WorldCat - Use WorldCat to expand your search for books, theses, etc. beyond the Five College area.

Use the SC Links button within WorldCat to access and populate the interlibrary loan forms.  Watch for items that are owned by only one library; such unique material is often not obtainable via interlibrary loan.

Use Interlibrary Loan to request books not owned in the Five Colleges. Please allow at least 2 weeks for delivery; some books may come more quickly, especially from in-state.

Five College Library Catalog

Note that subject searching isn't always straightforward. Try a KEYWORDS ANYWHERE search to find a few relevant titles, for example: persecution and jew* and (medieval or middle ages) . Then click on the subject headings on those records to conduct a more comprehensive subject search.

Or, look up a book from your syllabus, then click on the subject headings to find similar titles.

A thorough search of the online catalog requires multiple strategies.  As an example, books on persecution of Jews in the Middle Ages may show up under any of these subjects:

• Catholic church - Relations - Judaism
• Christianity and antisemitism - History
• Christianity and other religions - Judaism
• Church history - Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Crusades - First, 1096-1099 - Jews
• Dissenters, Religious - Europe
• Heresies, Christian - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Jews - Europe - History
• Jews - Europe - Social conditions
• Jews - History - 70-1789
• Jews - Legal status, laws, etc. - Europe
• Judaism - Europe - History.
• Judaism - History - Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789
• Judaism - Relations - Christianity
• Judaism - Relations - Catholic Church
• Persecution - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Requesting an Item - Use the library catalog to request delivery of books not available at Smith.