General Information

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The Jeanette Albiez Davis Library has holdings in excess of 539,000, including 92,839 volumes, 443,590 units of microforms, and 2,397 audiovisual materials. Davis Library subscribes to 319 current periodical titles and maintains a collection of approximately 25,000 federal government documents as a selective U. S. Government Documents Depository. During the regular academic year, Davis Library is open seven days each week for a total of 73 hours each week.

Davis Library is a member of OhioLINK. Through OhioLINK, Rio students have online access to the library collections of virtually every college and university in Ohio. Students are able to request materials from these libraries and receive these materials within a few days. OhioLINK also offers Rio students access to over 90 online research databases as well as its Electronic Journal Center and Digital Media Center. Rio students may visit and use participating OhioLINK academic libraries throughout the State simply by presenting their valid student ID card.

Additionally, as a charter member of the On-Line Computer Library Center (OCLC), an international bibliographical database, and OHIONET, a statewide network of OCLC participating libraries, Davis Library can provide students, faculty, and staff with access to virtually anything they may wish to use for their research through its traditional interlibrary loan service. Davis Library strives to facilitate the retrieval of information, in any form, and provide resources and services in support of the academic programs of the University and Community College.