Lafayette College Library

Borrowing privileges

Lafayette honors students may borrow books over the summer and have semester-long borrowing privileges throughout their honors year. If you are not automatically granted these extended borrowing privileges when checking out a book at the circulation desk, please alert the circulation staff that you are an honors student so that the library can update its system for the duration of your honors status.

Materials purchasing

In most cases, the library is able to purchase materials that you will need ongoing access to for your research (in fact, the library often prefers purchasing a book than filling multiple Interlibrary Loan requests for the same book). You can suggest books for purchase by filling out our online form. If you need ongoing access to expensive or rare materials, please consult a reference librarian.

Research assistance

Lafayette students registered for honors can use this research assistance form to request a consultation session with a librarian. The more information you provide, the better we can prepare for our meeting with you. You can expect us to contact you within a few days of submitting the form. Librarians are happy to meet with you the semester before your thesis year and multiple times throughout the year.

RefWorks

RefWorks is a web-based application that enables you to create a personalized database of bibliographic references and automatically format those references into a bibliography in your preferred citation style. References can be imported from many online databases. Many honors students have found RefWorks invaluable for keeping track of and managing their citations throughout the year. Watch out for postings of occasional RefWorks workshops or contact Rebecca Metzger at metzgerr@lafayette.edu for an individual RefWorks tutorial.

Interviews with past honors students

Read tips from previous honors students about managing a yearlong research project:

Daniel Ricken, Theater, 2012

Chris Murphy, English, 2012

Julie Pollack, Anthropology and Sociology, 2011

Hannah Klein, Economics, 2011

Brittany Maugeri, History, 2010

Jennifer Isherwood, Psychology, 2010

Sarah Kolba, Art, 2010

Christy Fic, Anthropology and Sociology, 2010

Clara Fisher, International Affairs, 2010