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Checking Out Books

The Hilton Library has Open Stacks which means you can browse the shelves to select books.

Bring books to the Library Help Desk to check them out
Your CIA ID card is your library card
Loan periods for borrowing and renewing books:
- Students - 4 weeks
- Faculty & Staff - 3 months
You can view and renew your borrowed books in Omnivore. Sign In to your account.
If the book you need is not owned by the CIA Library, use Omnivore BookSearch to discover books;
click the button Request Item through Interlibrary Loan and fill out the form. Learn more about ILL.

E-Books

Log in to the eBooks with your CIA username and password, the same as MainMenu and Moodle (not your full email.)

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
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A growing collection of scholarly, reference and professional eBooks in culinary studies and more. Access online--anywhere, anytime.
Firefox Users: In order to view PDF-format ebooks in Firefox, go to Tools Menu > Options > Applications, and scroll down to Portable Document Format (PDF) to select "Use Adobe Acrobat (in Firefox)". You may need to close and reopen your browser for the change to occur.
Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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Access full-text ebooks from a variety of publishers.
Axis360 eBooks & Audiobooks (Baker & Taylor) This link opens in a new window
Fiction and Non-Fiction Audiobooks
Bloomsbury Food Library This link opens in a new window
Bloomsbury Food Library offers cross-searchable access to a broad and expanding range of encyclopedias, references works, e-books, images, and more.
It reflects the interdisciplinary nature of this growing subject, making it an essential resource for students and scholars studying food, on courses as wide-ranging as history, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, human geography, sustainability, agriculture, culinary arts, literary studies, political science, and development studies.
Food Science Reference Module This link opens in a new window
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Encyclopedia entries provide introductions and background information for a wide range of food science topics.
Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window

Audiobooks

Axis360 eBooks & Audiobooks (Baker & Taylor) This link opens in a new window
Fiction and Non-Fiction Audiobooks

Library of Congress Classification

Letter	Subject Area
A	General Works
B	Philosophy, Psychology, and Religion
C	Auxiliary Sciences of History
D	General and Old World History
E	History of America
F	History of the United States and British, Dutch, French, and Latin America
G	Geography, Anthropology, and Recreation
H	Social Sciences
J	Political Science
K	Law
L	Education
M	Music
N	Fine Arts
P	Language and Literature
Q	Science
R	Medicine
S	Agriculture
T	Technology
U	Military Science
V	Naval Science
Z	Bibliography, Library Science, and General Information Resources

From: "Library of Congress Classification." Wikipedia. Wikipedia Foundation. 5 March 2015. Web. 20 April 2015.

Textbooks in Library Reserve Collection

Course Reserves (Textbooks) This link opens in a new window
Search for textbooks and other required readings in the Library Reserve Collection by course name and instructor or browse by course number.

Online Textbooks

Library Book Stacks

The Library's book stacks are organized by the Library of Congress Classification.

The book collection begins on the 4th floor of the library and continues down through the following two floors.

4th floor ___ A- HE

History (incl. food history & customs), psychology, economics.

3rd floor ___ HF- TT

Wines, brewing, food processing, agriculture, science, business, social sciences, arts, literature.

2nd floor ___ TX - Z

Culinary arts, cookbooks, baking and pastry, mixology.