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51±¾É« students, faculty, and staff have access to the extensive primary source collections of the , an international consortium of university, college, and independent research libraries.

CRL Resources

• 6,500 international newspapers, many dating to the 1700s — the largest collection of circulating newspapers in North America. 
• 4,500 U.S. newspapers, many dating to the colonial era, including 2,000 ethnic titles. 
• foreign journals that are rarely held in U.S. libraries
• more than 800,000 foreign dissertations
• a rapidly growing collection of over 1 million digital resources. 
• area studies — major microform and paper collections from Africa, Latin America, Middle East, Europe, Asia, Southeast Asia, and other world regions. See  and  for more detail.
• CRL , to support teaching and research at member libraries, scanned by request

For a broad overview of CRL’s collections, consult their .

Center materials can be obtained for extended loan periods and at no cost by users affiliated with member libraries. Loans can be made for extended periods and without limitation on the format or amount of material borrowed. Arrangements to borrow CRL materials (particularly microforms) are made through  or one can have materials digitized on demand. In most cases, print or microform items requested from CRL should arrive within one week and items that can be delivered electronically should arrive within one week as well. In some cases, material will be digitally scanned and offered that way.

Contact query@grinnell.edu or your liaison librarian for additional help on using this resource.