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CTW Consortium
The library resources of Connecticut College, Trinity College, and Wesleyan University are available to eligible users at all three institutions through an automation consortium known as CTW, which went online in 1988. The computerized catalog allows Wesleyan users access to material from any of the three institutions. A delivery service carries books among libraries in the CTW system, allowing Wesleyan users to get items from Trinity and Connecticut Colleges.
Faculty, staff, and registered students with valid Wesleyan
I.D. cards are eligible users.
As an eligible user, you may:
- borrow books from any library in the system, subject to the regulations of each lending
library.
- browse or use materials in any of the libraries.
- request that materials be delivered to Wesleyan for your use.
- request that journal articles be photocopied and delivered to Wesleyan for you.
The CTW online catalog gives access to most of the materials owned by the three schools --
over 2,000,000 books, periodicals, government documents, and non-print materials;
eventually, it will include all library holdings. Some older Wesleyan materials that have not yet been put online can still be found in the main card catalog, located to the right of the Reference Desk in Olin.
Connecticut College is located two miles north of the center of New London. Motorists from the west should turn off Route I-95 at exit 83, before the Gold Star Memorial Bridge and follow Route 32 north for 1 mile. Route 32 leads to the main entrance on the east side of the college.
Located at the center of the campus, the Shain Library offers a collection of 453,000 books and bound periodicals, 2,400 subscriptions to periodicals and other serials and a 287,000-item collection of government documents. The library adds approximately 10,000 volumes to its collection each year.
Reference Department: 860-439-2655
Circulation Department: 860-439-2651
Trinity College is located on Summit Street in Hartford. Motorists from the south should take I-91 North to the junction with I-84 West. Take I-84 West to the Sigourney Street Exit (Exit 47). Turn left at the bottom of the exit ramp and, keeping to the right side of the roadway, proceed straight ahead. After a short distance, merge with Park Terrace. Continue on Park Terrace through the traffic light at Park St., and take the third (diagonal) left past the light, onto Summit St. Go up the hill one black to the stop sign at Zion St. Cross Zion St. diagonally, proceeding up the hill (on Summit St.) to the stop sign at Vernon St. You are now at the northwest corner of the Trinity College campus.
The Trinity College Library contains nearly 900,000 volumes in general and special collections. Serials holdings include more than 2,100 current periodical subscriptions and several dozen newspapers. The library is a selective depository for U.S. government publications and receives approximately 30 percent of the material published by the Government Printing Office.
Reference Department: 860-297-2252
Circulation Department: 860-297-5184
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