German: Books & eBooks

Find books, e-books, videos, scores, and recordings at Oberlin by title, author, subject, keyword, or other options. 

Can't find a book at Oberlin? Find and request materials held at 120 OhioLINK libraries. Requested items are delivered to the circulation desk on the first floor of Mudd Center, typically within 3-5 business days. The OhioLINK catalog describes over 46 million items, including books, periodicals, maps, music scores and audiovisual materials.  

There are two major call number systems used in the libraries: the Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress classification schemes. The first line of a call number, as it appears on a physical item, is a broad subject classification. The subsequent lines are combinations of letters and numbers that organize items into narrower, related categories.

Library of Congress	Dewey Decimal
HB   Alphabetically  ​615  Whole number	573.3  Whole number, followed by decimal
C518  Alphabetically, then decimals (may be followed by another letter)	.W932A  Alphabetically, then decimals
2018  Publication Date, shelves chronologically	e.g., 573.3 W932A shelves before 573.3 W94A

See How to Read Call Numbers from the University of Berkeley Library for more details about LC call numbers.
 

Can't find what you need?  For books, try OhioLINK. For books not available through OhioLINK and for other types of materials, use Interlibrary Loan (ILL).  ILL lets you borrow materials from non-OhioLINK libraries, including print books, scanned journal articles, musical scores, videos, theses/dissertations, and more.