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Category: General Collections News

Faculty: Time to Set Up Your Course Reserves

Posted December 5, 2024

Our Course Reserves service allows you to make it easier for multiple students to access high-demand library materials by limiting checkout times to 4 hours or 4 days. How do I limit checkout times? Please use this form to place materials on Course Reserve, […]

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Read Magazines for Free with Flipster

Posted December 5, 2024

Explore 65 magazines online with Flipster—no subscriptions, physical copies, or recycling needed! Read entire magazines cover to cover, including images, ads, comics, and even crosswords. You can flip through or search for something specific.  To share content with others, you […]

“Virtual Browse” Shows Physical and Digital Books Side by Side

Posted November 22, 2024

If you like browsing books on a physical shelf so you can see titles on a similar topic grouped together, we’d like to draw your attention to a tool in our JMU Library Catalog that might be easy to miss. At […]

More Ebooks at Your Fingertips Thanks to An Open Access Project Supported by JMU Libraries

Posted October 21, 2024

In 2022, the JMU community gained access to over 2,000 ebooks published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s MIT Press when JMU Libraries joined the Direct to Open (D2O) project. Since then, the JMU community has gained access to more […]

Get Scanned Articles and Chapters Delivered to Your Inbox

Posted August 24, 2024

If you thought you needed to be on campus to access physical items in the JMU Libraries collection, we have good news! You can request scanned/digital copies of articles and book chapters to be sent to you via email!  How […]

How to Use JMU Libraries: 2024-25

Posted August 17, 2024

Carrier Library may be closed for renovation and expansion until we can welcome you back in time for Fall semester 2026, but you can still get library services and resources in four locations and online! Learn more below or in […]

Top Tips for Using JMU Libraries This Fall

Posted August 14, 2024

Even though Carrier Library is closed until Fall 2026 for renovation and expansion, you still have access to all the usual library services in four locations and online! Here are our top 4 tips for how to use JMU Libraries […]

Top 3 Tips for Faculty Finalizing Course Readings for Fall

Posted July 24, 2024

Putting the finishing touches on your fall reading lists? Consider our top 3 tips for making readings more accessible and affordable for your students: 1. Look for free and accessible media: As you decide what readings, videos, and other media […]

Read the Washington Post, NYT, WSJ, Chronicle Higher Ed & More

Posted July 9, 2024

Did you know that JMU faculty, staff, and students have online access to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and many other newspapers and magazines? Here are just a few of them: Looking for other news sources from the Libraries? […]

18 Ways We Can Help Advance Faculty Research

Posted June 17, 2024

JMU faculty members, if you are working on scholarship or research projects this summer, take a moment to check out the many resources we offer that can propel your research forward!  More Free Tools to Help with Your Research  We […]