WorldCat - Use WorldCat to expand your search for books, theses, etc. beyond the Five College area. Watch for items that are owned by only one library; such unique material is often not obtainable via interlibrary loan.

Use the SC Links button within WorldCat to access and populate the interlibrary loan forms.

Suggest Purchase - If you run across a book that Smith doesn't own and you think we should, use this form to suggest that the library purchase it.

Use Interlibrary Loan to request books not owned in the Five Colleges. Please allow at least two weeks for delivery (books may come more quickly, especially from in-state).

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5 College Library Catalog

Note that subject searching isn't always straigtforward. Try a KEYWORDS ANYWHERE search to find a few relevant titles. Then click on the subject headings on those records to conduct a more comprehensive subject search. Or, look up a book from your syllabus, and use the subjects assigned to that book to locate other titles on the same topic, for example Where and When I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America.

Samples of Subject Begins With searches:

African American women - Political activity
African American women - Social conditions
African Americans - Civil rights
Feminist theory
Feminism - United States - History
Feminists - United States - History
Sexism - United States Women - United States - History - 20th century
Women - United States - Legal status, laws, etc.
Women - United States - Social conditions

Requesting an Item - Use the library catalog to request Five College books not available (or checked out) at Smith.