OSTROW LIBRARY

at AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY

Exciting New Feature at Ostrow Library: OCLC InterLibrary Loan

OCLC ILL is a lending service that connects our library to premier Academic and Public libraries throughout the United States. It is available for the academic research needs of AJU faculty, and AJU students in the undergraduate and graduate programs.

Requesting Items Through OCLC ILL:

Search worldcat.org for a specific item or browse by author, subject, etc.

 

Worldcat.org is accessible on any computer with Internet access at: www.worldcat.org

Take down the details of the item you would like: title, author, publisher, publishing date, ISBN (if available).

Send your request – with all the details about your item - to ILL@ajula.edu  for approval. Or stop by the library and fill out a request form. Make sure to include your name and contact information. You may also call us at 310-440-1238.

Approved items will be mailed directly to the AJU library where students and faculty may pick them up at their convenience.

OCLC ILL is easy to use, and most requests can be filled at no cost to the borrower.

Jack M. and Bel Ostrow Library

The Ostrow Library is designed to meet the needs of the University's faculty and students, as well as scholars conducting research in all fields of Jewish culture and civilization. With approximately 100,000 volumes, the library's collections have grown consistently through endowments, gifts of major private collections and an ongoing acquisition program. Its holdings include:

  • Collections in Bible, business administration, education, Hebrew literature, Israel and Zionism, Bible,  Jewish history and archaeology, the Middle East, philosophy, rabbinics, social science, theology and Yiddish.

  • The Gindi Microfilm Collection.

  • An extensive collection of dissertations published in the United States on Jewish subjects.

  • The Maslan Bible Collection, containing more than 5,000 Bibles from as early as the 16th century.

  • The Milken Liberal Arts Collection, comprised of acquisitions in the arts and humanities.