General Information

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Built in 1963, and expanded and modernized in 2003, the Bonnie Bell Wardman Library offers spaces and tools for research and learning to the Whittier College community.

Wardman Library provides computers with scanning, printing, and photocopying services, plus several large-screen Macs that can be used for audio and video editing and viewing. Group study rooms are also media-enabled.

Currently, the collection totals over 200,000 print volumes, access to 630,000+ electronic serial subscriptions, and over 290,000 eBooks. Circulation, reference, and interlibrary loan services are available to all members of the Whittier College community. 

The Special Collections and Archives curates a wide assortment of historical materials related to the College's history, the history of the City of Whittier, Quakerism and abolition, photographs and autograph letters by John Greenleaf Whittier, papers of and about Jessamyn West, and a large collection of Richard M. Nixon '34 historical materials. 

To find out more about Wardman Library's policies, procedures, services, features, and mission, please review the options to the right.