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Databases A-Z

A comprehensive listing of the Library's subscription databases. Databases allow users to efficiently search a variety of resources in a single interface. They can be general or subject specific.

Research Guides

General, subject, and course-specific guides provide an overview of resources and research strategies.

Recommended New Books Fall 2025

ISBN: 9780063204164
Title: Remarkably Bright Creatures
Author: Shelby Van Pelt
ISBN: 9781538757406
Title: You Didn't Hear This from Me: (Mostly) True Notes on Gossip
Author: Kelsey McKinney
ISBN: 9781250341082
Title: The River Has Roots
Author: Amal El-Mohtar
ISBN: 9781509568413
Title: Freud's Beasty Boys: Sex, Violence and Masculinity
Author: Oxana Timofeeva
ISBN: 9780374601652
Title: Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir
Author: Tessa Hulls
ISBN: 9780593536131
Title: The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Author: Amy Tan
ISBN: 9780593137901
Title: The family dynamic : a journey into the mystery of sibling success
Author: Susan Dominus
ISBN: 9783791380353
Title: David Hockney : a graphic novel
Author: Foggia, Monica, author. Gastaldi, Giovanni, author. Pagani, Balthazar, 1975- editor.
ISBN: 9781623716363
Title: Genocide bad : notes on Palestine, Jewish history, and collective liberation
Author: Kern, Sim, 1986- author.
ISBN: 9781567928235
Title: Alive : our bodies and the richness and brevity of existence
Author: Weston, Gabriel, author.
ISBN: 9780593850633
ISBN: 9781668023488
Title: Abundance
Author: Klein, Ezra, 1984- author. Thompson, Derek, 1986- author.

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Interlibrary Loan Update

Recently, the Library implemented a new interlibrary loan system, Rapido. This next-generation system allows for the efficient exchange of resources from throughout the world. With over 500 member libraries, Rapido has an impressive fulfillment rate of 95% and an average turnaround time of 11.2 hours for electronic articles and book chapter requests!!! Additionally, physical resources not available via MeLCat may be available through Rapido.

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