Nearby Collections to Explore
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Genesee Valley Historical CollectionSUNY Geneseo Library's local history collection covers the eight counties surrounding the Genesee River in New York State: Allegany, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Steuben, and Wyoming. The collection includes over 5,900 volumes, microfilm, historic maps, atlases, and other formats. Use GLOCAT (Advanced Search) to find materials in this collection, or one of the finding aResource Sharing (IDS) listed elsewhere in this guide.
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Rochester Public Library - Local History & Genealogy DivisionThe largest collection of primary and secondary source materials about the history of Rochester and the Genesee Valley in the region, including genealogical resources. Materials do not circulate; they must be used on site.
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University of Rochester Special CollectionsLocated in Rush Rhees Library, on UR's River Campus, these collections contain many unique treasures and important collections, with a particular focus on the Rochester area. Follow the links to digitized collections.
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Wadsworth LibraryGeneseo's public library, part of the OWWL Library System, offers adult and children's collections, as well as a small collection of local history books. Search Wadsworth's collection, or all member libraries' holdings, via the OWWL catalog.
Genesee Valley Historical Reprints
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Genesee Valley Historical ReprintsThe titles in the Genesee Valley Historical Reprints series are titles from Milne Library’s Genesee Valley Historical Collection, which are scarce and have not yet been digitized. This series preserves these titles of local significance and provides free online access to the full text.
Search for Books & More
There are several ways to submit a request to borrow or access items, including directly from the GLOCAT record by clicking on the "Pick up at Milne," "Get It," or "Request access at Milne Library" buttons.
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GLOCAT (Advanced Search)Search SUNY Geneseo's Library holdings, and holdings of libraries from around the world (including all SUNY libraries), plus hundreds of databases for print and online content. Select "College Archives and Special Collections" to limit your search results to materials found within SUNY Geneseo's archives and special collections.
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WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch) This link opens in a new windowAlthough a GLOCAT search will include the contents of WorldCat (and vice versa), the interface and search features of WorldCat may work better for some research needs.
WorldCat includes records for books, videos, serial publications, articles, recorded books and music, electronic books, sheet music, genealogical references, cultural artifacts, digital objects, Web sites and much more. Contents from SUNY Geneseo's Library and other libraries worldwide in over 470 languages.
Find Digitized Books
GLOCAT and WorldCat will lead you to digital copies of millions of books in both Google Books and Hathi Trust (and other OER sources), but you can search these sites on their own. Some books may be available to read or download in their entirety, others just segments.
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Google Book Search This search tool can pull up some full text books, butt many of the results will just have excerpts and snippets.
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HathiTrust Digital LibraryHathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
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Project GutenbergDigital library that provides free access to a vast collection of public domain ebooks.
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Internet ArchiveNon-profit digital library that preserves and provides free access to a vast collection of digital media, including websites, books, music, movies, and software
Special Collections Librarian
Maureen Weinman
She/Her/Hers
Contact:
Milne Library 110
(585) 245-5676
Subjects: Local and Geneseo History
