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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.

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Introduction to Research Skills

View our Introduction to Research Skills guide for tutorials, videos, and other resources that guide you through the steps of the academic research process!

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Managing Sources with Zotero

View our Managing Sources with Zotero guide for instructions, tutorials, videos, and other resources that guide you through how to sign up and use Zotero as a citation management tool.

Setting Up and Using the Libby App

Using Libby

Learn more about how to set up and use your free account with Libby to access our extensive collection of eBooks and audiobooks. 

Using InterLibrary Loan (ILL)

View our Using InterLibrary Loan guide for ways to get the full text articles and books you need, even if if you can't find them in our catalogs or databases!

Smiley Memorial Library Orientation: Learn more about the services and resources offered by Smiley Memorial Library

Smiley Memorial Library Orientation

Learn more about the services and resources offered by the Library! 

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View More Research Guides

Take a look at the Research Guides tab of the website to view our full offerings for subject, course, and topic guides.

Upcoming Events

New Display! Blind Date with a Book

Check out the Library's Blind Date with a Book display! How does it work? We will have a collection of popular fiction books set aside as blind date candidates for you to choose from. The books will be wrapped up in paper and you won't be able to see anything about the book other than its first line, its genre, and a brief description. Choose your blind date, take it to the front desk, check it out, then take it home and unwrap it. The book could be a dud or it could be a diamond in the rough, but you will never know until you give it a shot! 

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New Campus History Display

Check out the Library's new display to learn more about Professor George Smiley and the 1928 opening of Smiley Memorial Library. The display is located in the lobby underneath the portrait of Professor Smiley. 

Smiley Memorial Library

Central Methodist University
411 Central Methodist Square
Fayette, MO 65248

660-248-6271
library@centralmethodist.edu