Ornithology Collections in the Libraries at Cornell University:

Overview of Cornell's Ornithology Collections

This guide provides an overview of the extensive ornithological collections in the libraries at Cornell University. Its intent is to offer students, researchers, and scholars sufficient information about the collections to assess the usefulness of those rich resources to their own studies or pursuits. It is not a title-by-title listing of the thousands of ornithology volumes at Cornell. That kind of detailed catalog is provided by national library databases and by the Cornell University Library Online Catalog.

As with many subject collections in a large, old, and diverse research library system, the ornithological holdings at Cornell are housed in several different locations. The collection in each library unit has a different emphasis. Anyone with an interest in ornithology, including those with no formal Cornell affliation, may consult these collections.

The four most important collections, which are described separately in this guide, are:

• The Hill Ornithology Collection, part of the History of Science Collections, located in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections in the Carl A. Kroch Library
• The general and current research collection in ornithology, a major component of the biological sciences materials housed in Albert R. Mann Library
• The reference collection at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at Sapsucker Woods, which serves the lab's staff and public education activities
• Manuscript and archival materials relating to ornithology housed in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections in Kroch Library

These four collections complement and supplement each other. Taken together they cover every aspect of the study of birds, and all continue to grow.

Online guide developed from:

Webpage last revised: 6/10/99 by jfc & clsb.

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