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Biographies

Biographies are non-fiction works about a person's life and an autobiography is a person's telling of their own life. These types of works can help us understand creative works, important people or moments in history.

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Databases & Scholarly Articles

Library Databases may contain:

  • scholarly articles
  • newspapers or magazines
  • images or historical documents
  • full-text books

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Scholarly Articles

Scholarly articles:

  • are written, reviewed, and edited by experts,
  • refer to work by other scholars

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Interlibrary Loan

Found or need information (e.g. articles, books, etc.) that we don't have access to? You can get it via Interlibrary Loan Details (ILL).

WTAMU students, faculty, staff, and Friends of Cornette Library (Supporting level and above) can use Interlibrary Loan (ILL) to borrow research materials from the collections of other libraries.

ILL Office hours are Monday-Friday 8AM to 5PM. Contact the Interlibrary Loan department at (806) 651-2406.

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