SSW Students: Request Materials

We can mail Smith (not Five College) books to you at no charge

• Send requests to sswreq@smith.edu
• Do NOT use Request Item in the online catalog
• Note: Books are subject to recall; see below for details.  

If Smith does not own the book, we will usually buy it for the library and mail it to you

• Send purchase requests to sswreq@smith.edu

If Smith does not own the book and we cannot buy it

• We can check for locations near your placement site
• You may also try interlibrary loan at your local public library
• Do NOT request books via interlibrary loan; we cannot mail books from other libraries to you

We will mail Smith theses/dissertations to you at no charge

• Send requests to sswreq@smith.edu

Most SSW master's theses 2007+ are online, as are SSW dissertations 2009+ in Smith ScholarWorks

Smith offers full-text access to many non-Smith dissertations/theses, too

• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global

Note: Books and theses are due on the first day of SSW classes in June -- but are subject to recall at any time

• If you receive a recall notice, mail the item(s) back to Smith immediately (you pay shipping)
• Questions about the recall notice?  Contact sswreq@smith.edu for advice or possible extensions.

To see if an article is available online from Smith

• Use the Check for Full Text button within databases
• Or use Smith’s Publication Finder

If the article isn’t available online from Smith

• Use Interlibrary Loan
• Or access interlibrary loan via the Check for Full Text button or the Publication Finder
• You will get an email when the article is available

If you live in the Northampton area, you may use Interlibrary Loan for both books and articles. If you are out of town, request articles and book chapters only. We cannot mail books from other libraries to you.