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Borrowing from Other Libraries A complete guide to finding and borrowing materials from libraries beyond Williams. :

    NExpress Request books, CDs, and videos from nearby colleges with your Williams barcode.

Delivery Time: 2-4 Days , BLC Catalog (beta) Request books from the Boston Library Consortium with your Williams barcode.

Delivery Time: 3-4 Days , WorldCat Search library catalogs worldwide, and request items using the Request Through Interlibrary Loan link. , ILLiad Request books, microfilm, dissertations, book chapters, etc. that aren't in NExpress or the BLC.

Delivery Time: 5-10 Days
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Not sure where to start? Try: Expanded Academic Index What Is It? Multi-disciplinary index to scholarly academic and general interest periodicals.

Why Use It? Search for articles on a wide variety of subjects. Get a sense of how much has been written on your topic. Gather background information. Good place to start most research projects. , Google Scholar What Is It? Multi-disciplinary index to peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and other scholarly literature. Includes the full-text of publications freely available on the web and citations for materials published by commercial publishers. Includes links to the library's electronic journal collections and FRANCIS. Stronger coverage in the sciences. Results are ranked by Google's determination of relevance.

Why Use It? Get an overview of a topic. Use Google's simple interface and natural language searching to access content in our subscription databases. Find recent or unpublished work that hasn't been indexed in other databases. , Web of Science What Is It? Multi-disciplinary index to academic and general interest journals. Includes Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1956-present) and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present ).

Why Use It? Search for articles on a wide variety of subjects. Get a sense of how much has been written on your topic. Gather background information. Good place to start most research projects. Indexes more scholarly journals than the Expanded Academic Index.
Search Tutorial , or Newspapers and News Resources.

To find a specific article, try the citation linker. Enter as much of the citation as you have to get an article online, in print, or from another library.


To search within journals, use the Articles tab.

E-Journals Title List This list of the online journals that we subscribe to may be more current than the information in FRANCIS. To find both print and online options use the Journal Title Search above.

To find a specific article, try the citation linker. Enter as much of the citation as you have to get an article online, in print, or from another library.


Bring the title and call number to the services desk in Sawyer or Schow to retrieve reserve items.

See also: E-Reserves, Course Guides, or Blackboard

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