Faculty may bring classes for instruction in the use of resources in Special Collections. Department staff will prepare bibliographies and mount exhibits from the collections on request. A large collection of manuscript leaves from the ninth to the fifteenth century provides outstanding paleographic specimens. Located on the 4th Floor East, the collection contains phonograph records, compact discs, audio cassettes, and opera videos. Rooms and headphones are available for listening in the Library.
Recordings circulate for one week.
Reserve items cannot be taken out of the Library. Hours of Record Sound Dissertations Second Floor Rooms 210-202 MU Libraries acquire a bound copy and a microfilm copy of each MU thesis or dissertation. Approximately one year is required for processing these materials before they are available in the Libraries. Dissertations and theses cataloged since 1988 may be searched by subject. For assistance, consult the reference desk.