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Category: General Collections News

Read The Chronicle of Higher Education for Free

Posted March 25, 2025

Did you know that the Libraries provides JMU with unlimited access to The Chronicle of Higher Education online? The Chronicle covers academia in the U.S. and publishes online content every weekday.  Our subscription provides unlimited access to The Chronicle’s online […]

Research Guides: Choose a Subject and Start Here

Posted March 11, 2025

Our Research Guides were created by your liaison librarians to help you find relevant resources related to specific subjects or even courses! Watch our How Research Guides Can Help You tutorial to learn more.

Do You Speak Multiple Languages?

Posted March 10, 2025

Happy International Day of Multilingualism (March 27)! At JMU Libraries, we’re happy to offer books, videos, and other resources in a variety of languages. We’re also proud to offer a Library Search tool that can be used in 20 different […]

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New Book Display: All Bodies Are Good Bodies

Posted March 7, 2025

Our newest book display, All Bodies are Good Bodies, is now online and in Rose Library. Whether we realize it or not, we often see messages that there is a singular body type that is healthy, more desirable, more virtuous, […]

New Book Display: Unlearning Ableism Together

Posted March 7, 2025

Our new book display, Unlearning Ableism Together, is now in JMU Libraries Express and online. This display is in honor of JMU’s annual Disability Advocacy Week, presented by the Office of Disability Services (ODS). It features resources selected by ODS […]

11 Easy Ways Faculty Can Make Textbooks More Affordable

Posted February 27, 2025

Textbook costs are a serious issue for many JMU students. According to a Spring 2024 survey, 39% of JMU students chose not to enroll in a class due to the cost of textbooks and 30% of students said they take fewer […]

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New Feature When Searching JMU Libraries Books on Google

Posted February 19, 2025

Good news: When you use Google to search for book titles, you can now see whether JMU Libraries has a copy of the book! Our Metadata Strategies team recently completed a lot of behind-the-scenes work to make this possible.  How […]

Career-Themed Book Display for Students

Posted February 18, 2025

Our newest display in Rose Library is Lost & Found: How to Land Your Dream Job, created by the University Career Center to promote the University Career Fair. We hope you’ll attend the fair on February 18 & 19 and to check out the display for inspiration […]

Need Something We Don’t Have? Try Interlibrary Loan

Posted February 11, 2025

You may be familiar with Interlibrary Loan (ILL) – when you need a book, article, or another resource that’s unavailable or not part of JMU’s collection, you submit an ILL request, and we use a global network of libraries to […]

Centering and Celebrating Black History

Posted January 28, 2025

February is Black History Month, an opportunity to bring intentional focus to the centering and celebrating of Black history. We’ve compiled this list of local Black history resources, books, films, and other avenues to dig deeper into our local and […]