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.

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).

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.

5 College Library Catalog

Note that subject searching isn't always straightforward. 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.

Another strategy is to look up one of your reserve readings, then track through on the subjects listed on the record.  For example, look up Histories of the Aftermath: The Legacies of the Second World War in Europe.

Note the variety of additional subject search ideas on that single record:

• Collective memory -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
• Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Europe
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence
• Memory -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war
• Group identity -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
• Citizenship -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
• Military art and science -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
• Europe -- History -- 1945-

Requesting an Item - Use the Request Item button in the library catalog to request delivery of books from the other Five Colleges.

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).