Services for Faculty
SUPPORT FOR TEACHING
- Course
Reserve Information for Instructor: Ask for copies of required reading, audio
and video for Amherst College courses on Reserve in libraries or online.
- Purchase Request: For Reserve, choose "Reserves" under "Faster Service ".
- Research Education/Library Instruction: Invite a librarian or archivist to introduce your class to library catalogs, specialized databases and indexes, rare and archival materials, sophisticated searching of the World Wide Web, and more. Instruction can take place in the computer-equipped Lane Room on level A of Frost Library, in other sections of the libraries, or in your own classroom. For students with major research projects, librarians also make individual research appointments. Contact Margaret Adams Groesbeck, Head of Public Services, or your library liaison for more information about teaching students to use library resources of all kinds.
- Video and Other Media for Classrooms: The Library maintains an extensive VHS and DVD collection to support courses. Media support for classes is available through Academic Technology Services in Information Technology. Academic Technology Services can arrange for streaming video and audio for your courses. Contact John Kunhardt for more information.
SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH & PUBLICATION
- Library Catalogs :
- Five College Library Catalog: books and journals at Amherst, Smith, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, and UMass/Amherst
- WorldCat: access to thousands of library catalogs from OCLC
- Other Library Catalogs
- Borrowing from the Amherst College Library: Special privileges for faculty.
- Five College Delivery: Order books from other Five-College libraries directly through the catalog.
- Amherst College Depository and Five College Depository: Order material from off-site storage.
- Interlibrary Loans : Journal articles from anywhere beyond Amherst College, loans of books from beyond the Five College area.
- Indexes & Databases by category or A-Z List of Databases
- Citation Linker/Journal Locator: Check if AC owns online or in print.
- Author Charges for Open Access Publishing: The Library supports Amherst College authors from all disciplines who choose open access publishing by subsidizing the author charges for all peer reviewed, open access journals. For details see Statement on Author Charges in Word, or contact Sherre Harrington (sharrington) or x2212 for more information.
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
- Library Liaisons: Every academic department has a librarian to help select materials and keep faculty informed about library news. Each academic department appoints one faculty member to be its library liaison.
- Special Library Funds for New Faculty: The Library sets aside extra funds for new faculty to select material for the collection in their areas of teaching and research. Contact your liaison or Susan Sheridan, Head of Technical Services, for more information.
- Purchase Request: Use this form to suggest new acquisitions for the Library.
LIBRARY HELP
Send comments to Margaret Adams Groesbeck (magroesbeck)