Using the Library as a Faculty Member


Finding a Book / Renewing a Book
Finding a Film (VHS/DVD) or Music CD 
Finding an Article 
Finding a Journal 
Using Databases from Off-Campus 
Using WorldCat
Using Interlibrary Loan
Putting something on reserve
Requesting Media Equipment 
Requesting a Video Broadcast 
Requesting a Purchase (Book, Journal or DVD)
Contacting my Library Liaison 
Getting Reference Assistance 
Scheduling a Library Instruction Session 
Set-up Blackboard 
Set-up ERes 

Finding a book

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

Finding 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.

Finding 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.

Finding 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.

Using 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.

Using WorldCat 

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

Using 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. 

Putting 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.

Requesting 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.

Requesting 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

For a list of academic department liaisons click here.

Getting reference assistance

To get help with reference assistance click here.

Scheduling 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.

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.