The Library provides a combination of print and electronic resources to the College’s students, faculty, and staff. Local holdings include over 200,000 books and multi-media resources, approximately 300 periodicals, and 600,000 units of microforms. These core resources support the curricula of all academic departments at the College and are systematically updated with new acquisitions selected by professional staff and requested by faculty and students.

As a member of the Minuteman Library Network (MLN), the Library’s holdings are supplemented by an online catalog accessing more than 6 million volumes held in the combined collections of 41 regional academic and public libraries. MLN also provides access to several electronic databases, some in full-text. Interlibrary loan requests may be placed electronically, and shuttle delivery moves over 8,000 items to and from the Library annually. A similar volume of materials are electronically requested and accessed from among the 600 consortium member libraries of the New England Library Information Network (NELINET) and the 13,000 member libraries of the national Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).

Then Library offers access to over 50 electronic journal and newspaper databases containing more than 15,000 titles in full-text. These databases are available within the Library, throughout the campus-wide network, and from off campus locations.

Also administered within the Library are the Archives and Special Collections, which include historical materials unique to the College, and the Curriculum Library, which includes reference sources, k-12 textbooks, juvenile fiction and nonfiction, and other resources that support studies in Education.

Off-campus access

You can access the electronic resources by selecting the off-campus button on the top right-hand side of the library homepage (above the picture). If you are faculty, enter campus\your username and enter your password. (username and password = network or blackboard account). For students, enter student\your username and then password.

Once authenticated, you will see the page labeled "Off Campus Resources". Email reference if you experience problems with access.

Reserve Policies (including e-Reserves)
The Library offers a variety of options for faculty who want to provide supplementary and/or required readings for their students. For information on in-house or e-Reserves, please go to the Reserve policies at:
http://www.framingham.edu/wlibrary/borrowing/reserves.htm

Reserve Request Form
To request Reserve materials for your courses, please email Peg Snyder at msnyder@frc.mass.edu.

Due to the extent of work in preparing materials, particularly for e-Reserves, please submit requests two weeks in advance.

Library Workshops and Events
During the academic year, the Library provides, sponsors, or hosts a variety of workshops and events on new electronic resources and topics of interest to faculty, such as plagiarism and grant writing. Every effort will be made to keep all faculty informed. Watch for details in the “announcement” section of the web page.

Grant Writing Resources
The library has created resource guide listing a number of resources on grant writing available online and in print.
http://www.framingham.edu/wlibrary/services/grant.htm

Copyright and the TEACH Act
Faculty wishing to place photocopied materials on Reserve may do so within the limits of fair use and copyright compliance. The Library has an account with Copyright Clearance Center and, before processing materials, Circulation department staff will seek permission, as needed. Please refer to these guidelines for further information:

Fair Use and Copyright Guidelines
http://www.framingham.edu/wlibrary/instruction/copyright.htm

TEACH Act Policy
http://www.framingham.edu/wlibrary/instruction/teach.htm

Support for online and distance education courses
The Library web page serves as a gateway to many services and resources for faculty. Electronic databases, request forms, and links to other services can be accessed at any time from any location. Collaborations between Librarians and Academic Technology and I.T. staff successfully provide online and distance education faculty with electronic access to the library and to librarians available to assist with course assignments and research.
http://its.frc.mass.edu/itn/ezp/offcampus_main.htm

Request for purchase:
http://www.framingham.edu/wlibrary/services/purchases.htm

Request for instruction:
http://www.framingham.edu/wlibrary/instruction/biform.htm

Consortium membership
The Library belongs to a regional consortium, Minuteman Library Network that allows walk-in borrowing at the 35 public and 5 other academic member libraries. However, please be aware that as a faculty member you have a 90 day lending period only at the College and materials borrowed at other Minuteman libraries will have a shorter lending period based on their individual policies. Information about each Minuteman Network Library can be found at:
http://www.mln.lib.ma.us

In addition, all the 29 libraries in the Massachusetts Public Higher Education system belong to a consortium (MCCLPHEI). All but University of Massachusetts Medical School at Worcester allow walk-in reciprocal borrowing. Interlibrary loan requests are free of charge at all participating institutions.  For a complete listing please see:
http://www.MCCLPHEI.org

E-Resources subject guides
Librarians collaborate with faculty in each academic discipline to create electronic resource guides to help their students find subject specific information sources for their research projects. The guides are reviewed and upgraded and can be found on the Library’s web page. See:
http://www.framingham.edu/wlibrary/finding/subject_guides.htm

Electronic Journals
The Library subscribes to a variety of electronic journals, many in full-text. Please access the journals from the following list:
http://www.framingham.edu/wlibrary/finding/ejournals.htm

Citation Management

RefWorks is a web-based citation management service. You can: access RefWorks from any computer with internet access (on and off campus); create a personal database online; import references from multiple databases; organize and manage references; share references; and format bibliographies and manuscripts. For information on how to use RefWorks or access to the log-on page:

http://www.framingham.edu/wlibrary/instruction/RefWorksCentral.htm

Conferences

The database, Papers Invited, consists of detailed information and deadlines about calls for papers for forthcoming conferences and special issues of scholarly journals. These calls for papers are issued by professional bodies, journal editors and other conference organizers in all disciplines and from all over the world.  Off-Campus access