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	Invertebrate Library The Section of Invertebrate Zoology houses an extensive library of monographic and periodical literature on non-molluscan invertebrates, especially insects. The library is a satellite of the CMNH LIBRARY, and both are distinct from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh although all three are housed in the same building complex. In 1998 the Invertebrate library, primarily entomological, contained 432 meters of shelved material (184 meters of monographs, 162 meters of periodicals, and 86 meters of separates and reprints). The library has complete or partial holdings of 364 periodical publications in entomology, many from the last century and some no longer published. These figures do not include periodicals and other works that are not primarily entomological (such as serial publications from most major museums) which are maintained in the central CMNH Library on the first floor of the main museum building.		The Lepidoptera research library is among the top five in the New World, including many rare, pre-1900 volumes. Literature coverage for other insect orders is extensive, and the resource is capable of fostering curation and research at a world level in any lineage of terrestrial or freshwater arthropods.Library resources are shelved directly adjacent to corresponding specimen collections and provide unique and immediate access for research, curation, identification, visitor use, and on-the-job training.


	Although library coverage is worldwide, special emphasis is given to maintaining literature on Lepidoptera, Diptera, and Coleoptera, as well as on the Nearctic, Neotropical, and Afrotropical regions. RECENT PUBLICATIONS based in part on specimens from the CMNH arthropod collection indicate the diversity of publication sources, topics, and periodicals housed in the Section Library.		Most library volumes are catalogued and their presence in the Invertebrate Zoology collection may be determined by checking in the ON-LINE CATALOG of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Literature located in the museum or section libraries is indicated by "CMNH-Main" and "CMNH-Invertebrate Zoology" respectively at the end of each search.		The library also contains what may be the most comprehensive collection of systematic literature on the phylum Rotifera found anywhere, based on recent donation of two extensive private collections by John Gallagher and Thomas Nogrady. A current list of ROTIFER LITERATURE in the combined Gallagher-Nogrady collection may be viewed here, and rotifer systematists are encouraged to send additional publications they might notice are missing from that list.