COVID-19 Update – Summer 2020
Due to COVID19 administrative card access to buildings is 6:00am-6:00pm.
For more information, read about our expanded library services for the summer.
We’ve created a guide to our Anti-racism Digital Resources.
Changes have recently been made to the requesting system. Please request your home library’s copy when available.
The Colby Libraries are closed until further notice.
Check out our Summer ’20 Remote Library Access Guide for remote learning.
To access our online resources you’ll need:
- A Colby account (sign up here)
- To access some online services and resources you’ll need to use Colby’s virtual private network (VPN).
- An inter-library loan (ILL) account. Need an account? Sign up here. NOTE: With libraries across the nation closing ILL has been heavily impacted and materials may be delayed or unavailable.
Ask Us will remain open to allow you to contact librarians via email during normal business hours. You may also reach out to your liaison librarian directly.
The Colby Libraries are closed until further notice, and any changes to hours will be posted here.
Articles, books, audio, video, images and more.
Books and other materials from Colby, Bates and Bowdoin.
Suggest a purchase >Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Middlebury, Wellesley, and Williams
Help with NExpressAcademic and public libraries in Maine
Help with MaineCatTitles (A-Z) of journals to which Colby subscribes with links to their contents.
Off-Campus Access | ILL RequestLists of our electronic databases, with links for access.
Off-Campus AccessRequest a book, chapter, journal article, or thesis that Colby does not own or check the status of your requests.
For assistance contact: illmail@colby.eduEasily search for articles across thousands of sources.
ILL RequestLists of our electronic databases, with links for access.
Off-Campus Access | Contact a research librarian for helpDigital repository of books, and primary resources from around the world. More detailed information and help.
Digital repository of journals, newspapers, theses, archives and government publications from the U.S. and developing regions. For assistance, contact a research librarian.
New database subscriptions under consideration.
Search for course reserves.
Guides to scholarly resources, vetted and organized by subject specialists.
Published materials include rare books and other materials held by Special Collections.
Our major collections of unpublished materials contain correspondence, literary manuscripts and items from the college archives. The list of major collections includes links to finding aids and other content.
Digital Commons contains scholarly and creative collections unique to Colby. Content includes honors theses, student capstone work, faculty scholarship, college archives and special collections and journals.
The Colbiana Photographs collection contains over 10,000 images from Colby's history. Subjects include the downtown Waterville campus, construction and relocation to Mayflower Hill, and views of students and faculty throughout the decades.
Artstor is a digital library of nearly 2 million images from the arts, humanities, and sciences. Colby-related collections in Artstor include the Imago teaching collection, Colbiana Photographs, and images from the Colby College Museum of Art.
