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Search the Five College Catalog to find the books you can borrow.

Please use the How to Get Materials You Find page to see what method to use to get the book that you want.
In Discovery Search, use the Library Location on the left to limit to UMass Du Bois Library.
In Five College Catalog, select UM Du Bois Library in the Location field in your search to find what's available at just UMass Amherst.

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Free to use for anyone to find records. Some results, and detailed information such as PDFs and full text links, are available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.

Five College Catalog (Advanced Search)
The combined library catalogs of UMass Amherst, Amherst, Hampshire, Mt. Holyoke and Smith.
How to get materials you find

Can't find what you're looking for in the Five College Catalog? Try Interlibrary Loan!

UMass Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan (also abbreviated ILL) is a free service. We'll borrow books from other libraries for you to use and we'll also find copies of articles that we don't have in our databases and deliver them to you.

For more information, check out the FAQ:

UMass Interlibrary Loan FAQs