Streaming Film Collection

Hewes Library's subscription to the streaming film database, Academic Video Online, contains several "channels" of interest to the Monmouth College community, for educational and entertainment purposes.

Searchable by keyword (try "holocaust" or "climate change"), this collection of thousands of films includes content from BBC, PBS, Sony and independent filmmakers worldwide. Channels, such as "Black Studies in Video"  and "Filmmakers Library Online" are also browsable collections

Monmouth College faculty, staff and student need no special setup or software — just access the database from the Hewes Library website - find Academic Video Online on the "Databases A-Z" tab.

Sample titles: 
Finding Vivian Maier
Call me by your name 
Silence broken: Korean comfort women

New Exhibits: Qur'an and Bookmaking

Hewes Library has several new exhibits to view on the main floor.

West entrance: 1788 Handwritten Qur'an


This exhibition case will rotate often to showcase materials from the Monmouth College Special Collections & Archives. Currently on display is a handwritten copy of the Qur'an donated to Monmouth College by Reverend Gulian Lansing, who also donated the college's copy of the Conopus Stone.












East entrance: "Books as Art"


Currently on display are handmade books created in Professor Stephanie Baugh's ARTD 231. Examples of accordian, coptic, and stab binding are displayed throughout the two cases. This exhibit will be available throughout the month of January.

Library Closed 12/23-1/1

Hewes Library wishes everyone a restorative winter break!

Renew Library Materials

If you have checked a book out from Hewes Library or an I-Share institution, don't forget to RENEW your materials before the due date.  

To check due dates and renew materials,  simply log in to your library account on the library homepage and select the titles that you would like to renew.

You may request a renewal for ILLiad (interlibrary loan) borrowed materials, although the renewal is at the discretion of the lending library. You'll receive an email with more information after you place your request. 

Questions? Contact the information desk @ 309-457-2190.

Hewes Library winter break hours:
12/16 Monday - 12/20 Friday (8am - 4:30pm)

CLOSED 12/21-1/1

1/2 Thursday - 1/3 Friday (8am - 4:30pm)
1/6 Monday - 1/10 Friday (8am - 4:30pm)
CLOSED Weekends 

1/13 Monday - 1/15 Wednesday (8am - 4:30pm)
Term hours begin 1/16 Thursday (7:30am - midnight)

Winter Break Hours

Hewes Library winter break hours:

December 12 - January 15

Monday - Friday

8am-4:30pm

Closed Weekends

Closed Monday, December 23rd - Wednesday, January 1st

Regular hours resume Thursday, January 16th, the first day of classes.

Image courtesy of Flickr Commons

Wednesday, January 1st

New Recreational Reading

New titles are now available in our Scots Read recreational reading collection.

These titles, and many more, can be found on the main floor of Hewes Library.  Materials circulate for two weeks and may have three renewals - so feel free to take a few home over winter break!

New this month:

Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb	Sam Kean
Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on The Navajo Nation	Michael Powell
Joy of Cooking 2019 Edition: Fully Revised and Updated	Irma S. Rombauer…. et el
After the Flood: A Novel	Kassandra Montag
Dapper Dan Made in Harlem: A Memoir	Daniel R. Day
The Farm	Joanne Ramos
The Girl In the Photograph: The True Story of a Native American Child, Lost and Found in America	Sen. Byron L. Dorgan
Mother Tongue	Julie Mayhew

Chat with a Librarian!

Have a question about APA citation style?  Looking for scholarly sources for your paper?
 #JustAsk a librarian with the chat/text feature on the library's website!

Reach us by clicking on the “Ask a Librarian” graphic (see image below) or texting us at 309-204-9275.

Chat is available during regular Research Desk Hours.

Try it and tell us what you think!  Feedback: reference@monmouthcollege.edu

Finals Hours

It's finals time!Hewes Library Finals Hours

12/02 Monday - 12/06 Friday (7:30 am - Midnight)

12/07 Saturday - 12/08 Sunday (9 am - Midnight)

12/09 Monday - 12/10 Tuesday (7:30 am - Midnight)

12/11 Wednesday (7:30 am - 4:30 pm)

12/12 Thursday - 12/13 Friday (8 am - 4:30 pm)

12/14 Saturday - 12/15 Sunday CLOSED

New Recreational Reading!

New titles are now available in our ScotsRead recreational reading collection.  

These titles, and many more, can be found on the main floor of Hewes Library. Materials circulate for two weeks and may have three renewals. Enjoy!

New this month:

• The Testaments: The Sequel to the Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
• Let Love Have the Last Word by Common
• Unpregnant by Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan
• Unsolved  James Patterson and David Ellis
• Vendetta in Death by J.D. Robb
• Chasing the Moon: The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America into the Space Age by Robert Stone and Alan Andres

Argentine Film Wed 11/20

The final installment of the Latin American and Spanish language film showings features a film from Argentina this Wednesday 11/20!

MOVIE: Clandestine Childhood (2013) by Benjamín Ávila

COUNTRY: Argentina
FEATURED TOPIC: Mental Health + Political Violence
WHEN: November 20th at 7 pm
WHERE: Barnes Electronic Classroom / Hewes Library
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NKG104RmmUSYNOPSIS:
After years of exile, twelve-year-old Juan and his family come back to Argentina under fake identities. Juan’s parents and his uncle Beto are members of the Montoneros Organization, which is fighting against the Military Junta that rules the country. Because of their political activities, they are tracked down relentlessly, and the threat of capture and even death is constant. However, Juan’s daily life is also full of warmth and humor, and he quickly integrates into his new environment. His friends at school and the girl he has a gigantic crush on, Maria, know him as Ernesto-a name he must not forget since his family’s survival is at stake. Juan accepts this and follows all of his parents’ rules until one day he is told that they need to move again immediately, and leave his friends and Maria behind without an explanation.



Free an open to all.

Sponsored by the Monmouth College Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures.