Navigating the Vast Resources of Amherst College Library
Amherst College Library offers a wealth of resources designed to support the academic pursuits of its students, faculty, and staff. From traditional print materials to cutting-edge digital resources and expert research assistance, the library is a central hub for learning and discovery. Amherst students can borrow and use all kinds of items and resources at Amherst, the Five Colleges, and beyond.
Accessing Course Materials and Physical Items
The Library provides access to essential course materials. Students can borrow physical items like books and media from Frost, Music, or Science Libraries for up to 4 hours.
Expert Research Assistance
Research librarians can help you get started with a research project, find books and articles, or organize and cite your sources. Make an appointment with the librarian for your department to kick off your research. We'll talk through what types of sources might be most useful, construct initial search strategies for books and relevant databases, and identify next steps. Need to get started right away?
Interlibrary Loan and Purchasing Requests
Need a book, article, or film we don’t seem to have? You can request that the library borrow or purchase any items you need.
Archives & Special Collections
Visit us on Frost Level A for help with archival or rare book research projects. Archives & Special Collections also keeps copies of all Amherst College student theses.
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Zotero & Citation Management
Zotero is a powerful tool for managing citations and research materials. The library provides unlimited storage to all Zotero users!
Recreational Reading
We partner with Amherst Books to provide recreational reading and popular titles.
Access Beyond Amherst
Amherst College students, faculty, and staff can use the local public libraries and the Boston Public Library. Though you will not have access to our electronic resources once you've graduated, there are many options available to you when you need to do library research. If you are affiliated with a college or university (as faculty, staff, or as a student), you will have access to their library subscriptions like databases, ebooks, etc. You should also check with your local public library. Many public libraries offer access to a large number of electronic collections, though their focus will be on recreational and lifelong learning, instead of just the primarily scholarly information that an academic library usually offers.
Digital Collections Context
The items in the Digital Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library contain materials which represent or depict sensitive topics or were written from perspectives using outdated or biased language. The Library condemns discrimination and hatred on any grounds. As a research library that supports the mission and values of this land grant institution, it is incumbent upon the University Library to preserve, describe, and provide access to materials to accurately document our past, support learning about it, and effect change in the present.
Course Reserves
The Library places digital and print material on reserve for Amherst courses.
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Research Assistant Authorization
Designate a Research Assistant Complete the Research Assistant Authorization form to allow a student or colleague to request and borrow items using your account.
Open Access Initiatives
Open Access Publishing & Sharing Research Data We support several open access programs and initiatives in an effort to make scholarly research as accessible as possible to scholars and students all over the world.
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