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Borrow eBooks & audiobooks from Libby, the reading app from our library, built by OverDrive

Follow the link above to set up your CMU access to over 30,000+ eBooks and Audiobooks, courtesy of Smiley Memorial Library.

➡️Learn more-- including how to set up your app-- here.

Mission Statement (Adopted 8/22/23):   Smiley Memorial Library seeks to be an essential part of student, faculty, and staff success at Central Methodist University. To support our users’ informational needs, we strive to offer academically relevant resources and services, support information literacy and scholarship, and maintain a welcoming and inclusive space for all our users. Whether on campus or online, we seek to promote research, discovery, and lifelong learning throughout the CMU community.

Spring 2025 Semester Hours

Sunday: 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Monday - Thursday: 7:30am - 9:00pm

Friday: 7:30am - 5:00pm

Closed Saturday

Research Guides

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Fake News & Digital Media Literacy

View our Fake News and Digital Media Literacy guide to learn more about the different forms of misinformation and how to spot them. This guide includes links to many interactive tutorials and videos.

Upcoming Events

Inscape 50 Year Anniversary Celebration, 100 Years of Student Writing. A new Archives and Special Collections exhibit

⚠️New Exhibit ⚠️

Did you know Inscape, the campus literary magazine, is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year? To celebrate this milestone, we have set up digital and physical exhibits filled with items from the Central Methodist University Archives and Special Collections! You can visit the physical display on the second floor of the Library, or check out its digital companion through the Archives and Special Collections' Omeka website: Celebrating 50 Years of Inscape · CMU Archive and Special Collections

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Sunrise on the Reaping

Written by Suzanne Collins | Available in print or as an audiobook or eBook from Libby

Cover of Mavericks by Jenny Draper

Mavericks

Written by Jenny Draper | Available as an eBook on Libby

Cover of Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder

Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder

Written by Bellamy Rose | Available as a Libby audiobook

Cover of What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman

What She Left Behind

Written by Ellen Marie Wiseman | Available in print or as a Libby eBook

Smiley Memorial Library

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