How to request library items - COVID protocol
Our collections are not open for general browsing, but we can pull any resources you wish and place them on hold for you to pick up at the main service.
- Get Library HelpThe Transy library has new COVID protocols to ensure safety with regard to items and facility use. We have several ways to provide services and materials. Click to select new service options available to you.
Searching the Catalog
A library’s catalog will give you a listing of all the books, journals, and other resources owned by the library. It will tell you what is available both online and on the shelves. Be sure to note the location, call number and whether or not the item is checked out.
WorldCat Discovery Quick Search Large Widget
Find books NOT on our shelves
Project Gutenburg
Project Gutenberg is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks"
Google Books
Find many books online, full text and/or select chapters. Especially good for texts published before 1914.
Library of Congress Classification: Art
Search tips in a specific discipline:
Find a book related to your topic. Click on the title, then browse the Subjects links included in the record to “find more like this one”. Once you click on a Subjects link, you will be taken to a list of all the items in the catalog that share that subject heading.
Browse LC call numbers: Art
Find books on the library shelves by browsing the Library of Congress call numbers.
