About Our Collections
Middlebury Library provides access to hundreds of thousands of items that advance our mission to connect our community to the universe of information.
We provide a very wide range of materials and resources in many formats to support instruction, research, and to a limited extent, personal interests. The materials we collect are described in our Collections Policy, which also describes how the library identifies material to remove from its collection. A major multiyear project to refine the collection and make room for further development is currently ongoing, in collaboration with the College community.
For materials not in our collections, the library strongly encourages College community members to support our collection development by requesting library purchases. We also work with libraries across the globe to provide interlibrary loan services to all Middlebury faculty, students, and staff.
E-books and Audiobooks
Find our e-books in LibrarySearch. The E-book Guide is a great resource for learning how to find, read, listen, download, or print e-books from our collections. For online popular reading and listening collections, use your Middlebury credentials with the Libby App.
Special Collections
Middlebury Special Collections houses the college’s rare book, manuscript, and archival collections.
Government Documents
The Government Documents Collection contains publications published by various agencies of the United States government from 1832 to the present. Please see our Government Information Research Guide for more information on our collections and accessing government information.
Music
The Davis Family Library music collection includes more than 22,000 CDs—from Mozart to the Shins to Enfoirés to Yo-Yo Ma. We also have a large collection of books about music, instructional methods, scores, DVDs, Blu-Rays, and vinyl records.
Use the Music Guide for help finding music and scores in the library.
Vermont Collection
Middlebury has extensive collections relating to the history, politics, and culture of Vermont. In addition to materials in the lower-level stacks, fragile and historic items are housed in Special Collections.
Digital Collections
The Internet Archive is Middlebury Special Collections’ primary repository for digital content, containing a wide and ever-expanding variety of rare books, newspapers, photographs, maps, and sound recordings. The Middlebury Institutional Repository holds content created by students, faculty, and staff at Middlebury.