Library Collections
The Z. Smith Reynolds Library, with a collection of over 1.7 million volumes, materials expenditures of almost $4 million, and an operating budget of over $7 million, serves over 4,300 undergraduates and 2,200 graduate and professional students.
Media Collection
The Media Collection consists of over 11,000 titles in VHS, Laserdisc, and DVD. Search for a film or browse our new arrivals. All media titles are available for checkout by WFU students, faculty, and staff with a WFU ID card.
Special & Digital Collections
Looking for historical records? For primary source material, church records, university archives, and more, see Special Collections. Interested in digitized materials? For the Dolmen Press, University lectures, and much more, browse our Digital Collections.
Current Periodicals
Current Periodicals, including the last year of scholarly journals or the last 10-15 issues of popular weekly titles, are located on the 4th floor of the Wilson wing. Current Chemistry periodicals are located in the Chemistry Reading Room in Salem Hall. Current Physics journals are located in Olin Hall.
All the current newspapers (state, national, and foreign) are shelved alphabetically in the Newspaper shelf in the Allen Mandelbaum Reading Room. Newspapers are kept for up to two weeks in this shelf.
The back issues of the more important newspapers (state, national, and foreign) are held in the Microtext collection, first in paper and then later in microfilm. Some titles, like the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are now also available online from Proquest Historic Newspapers.
Government Documents
The Government Documents Collection provides access to print and electronic copies of documents produced by the United States government and by the state of North Carolina. The Government Documents Collection is located on the 4th floor in the Reynolds wing.
Microtext
The Microtext Collection includes current newspapers and periodicals, historic newspapers, and a number of research collections. These collections come in a variety of formats including microfilm, microfiche, and microprint. We have a number of reader/printers that can be used with a regular copy card to make copies of all of our materials. The collection is located on the 4th floor.
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Important Links
If you need help finding something, please see our:
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Need a Film?
The majority of the Media Collection comes from academic departmental budgets. If you need a film for a class, you can order it through your library liaison or recommend a film be purchased.
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Note: Periodicals
A small number of popular titles are located in our Popular Magazines cabinet in the Allen Mandelbaum Reading Room.
Bound periodicals are shelved in the main stacks by Library of Congress call number.
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Note: Depository
ZSR has been a selective depository for U.S. documents since 1902 and has been a full microfiche depository of N.C. documents since 1988.
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Other Collections
If you have any questions, please contact Ask a Librarian at 336-758-5475.