Welcome Class of 2012
Get Connected to a World of Information!
For over 200 years librarians at Bowdoin College have been helping students just like you with their research and study needs. Link to the library gateway on the left of this page to see how far we've come from the days of quills and ink.
Library tours and welcoming activities will be scheduled in August and September and advertised when you arrive on campus - watch this site for more information. We look forward to seeing you!
What can the Bowdoin Library offer you?
- Ask a Librarian to help you find answers. Chat, IM, as well as phone, in person, and email.
- A nationally distinguished collection exceeding one million volumes.
- Access to other collections -- NExpress-- a consortium of college and university libraries in New England; also MainCat and WorldCat.
- Four branch libraries including the Art, Music, and Science Libraries and the Language Media Center.
- Extensive digital collections-- article databases, periodicals, reference sources, music, images and more.
- Wired and wireless network access in all library locations and laptop and wireless card loans.
- Comfortable individual and group study spaces.
- Access to foreign language television programming in your room, including channels in Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, German, and Italian, plus news reports in 42 different languages.
- Collections of manuscripts, rare published works, and historical records documenting Bowdoin College.