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Materials in Massachusetts Libraries

• C/W MARS: Central/Western Massachusetts Area Resource Sharing - includes many libraries from Central and Western Massachusetts. 

• Cooperating Libraries of Greater Springfield allow HCC students to borrow materials (with your library card). View their list of member libraries. Most of these libraries are part of CWMARS, however, these library catalogs are not:

  • Bay Path College

  • Springfield College

  • Western New England College (which includes the Western New England College School of Law Library)

  • Westfield State College

• Five College Catalog (Univ. of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Hampshire, Mt. Holyoke and Smith) Note: state residents can borrow materials from UMass.

• Massachusetts Virtual Catalog allows you to find books and other materials in multiple Massachusetts library catalogs with a single search and request items. Search the C/W MARS catalog before you search this catalog.

• MassCat is a library catalog of holdings from school, medical, law, special and a few public libraries.

• MCCLPHEI: The Libraries of 29 Massachusetts public colleges and universities

• MLIN: Massachusetts Library and Information Network