Freel Library is pleased to announce the addition of the streaming video educational service Films on Demand. Films on Demand offers the MCLA community access to over 8,000 quality documentary films from the BBC, Ken Burns, A&E and other companies, in a wide range of subject areas. These films can be accessed on and off campus (using your MCLA login username and password) 24/7. For more information on accessing and using Films on Demand, click on the logo above.
Funded in part with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
Kindle-Compatible ebooks Now Available Through CWMARS
You can now find over 3,000 ebooks which can be read on a variety of eReader devices, including the Barnes and Noble's Nook, the Sony Reader and the Kindle, in CWMARS' Overdrive Digital Catalog. In addition, you can download MP3 audiobooks. For more information and instructions, click here. To search the digital catalog, click here. Links to Overdrive's digital content can also be found in our online catalog.
!!!More ebrary Books!!!
ebrary has added more than 16,000 new ebooks to our ebrary Academic Complete collection. That means we have over 70,000 digital books which can be accessed through our online catalog or directly through the ebrary web site - see ebrary Books link on the left side of this page. For more information on searching ebrary, see this handout.
The Sprague Log
Preserving a Company Newsletter
As part of an ongoing effort to preserve and provide access to our local heritage, Freel Library is making available over 400 issues of the Sprague Electric Company newsletter, The Log, on our web site. In cooperation with the North Adams Historical Society and the North Adams Public Library and with funding from the Hardman Library Grant, we had each issue microfilmed and then had a digital file of each issue created. Access to the digital files, along with a brief history of Sprague Electric and the Logs, can be found here.
New Books
The Librarian Recommends...
The International Center for Research on Women
The ICRW is a global research institute which makes many of its publications available free. Topics include poverty, education, child labor, health and business.
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ebrary has added more than 16,000 new ebooks to our ebrary Academic Complete collection. That means we have over 70,000 digital books which can be accessed through our online catalog or directly through the ebrary web site - see ebrary Books link on the left side of this page. For more information on searching ebrary, see this handout.
The Sprague Log
Preserving a Company Newsletter
As part of an ongoing effort to preserve and provide access to our local heritage, Freel Library is making available over 400 issues of the Sprague Electric Company newsletter, The Log, on our web site. In cooperation with the North Adams Historical Society and the North Adams Public Library and with funding from the Hardman Library Grant, we had each issue microfilmed and then had a digital file of each issue created. Access to the digital files, along with a brief history of Sprague Electric and the Logs, can be found here.
New Books
The Librarian Recommends...
The International Center for Research on Women
The ICRW is a global research institute which makes many of its publications available free. Topics include poverty, education, child labor, health and business.
