Category: General Collections News
18 Ways We Can Help Advance Faculty Research
Posted January 5, 2026
JMU faculty, if you’re working on scholarship or research projects this winter, take a moment to explore the ways we can help propel your work forward! More Free Tools to Help with Your Research We Also Support Your Teaching! If […]
Need Something We Don’t Have? Try Interlibrary Loan
Posted January 5, 2026
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 […]
Faculty: 4 Tips for Making Textbooks More Affordable for Your Students
Posted December 17, 2025
Faculty, if it feels too late to find open and affordable materials for your course or create your own for the spring semester, there are other easy ways you can make course materials more affordable for your students! 1. Find out if the library has a copy If we have […]
Students: 10 Tips for Finding Affordable Textbooks
Posted December 17, 2025
Students, if you’re feeling worried about how to pay for textbooks this semester, you’re not alone! JMU Libraries offers several options to help students find affordable textbooks. We’ve created this list to share the ways we can help and additional […]
15 Online Resources We Added to Our Collections in 2025
Posted December 5, 2025
In 2025, JMU Libraries acquired 15 major online resources to our collections to enhance your research, teaching, and learning. These additions span a wide range of subjects and offer financial data, videos, e-books, primary source documents, and much more. Explore […]
6 Ways We Can Help Faculty Prepare for Spring Semester
Posted December 4, 2025
Looking ahead to spring? We’re here to help you start strong. Here are six ways we can help you get ready for next semester: 1. Improve the accessibility of your Canvas courses: We can help you optimize student access to […]
Faculty: Time to Set Up Your Course Reserves
Posted December 1, 2025
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 our Course Reserves Request form to place materials […]
Two New Books on Information Literacy by JMU Librarians
Posted November 20, 2025
At JMU Libraries, we don’t just expand access to information—we also create new knowledge. Our faculty and staff are active scholars whose work spans librarianship, educational technology, archives, and instructional design. Their contributions shape how students learn, how faculty teach, and how libraries lead in a changing world. […]
Resilient Dukes: From Struggle to Strength (Book Display)
Posted November 12, 2025
On display in JMU Libraries Express for the 2025-2026 academic year. Selected by Dr. Josh Bacon. This book display showcases books and stories to help you build the resiliency to thrive at JMU and the tools to conquer whatever comes next. […]
How Many Miles of Books Do We Have?
Posted November 5, 2025
Even as we support our increasingly digital world of information, JMU Libraries maintains an impressive collection of physical materials—over 10 miles of them, to be exact! If you are curious where the 4 miles of books from Carrier Library have […]
