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Types of Library Materials

This guide will help you distinguish between different types of library materials, including reference sources, books, and eBooks, trade publications, and scholarly journal articles

Other Library Materials

Olympic College Libraries also collects and provides access to other materials—

Recreation Reading- A small collection of print fiction, graphic fiction and non-fiction titles, and poetry.

DVDs & CDs- Documentaries and feature films as well as sound recordings, primarily jazz and classical music.

Streaming media- Documentaries and feature films intended to support OC curriculum.

In-library loans - items that check-out for just a few hours, includes headphones and laptops, anatomical models, reserve textbooks, scripts, or DVDs.