Library Services

History 7 - The City in American History

In addition to the print and electronic sources located in Baker/Berry there are also Library Services you should be aware of.

Office Hours

Carson Hall (History Department Lounge)

Monday         10:00 - 11:00 AM

Wednesday   2:00 - 3:00 PM

Baker/Berry Research & Instruction Services ("Reference")

The Baker/Berry Reference area in the Berry Library offers access to several of the electronic titles and printed information listed in this bibliography. The area contains all of the major printed encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries and bibliographies to help you get
started on your research. Most important, this is where you will find Reference Librarians who are here to help you locate the information
you need.
(Please Ask!).

Contact us in person at the Reference desk - Our hours during the term are as follows:

Monday - Friday: 9 AM - 8 PM
Saturday: Noon - 6 PM
Sunday: 1 PM - 8 PM  

                    OR                                                       

Email: Baker Berry Reference
Phone: 646-2704 or 646-0931

Borrow Direct

Borrow Direct provides access to books not in the Dartmouth College collection Ð as well as to books that are currently unavailable from
the Dartmouth collection (checked out, on reserve, in process, missing, on order, or non-circulating).

Borrow Direct provides direct access to the combined Library catalogs of: Brown University • Columbia University • Cornell University
• Princeton University • University of Pennsylvania • Yale University

Search the Dartmouth Library Catalog for a book. If it isn't in the collection or is checked-out you click on the link for Borrow Direct
(from within the Library Catalog) and see if any of the other BD libraries own the item . If they do, and it's available, you click the "Request" button and your request is sent. The lending location is chosen automatically based on availability. When the book arrives you're
notified by e-mail.

Borrow Direct delivers most book requests to Dartmouth within 4 business days.

For Books NOT available through Borrow Direct make requests through "Interlibrary Loan."

Interlibrary Loan

You can request material NOT OWNED by the Dartmouth College Library through the interlibrary loan service. The Library will try and obtain material of any type or format — the lending library chooses to honor our request, or not.

Submit requests: use the ILL Web Page ("Dartmouth Library Interlibrary Loan"), or submit a handwritten form at the ILL office (Berry Library, behind the Reference desk) or at the Reference Desk (Berry Library).

ILL takes a certain amount of time, approximately 7-10 days for microforms, books, or other volumes. Less time for journal articles.

Include a complete citation for the material:

Books: author, title, publisher, date of publication.

Articles: author, article title, journal title, volume no., pages, date of publication.

— it speeds the process at our end and insures the lending library will supply the correct item(s).

Circulation Services

You can verify the "circulation status" of books in the Online Catalog. "AVAILABLE" tells you the book is not checked out.
"DUE 3/29/03" tells you the book is checked out and is due back by this date.

If material is checked out you may recall an item by filling out a request at Circulation.

NOTE: borrowers get to keep material for a minimum of 2 weeks.

If you cannot find a book or journal volume that should be in the library but isn’t on the shelf Circulation can "trace" the material and
attempt to locate it for you.

Storage Library

Older or less frequently used library material may be kept at the Storage Library.

Items at Storage may be recalled for use on campus by simply submitting a "Storage Request" to Circulation OR by submitting an electronic request through the Library Catalog - "Request Selected Item."

The material will usually be delivered by the next day.