The Library Welcomes New Students
The Amherst College Library combines the best of old and new -- books, journals, and manuscripts as well as music, DVDs, and a wide selection of databases and other resources on the Web. You don't have to know libraries to use the Amherst College Library; staff are always there to help. Get to know the Library and find out what the Library can do for you at Amherst College.
DISCOVER AT THE LIBRARY:
- Help from the experts: Ask Us or come to Reference or make a research appointment or telephone (413)542-2319.
- Lots of study spaces: tables, comfortable chairs, group study rooms, computer stations, and dim or brightly lit corners in which to curl up with a book or a laptop.
- Computers with full office productivity software and more.
- Wireless access to the Amherst College network with your own laptop.
- A strong historical and contemporary collection of books and print journals, over a million volumes, all organized by subject and easy to find in the Library. More books from Five College Libraries.
- A vast array of electronic journals, indexes and databases for finding articles on many subjects, online reference sources, images and more digital sources.
- Rare and unusual books and periodicals, manuscripts, and College history in Archives and Special Collections
- Special branch libraries: the Keefe Science Library, the Vincent Morgan Music Library, and the Olds Mathematics Library.
- Required reading and video for courses: Check the library catalog for books on Reserve in the Library. Logon to your own portal for electronic reserves and video.
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