Happy Winter from the Library! We have a few updates to share before the start of Winter Recess.

Aristocat knows how to use Interlibrary Loan. Do you?

Asking a librarian:  Is it trick, or treat?

Any night can be a movie night, no planning required.

Hi, language lovers! Here’s the library’s best advice for finding books, articles and films for summer studies.

You can use library databases only if you’re on campus.

Is that a myth or a fact? Read this post to find out.

Director of Research & Instruction Carrie Macfarlane interviews Michelle McCauley, Professor of Psychology, about collaborating with a librarian to teach a research methods class.

If you’ve recently tried to find books and articles in LibrarySearch, you’ve probably noticed a big difference in the way it looks. We’ve created a Quick Reference guide to help you learn the most essential features.

As winter break approaches, we wanted to alert you to a few deadlines, and some good news!

The Library has hundreds of databases, indexes and catalogs, providing access to millions of articles, books, films, musical recordings and primary sources.  That sounds promising… until it sounds overwhelming. Where should you start your research? We used to recommend Summon, but over the summer, we replaced Summon with LibrarySearch.  

Like its predecessor Summon, LibrarySearch is a great place to begin your research.  That’s because LibrarySearch links you to nearly everything in our collections. And, we think LibrarySearch is even better than Summon at matching results to your search terms.

We’re still straightening out some of the kinks with our new discovery service.  For example, LibrarySearch is linking to materials at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, and it is not linking to many of our online newspapers. So as always, please get in touch with a librarian if you’re not finding what you need.

Next time you’re starting a research project, try LibrarySearch! Look for it at the center of the Library home page, or at go.middlebury.edu/librarysearch.