Welcome to Madison College and the excitement, tension, fun, and challenges of a new semester. The Madison College librarians and staff look forward to meeting you and helping you succeed in your classes.

The Madison College libraries are a great place to study, work online, and get help.  We’ve got comfortable tables and chairs, computers, printers, books, magazines, and DVDs. Some of our libraries have quiet rooms, group study rooms, presentation rooms, and media rooms. Every library has a circulation/help desk and friendly librarians ready to answer your questions. 

But, we’re not only physical spaces, we’re virtual as well. We’re tweeting, skyping, emailing and blogging. We’re facebook-ing, online chatting, and video streaming. We’ve even created a library page for your mobile device. Our webpage (http://library.madisoncollege.edu/) features an interactive avatar, rss feeds and a link to our Facebook page. We’re using every technology we have at our disposal to make sure that when you need a resource or help with an assignment, you can turn to your Madison College libraries and your Madison College librarians.

We’ve created 80-plus online research guides providing resources and links on dozens of topics including art, sports, math, health, fashion, automotive, marketing, English, social networks and citation help.

If our college has courses on a subject, we’re providing resources on that subject. We provide access to over 30 commercial databases that include academic journals, popular magazines, reference books and local, national, and international newspapers. All of these services are available online and are free to students.

Our Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) features information about our traditional print collections housed at our seven libraries (Truax, Downtown, West, Fort Atkinson, Portage, Reedsburg and Watertown.) But, the OPAC includes more than just print resources. We have an extensive electronic book or E-book collection and streaming video collection (Films on Demand) within our catalog. You just need to click on the link to read or view the entire book or film online. Again, those services are free to students.

Look for this column in future issues of the Clarion, each one written by a Madison College librarian. Get to know us and your libraries, both in person and online. Discover why over 63,000 students visit the libraries each month. It’s the place to be!