Finding Books at Drury  Tags: books research  

The Drury community is blessed with quick access to most of the world's published book literature. The following resources are the only ones you need.

• Drury University Catalog. It provides access to approximately 130,000 unique titles held by the Olin Library.
• SWAN Catalog. It provides access to the 1.4 million unique titles held jointly by the 10 libraries that make up the SWAN consortium. SWAN books can be requested online for delivery by courier or obtained through a direct visit to a SWAN library using your Drury ID.
• MOBIUS Catalog. It provides access to the 6.5 million unique titles jointly held by 62 academic libraries in Missouri. MOBIUS books can be requested online for delivery by courier or obtained through a direct visit to any MOBIUS library using your Drury ID.
• WorldCat. It provides access to more than 100 million records of books from all over the world. Many can be requested online using the interlibrary loan (ILL) request icon in the record.

• Assemblies of God Theological Seminary
• Baptist Bible College
• Cottey College
• Crowder College
• Drury University
• Forest Institute of Professional Psychology
• Missouri Southern State University
• Missouri State University
• Southwest Baptist University
• Ozarks Technical Community College

Drury students may borrow books directly from any of these libraries with a Drury ID card and return the books to the Drury Circulation desk to be returned via the courier.

Besides the SWAN member libraries, Drury students may also make use of the resources of three other local libraries. 

• Central Bible College
  • Lends books directly to Drury students who present a Drury ID at the Circulation Desk
• Evangel University
  •  Lends books directly to Drury students who present a Drury ID at the Circulation Desk
• Springfield-Greene County Library
  • SGCL will give a library card to any  Drury student who presents them with evidence of a local address, such as an addressed letter.
  • The Carnegie Branch of SGCL is located on Central only a couple of block west of the Drury campus.  Books identified through the SGCL catalog can be requested to be delivered at any branch.
  • SGCL is also a participating partner with MOBIUS.  This means that SGCL books can be identified through the MOBIUS catalog and requested online for delivery to the Drury Circulation desk.