini College, Chestnut Hill College, Gwynedd-Mercy College, Holy Family University, Immaculata University, and Rosemont College.
Just present your College ID at the circulation desk of the library you are visiting and it will be barcoded to allow you to borrow from that library.

 

 

TCLC (Tri-state College Library Cooperative)
Neumann College faculty, staff, and students can borrow items from the libraries of over 40 colleges and universities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.

Ask for a TCLC letter of introduction at the Neumann College circulation desk. Present the letter and your College ID at the circulation desk of the library you are visiting.

 
 

Federal Depositories

 

Locate a federal depository library
There are many depositories in the southeast Pennsylvania area. These libraries can be rich sources of material on government involvment in economics, education, foreign policy, science, social policy, and technology.

Any member of the public can use the government information in any depository library "without impediments." (For more information, see the Access section of theSuperintendent of Documents' Instructions to depository libraries.)

 
 
 

Delaware County Libraries

 

Aston Free Library, part of the Delaware County Library System

 

Cheyney University Library TCLC
Strengths: African American history; ethnic studies; has Schomburg Black History collection on microfilm.

 

Delaware County Community College Library
Catalog

 

Delaware County Historical Society

 

Delaware County Library System
Catalog
Strengths: popular fiction, books on tape.
Residents of Delaware County are eligible to check out items.

 

Haverford College Library
Catalog
Strengths: Quaker history; has New York Times in microform (1857 - present).

 

Penn State Delaware County Library
Catalog

 

Pennsylvania Institute of Technology Library

 

Swarthmore College Libraries
Catalog
Strengths: Quaker history; history of the peace movement; has New York Times on microfilm and online (1857 - present).

 

Villanova University Library TCLC
Strengths: Irish history; history of the book; history of nursing; materials about St. Augustine and about Gregor Mendel.

 

Widener University Libraries TCLC
Strengths: has New York Times on microfilm (1857 - present).

 

 

 

Chester County Libraries

 

Chester County Historical Society

 

Eastern University Library TCLC

 

Immaculata University Library SEPCHE
Strengths: curricular materials; Chicano and Spanish-American literature.

 

Lincoln University Library TCLC

 

Penn State Great Valley Library TCLC

 

West Chester University Library TCLC

 

 

 

Montgomery County Libraries

 

Arcadia University Library SEPCHE

 

Cabrini College Library SEPCHE
Strengths: instructional materials; books on Franklin Roosevelt; material about St. Frances Cabrini.

 

Gwynedd-Mercy College Library SEPCHE
Strengths: Irish history and culture.

 

Rosemont College Library SEPCHE

 

St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Library TCLC
Strengths: theology; Catholic devotional literature; liturgical books; catechisms; holy cards.

 

Ursinus College Library TCLC

 

 

 

Philadelphia Libraries

 

Academy of Natural Sciences Library
Catalog
Strengths: natural history illustration; historic science journals; expedition literature.

 

Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Strengths: architecture and interior design history; history of technology.

 

College of Physicians Library
Main library catalog
Sturgis Collection catalog
Historical Medical Digital Library
Strengths: history of medicine; medical illustration.

 

Drexel University Libraries
Catalog
Strengths: history of women in medicine; history of the book.

 

Free Library of Philadelphia
Catalog
Strengths: Philadelphia history; Pennsylvania-German books; history of children’s books.

 

Historical Society of Pennsylvania, including the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies
Catalog
Manuscripts collection
Strengths: Philadelphia history; Civil War; Pennsylvania women’s history; Pennsylvania ethnic minority history.

 

Holy Family University Library SEPCHE

 

Library Company of Philadelphia
Catalog
Strengths: U.S. history.

 

St. Joseph’s University Library TCLC

 

University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Catalog
Strengths: all academic areas, including anthropology, archeology, Asian Studies, classics, history, history of science, linguistics, literature, Middle Eastern studies, and religion.

 

Wagner Free Institute of Science Library
Catalog
Strengths: history of science education.

 

William Way Community Center Library & Archives
Strengths: lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered history.

 

 

 

State of Delaware Libraries

 

Delaware State University Library TCLC

 

Delaware Technical and Community College Libraries TCLC

 

Goldey-Beacom College Library TCLC

 

Hagley Museum and Library
Catalog
Strengths: history of U.S. business and technology.

 

Historical Society of Delaware Research Library

 

University of Delaware Library
Catalog

 

Wesley College Library TCLC

 

Wilmington College Library TCLC

 

Winterthur Library
Strengths: American arts and crafts.

 

 

 

State of New Jersey Libraries

 

Rider University Library TCLC

 

Rowan University Library TCLC

 

Rutgers University Libraries
Catalog

 

Salem Community College Learning Resources Center TCLC

 

 

 

 


Please feel free to contact the Library at any time by calling 610-558-5545 or via e-mail at library@neumann.edu.

 


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