Libraries, with their resources, have long been on the forefront of sharing resources via the Internet. Here are just a few local, regional, national and international sources that you might like to try:
UMass Libraries
- UMass Amherst - W.E.B. Du Bois Library
- UMass Boston - Healy Library
- UMass Dartmouth - University Library
- UMass Lowell - University Libraries
- UMass Worcester - The Lamar Soutter Library
e(lectronic) resources can bring you a lot right here at UMass Dartmouth.
UMD Links to Internet Resources for Reference
Regional Libraries and Resources

Search for & borrow
books from academic libraries throughout New England
(including the libraries of the University of Massachusetts).

Search for & borrow
books from Massachusetts public and academic libraries
(including the libraries of the University of Massachusetts).
BLC - Boston Library Consortium
Boston Public Library - Access to BPL Databases
For a limited time anyone (above age 13) who lives, works, or attends school in Massachusetts can gain access to the databases offered by the BPL. This means anyone attending or working at UMass Dartmouth! Find out more!
Consortium of RI Academic & Research Libraries - CRIARL
Massachusetts Library Networks
- CMRLS - Central Massachusetts Regional Library System
- CWMARS - Central Western Mssachusetts Automated Reource Sharing, Inc.
- C.L.A.M.S. - Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing
- MassCat - Five of the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems (Central, Metrowest, Northeast, Southeastern, and Western) have formed MassCat. Search all their catalogs from this site, including some law, hospital and other special libraries.
- MVLC - Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
- MBLN - Metro Boston Library Network (Other catalogs at Boston Public Library)
- MLN - Minute Man Library Network
- NOBLE - North of Boston Library Exchange
- OCLN - Old Colony Library Network
- SAILS - (formerly SEAL and ABLE)
- SEMLS - SouthEastern Massachusetts Library System
MBLC - Massachusetts Board of Library Commisioners - Good for information and access to libraries throughout the state
MCCLPHEI (links to academic libraries statewide) - Massachusetts Conference of Chief Librarians of Public Higher Educational Institutions
SMCL: Southeastern Massachusetts Cooperating Libraries
- Bridgewater State College Library - Clement C. Maxwell Library
- Stonehill College Library - MacPhaidin Library
- Wheaton College Library - Madeleine Clark Wallace Library
- UMass Dartmouth Library - University Library
Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries
The National Library of Medicine
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) - from the Library of Congress
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet - from the Library of Congress
Smithsonian Institution Libraries
U.S. Copyright Office - from the Library of Congress
Libraries and Resources Worldwide
The Berkeley Digital Library LIBWEB - Library WWW Servers from around the World
Libraries Online - via LibrarySpot
Resources for Portuguese Related Information - from the UMass Dartmouth Library
