Guides: Bread Loaf School of English: Home

The library will be upgrading LibrarySearch from June 26th - July 30th. Most library services will remain available. You will be able to check out books, make Interlibrary Loan requests, and access our electronic resources. For full details please read this news post.

Welcome!

This guide will help you find the best library databases, search tools, and reference sources for the Bread Loaf School of English. Please use your Middlebury credentials (username and password) when prompted.

Not Sure Where to Start?

LibrarySearch
Middlebury Library's search engine. It searches nearly everything we own or have access to, including books, articles, films, reference materials, primary sources and more. (go/LibrarySearch/)

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
The major modern language index for literary criticism, linguistics, film and folklore. 1926-current. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted. (Now on the ProQuest platform.)
JSTOR All Collections This link opens in a new window
Middlebury's access includes all 2,800+ academic journals on JSTOR, spanning more than 60 disciplines across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, along with millions of primary sources across four collections (Global Plants, 19th-century British Pamphlets, Struggles for Freedom in southern Africa, and World Heritage Sites: Africa). Shortcuts: go/jstor (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/jstor (off campus).
Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Find up-to-date analysis, biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods, and from around the world.

Requests for Online Library Materials

For "Critical Writing Tutorial" and "Directed Research and Writing" students, or anyone in need of online materials:

Some library materials are already available electronically (e-books, streaming media, online journal articles). They can be found by navigating the left hand side of this page (“Books,” “Articles,” etc.). For library materials that aren’t available electronically, please see options below:

Request e-version of book chapter or article
Please place requests for e-versions of book chapters and articles through this Interlibrary Loan (ILL) form. We can digitize portions of printed books or articles that we already own, and if we don’t own the item, we can request a digital copy from another library. To learn more about ILL services, please visit: go.middlebury.edu/illguide/
Request full-length e-material
If you need access to the entirety of a book, please make a purchase request and we will try to purchase an e-version.

Please note that we are not able to ship print materials to our online borrowers this summer, but will strive to provide electronic access to books, articles, and media items as needed. Please be in touch with any questions about our services!

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