Research Tools

Find Resources

Search across library databases to find books, articles and more. Select "Five Colleges Catalog Only" to limit to books in the Five Colleges.

Connect to library databases by title, subject and type.

Search by title to find journals online.

Find e-reserves in Moodle and print reserves in the library.

Procedures and deadlines for submitting requests for both physical and electronic reserves.

By Subject

Access databases and research guides curated by subject, e.g. Biology, Social Work, etc.

For Classes

Class guide for courses.

For Citing

Guide to help with creating citations.

Smith Digital Collections
Smith College online collections including Special Collections and more.

Special Collections Finding Aids
Records describing the archives and manuscripts found at Smith College.

Smith ScholarWorks
Smith College student and faculty scholarship including theses and honors projects.

Five College Compass Digital Collections
Unique collections from Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith colleges.