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Book Suggestion Form

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FIVE COLLEGE BOOKS

• To find books in the Five Colleges, search the Five College Library Catalog.
  
• Get Smith books at the designated Smith Library Locations.
  
• Request Five College books through the online catalog by clicking on Request Item in the catalog. Books will be delivered to Neilson Library in about 2 working days. See Five College Delivery Service for more information.
  
• You may also go to the Five College Libraries and check out books in person.

MORE BOOKS

• To search a worldwide database of books, journals, videos, recordings, maps, web resources and more, use WorldCat.
  
• For each title of interest, check Five College holdings by clicking on "Libraries that Own Item".
  
• Request items held locally through the Five College Library Catalog.
  
• Request items not in the Five Colleges through Interlibrary Loan.

OTHER LIBRARY CATALOGS

• Use LIBWEB to search catalogs from other libraries around the world. See Other Library Catalogs for additional sources.
  
• To borrow items of interest, first check the Five College Library Catalog and request items held locally.
  
• Request items not in the Five Colleges through Interlibrary Loan.
  
• To get more help, contact us using one of the options on the left.
  

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