What’s an Approval Profile, and Why Does the Library Want to Change Ours?

A brown-bag lunch will be held on May 3 at 12:30 pm, in the Crest Room of the McCullough Student Center, to explore the subject of the library’s approval profile. Douglas Black, the library’s Head of Collections Management, will be presenting, with some sweets and coffee to augment your own lunch. He’ll give some history […]…Continue Reading What’s an Approval Profile, and Why Does the Library Want to Change Ours?

Data-Planet (Trial through Dec. 17, 2015)

Students, faculty, and staff at both Middlebury College and the Middlebury Institute for International Studies at Monterey have free access to Data-Planet for a limited period of time. There are two aspects of Data-Planet: Data-Planet Statistical Datasets provides access to the extensive Data-Planet repository of standardized and structured statistical data. Through a single platform, users can […]…Continue Reading Data-Planet (Trial through Dec. 17, 2015)

Dictionary of American Regional English (Trial ends Nov. 6, 2015)

For a limited time, members of the Middlebury College community can discover the full panoply of American regional words, phrases, and pronunciations with Harvard’s Dictionary of American Regional English, or DARE. The digital edition features audio, interactive maps, and insights into the DARE Survey.Let us know what you think – email eaccess-admin@middlebury.edu or contact your […]…Continue Reading Dictionary of American Regional English (Trial ends Nov. 6, 2015)

Archive of materials from Reconstruction (Trial ends Oct. 27, 2015)

Students, faculty, and staff in the Middlebury College community have free trial access to Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the Enforcement of Federal Law in the South, 1871-1884 This Archives Unbound collection on law and order documents the efforts of district attorneys in states that fought in the Confederacy or were Border States to uphold federal […]…Continue Reading Archive of materials from Reconstruction (Trial ends Oct. 27, 2015)

ForeignPolicy.com (trial ends Oct. 19, 2015)

All members of the Middlebury College community will have full access to Foreign Policy for the next 30 days. In addition to articles published in Foreign Policy magazine, this includes: direct, seamless access to all content on foreignpolicy.com, which is added to many times per day and covers all regions of the world, Advanced search […]…Continue Reading ForeignPolicy.com (trial ends Oct. 19, 2015)

FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals (Trial ends Oct. 31, 2015)

Until the end of October, members of the Middlebury College community have free access to FIAF, an international index of film periodicals. This is a bibliographic resource covering the foremost academic and popular film journals up to the present day. Many of these key titles are available in full text. Let us know what you […]…Continue Reading FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals (Trial ends Oct. 31, 2015)

Oxford Portuguese Dictionary – new to the library

Current students, faculty, and staff members at Middlebury and at Monterey now have access to Oxford’s newest language dictionary – Portuguese! Find thousands of translations from Portuguese into and out of English on the Oxford Dictionaries site, and visit our blog to learn more about Portuguese language and culture….Continue Reading Oxford Portuguese Dictionary – new to the library