Using the Library as a Faculty Member


Find a Book / Renewing a Book
Find a Film (VHS/DVD) or Music CD 
Find an Article 
Find a Journal 
Use Databases from Off-Campus 
Use WorldCat
Use Interlibrary Loan
Put something on reserve
Request Media Equipment 
Request a Video Broadcast 
Request a Purchase (Book, Journal or DVD)
Contact my Library Liaison 
Get Reference Assistance 
Schedule a Library Instruction Session 
Set-up Blackboard 
Set-up ERes 


Find a book

Use the “Books” tab of our quick search feature on our Library home page or search our online catalog.

Find a film (VHS/DVD) or music CD

Use the “Moves & Music” tab of our quick search feature on our Library home page or search our online catalog.

Find an Article

Use the “Articles” tab of our quick search feature on our Library home page.  Any search word or phrases used in the “Articles” tab will be a title search only. 

For more advanced search features you use CastleCat Plus or directly log on to the subscription databases.

You can choose a database by name or by subject

If you know the title of a specific article that you want, you can use the Citation Linker utility to search for it in our online databases.

Find a journal

Use our journals information portal to find the exact journal that you are looking for- both in the library and in our online databases.  You can search by title or browse by subject.

UsE databases from off-campus

Access to the databases which the Manhattanville College Library subscribes to is restricted to the Manhattanville community.  Click on off-campus access instructions.

UsE WorldCat TO SEARCH OTHER LIBRARIES

Use WorldCat to find out which other area libraries have the item you are looking for.

UsE Inter-Library Loan (ILL)

Use InterLibrary Loan (ILL) as a way to get books and articles that are not owned by the Manhattanville College Library.  The library now has a new and incredibly improved Interlibrary Loan System called ILLiad

With our new system you can place requests, check the status of your requests, renew materials, and communicate with the Interlibrary Loan Office all through the Web. 

Start by clicking here to set up your account.  If you would like to know more about the benefits of using the new system, please look at ILLiad's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and Help pages. 

Put something on reserve

Use our Reserves Request: Hard Copy form to request reserves for books and media/AV materials.  Use our Reserves Request: Electronic  form to request reserves for articles and book chapters.

Request media equipment

Use our Media Equipment Request forms to schedule delivery of media equipment for your class.

Requesting a video broadcast

Use our Video Broadcast Request form to schedule a video or DVD broadcast.

Request a Purchase (book, Journal or DVD)

Use our Request a Purchase form to ask the library to purchase a book, journal or DVD for your class and the general library collection.   

Contacting my Library liaison

Click here for a list of Academic Department Liaisons.

Get reference assistance

To get help with reference assistance click here.

SchedulE a library instruction session

Complete our Library Instruction Request form to request instruction sessions from our Library staff.

Set-up Blackboard

For assistance setting up Blackboard for your class please contact Gale Justin at (914) 323-5459 or justing@mville.edu.  She is holding Blackboard Workshops in the FACTS lab in the basement of the library this fall:  See this link for details.

Set-up ERes

To set-up and use Docutek ERes in your class please review the PowerPoint instructions Docutek ERes Overview in the faculty tutorial.  To initially establish an ERes account please contact Maureen Kindilien at (914) 323-3132 or kindilienm@mville.edu.