The Cordell Room (Cunningham Memorial Library: Floor: Third) Capacity: 12

Description

The Cordell Room

The Special Collections Cordell Room provides access to the Cordell Collection of Dictionaries. Located on the 3rd floor of the Cunningham Memorial Library, interested researchers should contact the appropriate Special Collections personnel to confirm and schedule a research appointment. Please inform us if you will be working in a group so we can provide an appropriate space.

Appointments must be made a minimum of 24 business hours (Monday-Friday, 8-4) in advance. Please indicate in the NOTE section if this appointment is for a group.

The Cordell Room Policies & Procedures

• If you wish to look at a book, please indicate the collection, call number, and book title and author. If there is no call number, just indicate the collection, book title, and author.

  • Don’t know how to find the call number or collection name? Check out this guide: https://libguides.indstate.edu/specialcollections/Locating

• If you wish to look at non-book material, please write down the name of the collection and the box number(s) you wish for us to pull. There is a limit of 5 boxes per individual per appointment.

  • Don’t know how to find the collection name or box number? Check out this guide: https://libguides.indstate.edu/universityarchives

• Alternatively, you can arrange a time to meet with a staff member if you have questions about how to search, where to find certain material, etc.- simply comment in the NOTE  section that the appointment is for consultation and any additional information you can provide (rough subject idea, class, etc.) Please know that you may need to make a future appointment to view materials after a consultation appointment as a lot of our material is located off-site.

• If we already pulled material for you and you arranged to have us keep it out, simply make an appointment and comment in the NOTE  section that you wish to view the material already pulled for you.