Library Collections

Musselman Library’s main collection is comprised of over 400,000 physical volumes and over 1,000,000 electronic resources. These materials represent a plurality of voices and scholarship in support of Gettysburg College's liberal arts curriculum.

To search our main collection, visit MUSCAT Plus or explore some of our featured collections below.

Film & Popular Reading Collections

As part of Musselman Library's philosophy to explore creative and intellectual pursuits, the library actively collects leisure reading and viewing materials. These may include literary and genre fiction, popular nonfiction, documentary and feature films, and popular magazines. These items may be available in physical or electronic format, or both.

Film & Popular Reading

The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College

Created in 2012, The Cupola is Gettysburg College’s open access institutional repository, maintained by Musselman Library's Scholarly Communications office. It contains scholarly and creative works produced by faculty, students and other members of the Gettysburg College community.

The Cupola

Special Collections & College Archives

Special Collections collects, houses, and preserves rare books, manuscripts, maps, art works, sound recordings, photographs, and other unique primary source materials which support selected instructional programs. Special Collections is also home to the College Archives and, therefore, acquires, preserves, and makes available records of enduring value which document College activities, functions, decisions, policies and programs.

Special Collections

GettDigital Collections

GettDigital is an online portal to the digital collections created by Special Collections & College Archives, Gettysburg College. These digital images, documents, and artifacts are a sampling of items housed in Special Collections & College Archives, Musselman Library, 4th Floor. Our GettDigital Collections support curricular needs, promote College history, and provide online access to a selection of primary source materials on a variety of digital platforms.

GettDigital

Recommend a Purchase

The library welcomes requests or recommendations for additions to our collection. Please consider the following guidelines when submitting a request to purchase:

  • Purchases must fit within the scope of the library's Collection Development Policy.
  • Recommendations may be forwarded to the relevant Librarian Liaison for review.
  • Receipt of items may vary depending on publisher, format, and availability.

Recommend a Purchase