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How do I find books in Special Collections?
Our cataloged materials is located in the Fusion catalog. This link will take you to the Advanced Keyword search.
If you go to Fusion on the library main site you can go to advanced and select ISU- Special Collections. This means you will only get results within Special Collections. To narrow your search you may select a material type, such as printed material, archival material, or manuscript.
When you see results- look at the green AVAILABLE note. Next to it- it will tell you it is in Special Collections then it will tell you the name of the collection (you will need that info). Underneath is a series of letter and numbers. That is the call number. You will also need that. When requesting a book from Special Collections to read in the Reading Room ( you cannot check out items in Special Collections)- you will need title, author, call number and collection. Make sure to write down your collection information and format type, such as "oversize" and "Indiana Collection," so that we might locate the correct item for you.
The Archives Searchable Database is where all the University Archive’s finding aids are located, as well as some inventories for Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Finding Aids
To search the University Archives collection finding aids-click on the link for the Archives Searchable Collections, and then select Advanced Search.
If you selected Archives Searchable Collections, Indiana State University Archives should be the only selected Collection.
Under the Enter Search Term- type in “Inventory” to a search field, then “add row” and type in the term you want to search. Then select “Search”. You can also add date parameters in the search function as well.
Rare Books and Manuscripts Material can be found in the catalog, in the Archival Searchable Database, and in various databases and lists
The Permanent Art Collection contains two databases.
New PAC Database- Partially Catalogued searchable database with images. Updated and new entries regularly
PAC Complete Text Database- PAC database- search or scroll through a text based inventory of catalogued artwork.
Please contact the Permanent Art Curator to see any of this material .