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 2 weeks for delivery (books may come more quickly, especially from in-state).

Discover: Start here for books, articles & more.

• Use "Login for full access" at the top of the screen and enter your Smith login.

Discover Advanced Search includes limiting options.

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 one of the books you're already found, perhaps from your syllabus, and use the subjects assigned to that collection to locate books on the same topic, for example, Mother is Gold, Father is Glass: Gender and Colonialism in a Yoruba Town.

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

The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) acquires, preserves, and circulates newspapers, journals, documents, archives, and other traditional and digital resources, with an emphasis on the humanities and social sciences.  CRL has specific strengths in materials from five “emerging” regions of the world: Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Latin America. 

CRL staff members will provide tailored lists of CRL resources for researchers, including advanced undergradutes, upon request. More information here.  CRL also offers extended loans of materias via interlibrary loan and electronic delivery.

You can also search the Center for Research Libraries Catalog.

See also the CRL Topic Guide: African Studies .