Libraries
Because Wikipedia looks bad in a bibliography.
William & Mary’s extensive library system is the collective brain of the university. Within its million–plus books and hundreds of thousands of periodicals, journals and electronic databases, you can find the sum total of human knowledge. It’s like the Internet, without all of the made up stuff.
Swem Library was freshly renovated in 2005 and ranked eighth in the category of “Best College Library” by Princeton Review. It is the biggest library on campus, staffed by ridiculously knowledgeable and helpful librarians who will even answer queries by instant message. Find the information you need in Swem’s print and electronic collections. Check out free laptops, iPods and videos, or work with your friends in the Information Commons. Make your own digital masterpiece in the brand new, state-of-the-art Media Center. Take advantage of the latest technology in the Interactive Graphics Lab. Discover the past in the manuscripts and archives of Swem’s Special Collections Research Center.
Swem recently unveiled MultiSearch, an online research tool that allows you to search dozens of popular electronic databases at once. Most allow you to view full-text books, journals and articles, even from the comfort of your room. But you might want to go to Swem anyway. The coffee and blueberry muffin combo at Mews—Swem’s own coffee shop—is worth the trip alone. And Swem is the place on campus to study late into the night.
Each of William & Mary’s nationally ranked graduate and professional schools has its own library with specially trained staff. The Law Library—the oldest in America—is home to the historic Thomas Jefferson Collection, as well as primary and secondary source materials covering the entire breadth of Anglo-American law.
The Mason School of Business Library, which will move to the stunning new Alan B. Miller Hall in Fall 2009, offers the latest online tools like Bloomberg, journals and videos for studying real-world business practices. The William J. Hargis, Jr. Library at VIMS holds the ever-expanding collection of marine science reports, studies, theses and scholarly papers produced by VIMS staff and students And the Education Library is ready to stretch its legs in the new School of Education building, opening in spring 2010.
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