This guide was developed to provide quick links and help for the 2020 Ford Scholars program. It's a work in progress, so if there's anything that you'd like to see on this page, contact Melanie Maksin (email: mmaksin).

Although the buildings of the Vassar College Libraries are closed, we have many, many online resources, as well as librarians who will be happy to help you with your research needs! Don't hesitate to get in touch with us if you have questions about access to journals and ebooks, primary source collections, or datasets; strategies for conducting database searches; tools for organizing your citations...or anything else that will support you in your research. 

First things first: You'll need to get access to databases, journals, ebooks, and other online materials.

• Connect to Vassar's online resources from off campus
• To get to our databases, use the Databases A-Z list, which will give you proxy links to make off-campus access simple.
• There's even a proxy URL for Google Scholar. Using this link will help you get quick access to articles available through Vassar's online resources.

Check out our research guides to find out which databases, ebook collections, primary source collections, and journals will be relevant to your research in a particular discipline or subject area.

Get in touch with a librarian if you have any questions! You can: 

• Email 
• Set up a Zoom consultation
• Request the purchase of an ebook for your research (email us to discuss)