At our Reference Desk we are available to answer your questions, offer instruction on the use and location of our collections, or show you how to use our electronic resources and online catalog, the Sprague Library Catalog. Please don't hesitate to ask for assistance.

Our collections contain more than 430,000 monographs as well as materials in diverse formats such as microforms, video and audiocassettes, CDs and software. We subscribe to over 3,000 serials (magazines, journals, newspapers, annuals, and yearbooks). We are a depository for United States and New Jersey government publications that are available in print, microform, CD ROM, and online formats. The New Acquisitions List details our most recent acquisitions, by subject, in all formats. At A Glance will provide you with a summary of our holdings and activities for the past year and our Annual Report highlights our activities of the past year.

The number of electronic resources is increasing rapidly. Our electronic databases are available on computers in the Library and on campus computers that are connected to the campus network. The databases range from general academic coverage (EBSCO Academic, InfoTrac) to research (JSTOR) to the specific (Medline, ABI/Inform, and STAT-USA). Through our Home Page we also provide links to Electronic Journals and Internet Resources of interest to students and researchers.

Materials not held in the Library are obtained through Interlibrary Services. We are members of several regional and national consortia that enable us to establish reciprocal borrowing privileges and to share materials through mail, facsimile and Internet transmission, and CD&L, the delivery system for libraries in the state.

If you have questions about our services or resources or have a brief reference question, please send a query to Ask A Librarian and we'll be glad to answer you electronically! If you have Suggestions & Comments, we'd love to hear from you!

If there is any change in our Library hours, it is posted in the Library, available by calling 973-655-4298, or noted on our Home Page (Hours).

Our electronic newsletter, Speaking of Sprague . . ., provides information about new acquisitions and our current activities. And don't miss our exhibits in the Library. There is a new and interesting one each month!

We look forward to being of service to you and hope that you will visit us often, both personally and virtually!

Judith Lin Hunt
Dean of Library Services

973-655-4301
huntjl@mail.montclair.edu