Library

Are you confused as to where to start your research? Start with our subject guides!

Whitehouse Professor Erica Rand explores the worlds of sport and desire in her latest book, “Red Nails, Black Skates: Gender, Cash, and Pleasure on and off the Ice.”

Why does a song become a hit? What mix of timing and competition lands one artist’s work at the top of the charts while another’s barely registers?

The college is required to remind you regularly that it is both against the law and college policy to share copyrighted songs, videos, images, or any other copyrighted materials without the owner’s permission.

The Library website gets a makeover for the start of the 2012-2013 academic year!

Professor Sarah M. Strong’s “Ainu Spirits Singing” is a nuanced study and English translation of Chiri Yukie’s Ainu Shin’yoshu, the first written transcription of Ainu oral narratives by an ethnic Ainu. The Ainu are a people native to northeastern Asia, and stand out for their exceptional oral performance traditions.

Bring your mobile devices and bring your curiosity! Sip coffee, pick up handouts with practical information, and listen to some cutting-edge ideas about e-research during your lunch break!

Bates History Professor John Cole’s “Between the Queen and the Cabby” provides a first-ever English translation of the pamphlet “The Rights of Women”

The Math & Statistics Workshop is now located on the ground floor of Ladd Library.

Almost 40 years ago, EPA’s Documerica project captured thousands of images of environmental problems and everyday life. The US National Archives has digitized more than 15,000 of the photographs from this series and now after four decades of greater environmental awareness and protection, the DOCUMERICA and State of the Environment combined exhibit bridges the past to the present.