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THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.
in a spacious room, in the north wing of the Library Building, com
municating directly with the historical seminary rooms. The White
Library is open only to officers of the University, members of the
seminaries, and others holding cards of admission. The Seminary
Rooms in the contain Library Building the seminary libraries proper,
supplemented collections of works and periodicals by from the general
library deposited in these rooms for use in Seminary
work. Books so
deposited in the seminary rooms are available for the use of students in
the general reading room, except when in actual use in the seminaries.
The books forming the seminary
libraries proper are subject to such
regulations as may be made for each seminary room by the professor in
charge, to whom application for admission to the room must be made.
In several of the scientific and technical departments similar collec
tions of reference books have been formed, access to which may be
obtained upon application to the department concerned.
The Law School Library occupies the third floor of Boardman
Hall. It includes the famous library of the late N. C. Moak, which
was presented to the school, in 1893, by Mrs. Douglas Boardman and
Mrs. George R. Williams, as a memorial of Dean Boardman. This
collection contains all the reports of every State in the Union, all the
Federal reports, all the English reports, the colonial reports, com
plete sets of all the leading legal periodicals, all kept up to date. It
is also rich in sets of leading cases and in specialties, and contains a
large collection of text books, thus offering facilities second to none
in the country.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
The following course is offered for 1899-1900 :
Introductory survey of the historical development of the book,
illustrated by examples of manuscripts and incunabula : explanation
of book sizes and notation ; systems of classification and cataloguing ;
bibliographical aids in the use of the Library. Winter and spring
terms. One hour. M., Mr. Harris.