Changes to Library Collections: Changes have been made to our subscriptions and collections in order to address the financial constraints affecting our university. You may not notice a difference because we still have millions of books and online resources for you to discover and use. Or, you may find that some resources you have used in the past are not available for immediate access.
Connect with one of our subject librarians to learn more about which resources are impacted and to address your needs going forward. To learn more, view Frequently Asked Questions about changes to our collections.
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Articles
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Books and media
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Databases
Find a database by name or browse alphabetically.
Journals
Browse for an online journal by title, subject or ISSN using the BrowZine Library.
Reserves, electronic and course-related
Access materials reserved by your instructor for use during your course. Watch our video on how to access e-reserves.
Reserves, textbooks
Find textbooks that are on reserve at one of our library locations.
Subject and course guides
Use guides created by experts at WMU Libraries to help you with your course work or research project.
Textbook alternatives
Find alternative options to textbooks offered through University Libraries.
Videos
Search for DVDs, videotapes and streaming videos. See also streaming video databases available through WMU Libraries.
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Archives and regional history collections
Learn about the history of WMU and southwest Michigan through photographs, letters, oral histories and more.
Digital collections
Browse through historically significant items from photographs and artwork to diaries and manuscripts that have been digitized and made available to you online.
Education collections
Learn about the collections available through Swain Education Library like the curriculum enrichment collection and K-12 student and teacher edition textbook collection.
Government documents collection
Find information from the federal government. University Libraries is a depository for U.S. government publications and for documents from the State of Michigan.
Map collections
Browse more than 190,000 maps and 2,300 atlases as well as gazetteers, soil surveys and climatological publications.
Music and dance collections
Learn about the collections at Maybee Music and Dance Library including books on music and dance, music scores, audio and video recordings and WMU School of Music performances.
ScholarWorks
Discover WMU publications, research and scholarly activities.
Special collections
Explore our special collections from pop-up books to medieval manuscripts. We have more than 41,000 books.
WMU authors collections
Find materials produced by members of the WMU community.
WMU website archives
See select WMU websites archived since 2016.