Research Guides: Bryn Mawr Alumnae and Alumni Library Resources: Home

Databases (subscribed; available only to alumnae/i)

Click on the links below to access these databases through the Alumnae Association login (Athena's Web). Database access is provided by Bryn Mawr Library & Information Technology Services (LITS). Please note that alumnae/i only have access to the databases listed below.

For help with Athena's Web, please use this form to contact the Alumnae Association.
The library can't help you with Athena's Web problems, but after you've logged in, if you have problems or questions about using these databases, contact library@brynmawr.edu.

JSTOR
Full access to JSTOR journals and books in all fields to which Bryn Mawr subscribes (from the first issue to a few years ago). Don't use Chrome if you have problems accessing articles.

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Alumnae/i JSTOR access does not include current subscriptions. Available book titles may change.
Mango Languages
Self-paced online language courses (currently over 70 available).
Project Muse
Project Muse has full-text permanent access to hundreds of journals and thousands of scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences.

Library borrowing

April 2021 Covid-19 update: libraries and borrowing are not available to alumnae/i during spring 2021 and probably not for at least part of summer 2021 (please check back for updates).

Alumnae/i of both undergraduate and graduate programs can borrow books from the Bryn Mawr libraries for up to one month. See the details of the Alumnae/i borrowing policies here. Alumnae/i borrowing does not include EZ-Borrow or interlibrary loan.

To request borrowing privileges, fill out this form. General questions? Email library@brynmawr.edu. For questions about obtaining privileges, your existing library account, or to request books from Haverford or Swarthmore, please email circulation@brynmawr.edu.

Recommended free library resources (available to anyone)

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
Index providing citations and full-text articles on education from journals and non-journal sources (government agencies, policy organizations, non-profits, international organizations, user submissions, etc.). Provided by the US Dept. of Education.
Google Scholar
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Publications that improve child welfare practice (including journal articles, websites, and online learning tools). Provided by the US Dept. of Health and Human Services.
PubMed
Citations and full-text content on medical and life sciences literature. Provided by the National Library of Medicine.
Hathitrust
Search the full text of millions of digitized library books. Alumnae and alumni may download single pages from books in the public domain (out of copyright), but not the entire book.
Internet Archive
Free books, movies, software, music, websites, TV.
Europeana
Books, art, films, music from European libraries, museums, and archives; links to digitized publications.
American FactFinder
Provided by the US Census Bureau, American FactFinder provides access to data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. The data in American FactFinder come from several censuses and surveys.
Open Library
A project of the Internet Archive: a free digital lending library.
DPLA
Access to digitized material: books, photos, art, film, etc. from American library and museum collections

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