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Category: JMU Libraries News

Read Magazines for Free with Flipster

Posted February 14, 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 […]

Learn New Skills with LinkedIn Learning

Posted February 13, 2024

Have you explored the thousands of videos at your fingertips through JMU’s subscription to LinkedIn Learning? All JMU students, staff, and faculty can watch short videos or even take online courses on topics including infographics, web design, data management, leadership […]

Need Something We Don’t Have? Try Interlibrary Loan

Posted February 12, 2024

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 […]

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

Posted February 8, 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? […]

Faculty: Apply for a Grant to Transition to Open Textbooks & Course Materials

Posted February 2, 2024

Are you concerned about the high cost of course materials for your students? Consider applying for a grant of $4,000 to $50,000 to help reduce the costs of higher education for Virginia students by eliminating the costs of textbooks and […]

Wish You Could Relive a Great JMU Musical Moment?

Posted February 1, 2024

Maybe you can! JMU’s Music Library offers streaming access to almost all major JMU ensemble recordings from 1943 to the present!  We have other music, too! Stop by the Music Library in the basement of the Music Building to browse our physical music collections. […]

JMU Day of Community Conversations Advising Conference: February 28

Posted February 1, 2024

Register by February 20, 2024 to join A Day of Community Conversations Advising Conference to be held on Wednesday, February 28, 2024! All JMU faculty and staff who serve in an advising function are invited to attend this free conference […]

New Aerial Video of Carrier Library Construction Progress

Posted January 30, 2024

This new 46-second video offers birds-eye views of the Carrier Library renovation and expansion at four stages between May 2023 and January 2024. Check out our playlist on YouTube for more videos!

African Books Collective: Thousands of Ebooks Published in Africa 

Posted January 29, 2024

Exciting news for JMU! We can now access the African Books Collective (ABC) collection of about 2,000 scholarly and children’s ebooks published independently in Africa.   What’s in the collection? The ABC has something for everyone, with ebooks on African culture […]