On May 25, 2017, about 2 weeks from now, one of the most iconic films in history will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its initial release. Happy birthday, Star Wars! (Psst: click on the image to find more Star Wars related works in the library’s holdings…)…Continue Reading Happy 40th Birthday, Star Wars!
We are disappointed to share the news that 3 of the remaining 5 libraries are leaving NExpress (go\nexpress\) by summer 2017. This is likely the (hopefully temporary) end of what was a very successful 10-year venture by Middlebury into “do-it-yourself” interlibrary loan (ILL). Middlebury College became a member of the already-thriving NExpress consortium in 2007, joining…Continue Reading RIP NExpress
The Library will be holding a series of Zotero workshops for both faculty and students in late October – two in Davis Family Library and two in Armstrong Library. Sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/4pfIGIZ8a56FzB5b2 Zotero is a free, easy, and powerful citation management tool that can help scholars and researchers collect, organize, and annotate resources as…Continue Reading Zotero Workshops
Do you wish there was an easier way to browse the latest issues from journals in your field? Would you like to be notified when new issues are published?…Continue Reading Use BrowZine to keep up with new journal issues
Sometimes, you don’t need it all. Use the Library Quick Search box at go.middlebury.edu/lib to find exactly what you’re looking for. If you want a DVD, click on the “Videos” tab. For a book, go to “MIDCAT+” (bonus tip: on the MIDCAT results page, it’s now possible to narrow your list to popular books by…Continue Reading Searching For Just Videos, Books, or Articles
If you’re off-campus, clicking on a link for any subscription database linked from library web pages such as our Research Guides, Summon, and the Journals “A-Z” title list will ask you to log-in with your Middlebury username and password (the same credentials you use to get your email). Once you do that, you should be…Continue Reading Searching Library Databases and Getting Research Help from Off-Campus
Summon is an easy-to-use tool that searches the library catalog (MIDCAT) as well as most of the databases and full-text journals subscribed to by the library. However, the large number of results Summon returns can be overwhelming. One way to focus your search is through the Advanced Search screen. Many of the limits found on…Continue Reading Summon Advanced Search