Faculty have already begun responding positively to the newly available ProQuest Digital Collections, highlighting their value for both research and teaching. The ProQuest Digital Collections, which offer discipline-aligned, multiformat content and vast primary sources spanning six centuries, serve researchers and students of all levels. The subscription includes many rare and exclusive resources, encompassing over 160 million primary source items.

One faculty member noted prior extensive use of related collections and welcomed expanded access through the Libraries’ new subscriptions, writing that they had used HistoryVault’s labor union and NAACP records, as well as Black history newspapers, “extensively—both in my own research and in my classes,” and had been preparing to recommend that the library acquire access before learning the collections were already available.

Another faculty member, Rabia Gregory, expressed strong enthusiasm for the new offerings, writing, “This is amazing…. I am super excited to have the Early Modern Collection, which amazingly gets us Early European Books—something I have wanted for a very long time. Thank you!”

Library faculty and staff have also reported receiving “very positive faculty feedback” about the new resources, including collections that replace microfilm access and expand existing digital holdings, as well as entirely new primary source collections now available to the Mizzou community.

You may access the ProQuest Digital Collections databases from the Mizzou Libraries A-Z Databases List. Click here for more information and a complete list of database titles.

The Mizzou Libraries are pleased to announce that our users now have access to the ProQuest Digital Collections, which offers discipline-aligned, multiformat content and vast primary sources spanning six centuries to serve researchers and students of all levels. The subscription includes many rare and exclusive resources, encompassing over 160 million primary source items. With broad, affordable access to scholarly content, the resource supports Anthropology, Entertainment & Popular Culture, Global Studies & International Relations, History, Literature, Performing Arts, Visual Arts & Design, Black Studies, and Women’s Studies.

Todd L. VanPool, chair of the department of anthropology, stated, “Access to the ProQuest One Anthropology Collection…will be very useful for us, including (and perhaps especially) our students. This represents a significant enhancement to our research and teaching capabilities.”

Within this collection, we have access to:

• ProQuest One Anthropology
• Music Online: Classical Scores Library Collection
• ProQuest One Performing Arts
• Music Online: Listening Collection
• ProQuest Global & International Studies Collection
• Early Modern Collection
• Historical Periodicals Collection
• ProQuest History Vault Collection
• U.K. History Collection
• U.S. History Collection
• ProQuest One Black Studies
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Black Newspaper Collection
• ProQuest Gender Studies
• ProQuest One Literature
• ProQuest One Entertainment and Popular Culture
• Screen Studies Collection
• Art, Design, and Architecture Collection
• Fashion Studies Collection

You may access these databases from the Mizzou Libraries A-Z Databases List.

Students, faculty and staff who need a laptop can check one out from a new self-service kiosk in the Ellis Library Bookmark Café. The kiosk offers both MacBooks and PCs with standard Mizzou software, as well as portable battery chargers.

Laptops can be checked out for up to 4 hours with a valid MU ID card or digital ID.

Checking out the laptop requires four easy steps:

1. SELECT
   Choose a Mac, PC or battery pack
2. SWIPE
   Use your valid MU ID
3. GO!
   It’s yours for 4 hours
4. LOG OFF and RETURN
   Don’t forget to log off before you return the laptop to the kiosk.

Laptop Kiosk FAQ