General Collection (Stacks): The library’s main circulating collection has scholarly materials for every discipline and in a variety of languages. Located on floors 2A, 1 and 2 and available for checkout.

Reference Collection: Includes materials such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs and handbooks. These items generally include background information on a topic, short synopses of information, tables, graphs and statistics. Located on Floor 3A and not available for checkout.

Juvenile Collection: The library actively collects winners of the Caldecott, Newberry and other children’s literature awards to support Ripon College’s childhood education and development courses. Located in the South Reading Room and available for checkout.

Video Collection: The core of this collection centers around International Films, but other film types are also available. Video material is in either DVD or VHS formats. Located in the South Reading Room and available for checkout. (For films of a more popular nature, please visit the Ripon Public Library.)

Western Americana Collection: The Dale L. Morgan Memorial Collection of Western Americana was donated by Mr. Todd Berens. The circulating part of this collection focuses on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Located in the North Reading Room. A large part of this collection has not yet been added to our Online Catalog and is still non-circulating. You may access this collection through a card catalog, which uses the Dewey Decimal call number system. Topics included in this portion are: the fur trade, mining, the Mormons of Utah, Gold Rush narratives, overland journey narratives, the exploration of the West, the transcontinental railroad, and other related topics. Located in the North Reading Room. Ask at the Circulation Desk for current checkout availability.

Alumni and Faculty Collections: Books and other materials authored by Ripon College alumni and former and current faculty. Located in the North Reading Room and not available for checkout.

Closed Stacks: Rare and fragile editions of books and other documents. Highlights include books related to local and American history. Ask at the circulation desk for access to items from the collection. Items must be used in the library.

Periodical Collection: The library subscribes to a variety of popular and scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers to serve the research needs of the college. Older years are kept in either paper bound periodical form or microform. Bound periodicals and current issues are located on floor 1A. Microform periodicals are located in the reference area of floor 3A. Periodicals are not available for checkout.

Federal Documents Collection: Includes government information in a variety of formats from nearly all federal agencies. Located in the reference area on floor 3A.  Please see a librarian to check out materials.

Wisconsin Documents Collection: Includes government documents on a variety of relevant topics including statistics and environmental issues from Wisconsin agencies. Located in the reference area on floor 3A.  Please see a librarian to check out materials.