The Digital National Security Archive contains 39 collections consisting of over 100,000 meticulously indexed declassified government documents, covering critical world events and U.S. policy decisions from post-World War II to the present.

AccessScience® reference material covers all major scientific disciplines with articles drawn from McGraw-Hill encyclopedias, dictionaries, and yearbooks, as well as videos, curriculum materials, and links to primary source documents.

Have questions about a research paper? Not sure where to start finding sources for an upcoming presentation? Diving deep into an independent study, MAP, or senior thesis? Try our chat feature, send an email, or give a library lab a try.

Digital Grinnell is a locally hosted open access repository for scholarly work and archival materials. Whether you want to know more about College history, local Iowa history, or the scholarship of faculty and students, you can get started in Digital Grinnell.

Please join the Grinnell College Libraries to celebrate Banned Books Week, Sept. 26–Oct. 2, 2021, by checking out our selected collection of banned/challenged books, recordings, and films on the book display near the Peer Mentoring Study Space on first floor.

The Grinnell College Libraries are preparing for some exciting changes in the Media Room (located in Burling basement) and have completed the first stage. The media collection is now on compact shelving, giving us a lot of extra room!

The Access World News Research Collection provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.

Book Fool: Reading a Bibliophile’s Library is installed now in the Burling Library Gallery in Burling basement. Featuring the Salisbury House Library Collection from Grinnell Special Collections, explore some rare material from the stacks

New to the Burling Library first floor is the Magic Box, a digital display case to feature rotating items from the Salisbury House Library Collection and Grinnell College Special Collections. Through the digital display, you can explore further into the item on display, the collection, and digital projects.

Project Muse® provides Grinnell students, faculty, and staff access to full-text scholarly journals and books in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and more.