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Books at WMU

Search 1.7 million print, e-books , and more using our new catalog or classic catalog

Books in Local Libraries

(External) Kalamazoo College , (External) Kalamazoo Public Library , (External) KVCC , (External) Portage District Library

Books in Michigan

(External) MeLCat ( (External) what's this )| (External) Michigan State University | (External) UM-Ann Arbor

In the U.S. and Worldwide

• WorldCat - comprehensive worldwide catalog
• (External) Center for Research Libraries - international research and teaching materials
• (External) Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog - includes large catalogs from North America and Europe
• (External) Library of Congress Catalog
• (External) The British Library
• (External) Hathi Trust Digital Library - digitized books and more from over 50 major research libraries

Frequently Asked Questions

• Borrow books
• Renew books online
• Find a book on course reserve
• Locate call numbers on shelves
• Cite books (Writing Style Guides)
• Find book reviews
• Find new books at WMU Libraries
• Request new books

Find best sellers or something to read

• Best sellers are at the Waldo Library circulation desk
• (External) Gnooks (enter a writer's name in Map of Literature and find similar writers)
• (External) Readers Advice (search by author, genre, series or an author's latest book)

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