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ACLS Humanities E-Book - Full Text
Full text e-books in the humanities, from the the American Council of Learned Societies and other learned societies and academic publishers.
AP Images - 1840 to present - Full Text
Current year and 750,000+ back to the 1840s. Also graphics, maps, illustrations, and logos dating back to the 1920s with AP also.
Ebrary - Full Text - Help
A growing collection of electronic books in all subjects.
Google Books - Full Text
Indexes the full text of a growing number of books. For some books complete text is online; for others only a small portion. No printing or downloading.
Index Translationum - 1979 to present
Cumulative bibliography of books translated and published in 100+ UNESCO Member States. Updated quarterly.
Other Libraries & Catalogs
Links to Five College & local library websites, hours pages & catalogs, plus tools to connect with more libraries.
Library Catalogs
English Short Title Catalog - 1473 - 1800
Lists books published in Britain and North America before 1800. For selected full text of items published pre-1700 in Britain, see Early English Books Online; for selected full text of items published pre-1800 in America, see Early American Imprints.
CW MARS
Catalogs for Central and Western Massachusetts public and academic libraries.
Five College Library Catalog - Help
Search all Five College libraries at once, or limit to Smith, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, or UMass/Amherst.
Forbes Library
Catalog for the public library, Northampton, MA
Henry N. Flynt Library
Catalog for Historic Deerfield, MA
LibDex
Link to other libraries' Web-based catalogs, listed by country.
Library of Congress Catalog
LIBWEB
Libweb currently lists over 2400 pages from libraries in over 70 countries.
Ohiolink WebPAC
Catalog of Ohio libraries and table of contents information such as author and chapter title.
WorldCat - all dates
Extensive catalog (OCLC) of books, serials, media, web resources, and more worldwide.
Book Purchases and Reviews
Verzeichnis Lieferbarer Bücher / German Books in Print
Publication and price information for German books, videos, etc.
AcqWeb
Contains publisher and copyright information
Book Review Digest Retrospective - 1905-1982
Excerpts from reviews of adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction.
Book Review Digest [EBSCO] - 1983 to present
Reviews of English-language fiction and nonfiction books from U. S., Canadian, and British periodicals.
Book Suggestion Form
Suggest a purchase for the libraries' collections.
Books in Print - 1979 to present
Information on all books (scholarly, popular, adult, juvenile, reprint, etc.) on all subjects currently published and distributed in the U.S. With out-of-print titles from 1979 to the present.
Educational Media Reviews Online - 1997 to present - Full Text
Reviews of videos, DVDs, and CD-ROMs from major educational and documentary distributors.
GOBI (Staff/Faculty Resource) - password required
YBP approval plan & book order information.
New York Review of Books - 1978 to present - Full Text
Full text articles and reviews from this biweekly newpaper of literary, cultural, and political affairs.
Times Literary Supplement Centenary Archive - 1902-1990. MLIN - Full Text
Over 250,000 reviews, letters, poems and articles from the TLS.
Times Literary Supplement Subscriber Archive - 1994 to present - Full Text
Complete coverage of the TLS from 1994. (New issues added 2 weeks after publication). Request username and password at Reference desk.

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