WELCOME

Is your label something that you can access through the Swarthmore College Libraries?

🤔

 

Peel off the sticker and place it on the line.

Textbooks

To learn more, see Course Reserves + Textbooks on the Libraries website.

screenshot course reserves page of library website
library of congress call number areas by subject

Book at Haverford's Library

screenshot of Tripod record for copy of Giovanni's Room at Haverford

You can get books delivered to you from Haverford and Bryn Mawr's libraries.
Login to Tripod, then choose Request Physical Copy. Takes 1-2 days.

If you can't access a book (article, etc.) from the TriCo libraries,
try Borrowing Beyond TriCo.

haverford's tripod logo
swarthmore's tripod logo
bryn mawr's tripod logo

You can get research advice from subject librarians and other library staff.

Andrea Baruzzi

Science, Math, Engineering

Christina Bush

Educational Studies, Black Studies, Psychology

Roberto Vargas

Art & Art History, Classics, Latin American & Latino Studies, Linguistics, Philosophy, Religion,  Spanish, English

Simon Elichko

Economics, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Peace & Conflict Studies, Political Science, Sociology & Anthropology

Liz Waltman

Dance, Music, Theater

Abbie Weil

Modern Languages & Literatures

Amanda Licastro

Digital Scholarship

screenshot of news and magazines guide, linked

Article from the New York Times

The News & Magazines Guide explains how to access NYT, Washington Post, and other news sources through the libraries.

Databases

screenshot of trico libraries database finder

Look at the Database Finder for links to library databases

silence

only when you want it!


 

Open areas for groups

McCabe, Cornell, and Underhill Main Levels

 

Quiet study

McCabe Lower Level, Cornell Lower and Upper Levels


 

Reserve study rooms on the Libraries site

Nintendo Switch

To borrow a VR headset, email Amanda Licastro,
our Digital Scholarship Librarian.
 

McCabe and Cornell have board games you can borrow

students using VR headsets in liblab

Color Printing

You can set up your laptop to print 
(black and white) at the libraries.

Binoculars & Drums

Drums at Underhill Music & Dance Library

Benjamin Franklin's hair

Swarthmore's Special Collections include the
Friends Historical Library, Peace Collection,
College Archives, and Rare Book Room.

Letter from Mohandas Gandhi to Jane Addams, 1932.
Part of the Peace Collection exhibit currently on display in McCabe Atrium

The first bottle of Quaker State Motor Oil

What's next?

 

  • Take a guided tour of McCabe Library

    • Wed, Aug 27 • 3 pm, 4 pm

    • Thu + Fri Aug 28-29 • 1, 2, 3, 4 pm
       

  • 30 Minutes On... workshops

    • Fridays at 12 noon

30 minutes on schedule

Learn about textbooks, tech, and more:

30 Minutes On... workshops

Fridays at 12 noon

 

Before Fall Break, in McCabe Atrium

After Fall Break, in Sharples Commons