Welcome to your Library
The Courtright Memorial Library is open to students, faculty, staff, and community members – and we serve over 250,000 people per year. Our users describe us as “a place of community that drives innovation in the ways we learn and is the heart of the campus.”
We are proud members of the OPAL, OhioLINK, and SearchOhio consortia, which allows us to provide our users access to hundreds of electronic databases and millions of books, eBooks, and journals. Our collection includes books, music, juvenile, games, DVDs, streaming videos, and many types of equipment such as laptops, cameras, and bikes. The library also houses the university archive, which includes the history of the University and materials on the United Brethren Church, the institution that founded the University in 1847.
The library’s staff members are available to help you succeed here at Otterbein, by helping you find the information you need. Stop by the Customer Service Desk to ask questions or email your Liaison Librarian directly. You can also get Research Help via chat, email, text, or get social with us through Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
If you need assistance finding your way around the library, take a look at our Welcome LibGuide.
Library News & Events
Spider Plant Cutting Event
It's started to become a tradition - spider plant cutting & plant swap day at the Courtright Memorial Library! Help us tidy up and care for our spider plants by taking some of their cuttings. A little baby spider plant is just what your room needs! Each cutting is free and comes with potting instructions. You're welcome to bring any of your own plants or cuttings to trade in and share as well! We'll make sure they find good homes.…
Service Feature: NexisUni
Nexis Uni is a premier academic research database by LexisNexis designed to streamline scholarly research for university students and faculty. It provides comprehensive, single-point access to more than 17,000 corporate, legal, and news sources, including international news archives, U.S. federal and state court cases, law reviews, and detailed company financial profiles. Featuring an intuitive search interface alongside advanced Boolean command capabilities, it allows researchers across disciplines to easily uncover, organize, and analyze global information for academic and legal projects. To…
National Friends of Libraries Week!
October 18-24th is National Friends of Libraries Week! Help us celebrate our Otterbein FOL chapter through a donation! You can give at https://tinyurl.com/giveFOL, designation "other", and by typing in "Friends of the Library". Your donations go towards benefiting the library, and assist the library and its staff with exhibits, programs, publications, and other appropriate means. You can also become a Friend yourself at https://tinyurl.com/FOLmemberinfo. A huge thank you to our Friends and to our Friends Council members! We couldn't do…
Digital Commons @ Otterbein
The Digital Commons @ Otterbein is an institutional repository of digital materials that includes faculty scholarship, student projects, historical documents, videos, photographs, video, and other information that benefits the university community. It provides persistent and centralized access, with the aim to preserve and provide a long-term home to research and scholarly activities at Otterbein.
Otterbein University Archives
The Otterbein University Archive is our historical repository. It contains the materials that tell the story of the school, including publications, documents, photographs, and historical artifacts. The Archive also contains materials related to the history of the United Brethren Church, which founded Otterbein in 1847, and its successive denominations.
Contact the Library
138 West Main Street.
Westerville, OH 43081
614-823-1215
library@otterbein.edu
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