MIDCAT
Search in MIDCAT, the Library catalog, to identify and locate books, documents, videos, and other resources owned by Middlebury. Click on the class letter to see where the call numbers are located in the Stacks. (Guide to Library of Congress Call Numbers)   To search for non-English materials, limit in the advanced search mode or, in keyword, search using a 3-letter symbol from this list of other languages.  (Example: for Afrikaans = langafr)


Click on the NExpress icon button on the results page, to check other libraries' holdings and to place direct requests for works that are already checked out or that aren't found in MIDCAT.  They'll usually arrive within 1-3 days.
WorldCat
Search this union catalog of over 40 million books, documents, reports and media to identify materials in other libraries.  Then request materials via Interlibrary Loan.
Google Book Search
Search the contents of digitized books, which Google has digitized from library collections.  While only sections of works still protected by copyright can be read online, works in the public domain are often available in their entirety. Additional Information.
Early English Books Online
A digital library containing approximately 100,000 titles of the 125,000 listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640) and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and their revised editions, as well as the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661) collection and the Early English Books Tract Supplement. Digital images of each page can be searched or downloaded in PDF format. Major subjects include: English literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, theology, music, fine arts, education, mathematics, and science.
18th Century Collections Online
Searchable full text of an ongoing project, digitizing works in the English Short Title Catalogue, a collection of works published in Great Britain between 1701 - 1800.
Inter-Library Loan

Inter-Library Loan allows students, faculty, and staff to borrow books, journal articles, and other resources not owned by Middlebury, from other libraries worldwide.

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