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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.

Spring 2025 Semester Hours

Sunday: 5:00pm - 9:00pm

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

Friday: 7:30am - 5:00pm

Closed Saturday

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.

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Summer Hours

Smiley Memorial Library's summer limited hours will begin on Saturday, May 10. 

Monday-Friday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Saturday-Sunday: Closed

Regular semester hours will resume on Monday, August 18th. 

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Great Big Beautiful Life

Written by Emily Henry | Available as a Libby audiobook

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

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Mavericks

Written by Jenny Draper | Available as an eBook on Libby

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Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder

Written by Bellamy Rose | Available as a Libby audiobook

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What She Left Behind

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

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The Perfect Mother

Written by Aimee Molloy | Available as an eBook from Libby

The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith

The Rose Bargain

Written by Sasha Peyton Smith | Available as an eBook from Libby

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Isola

Written by Allegra Goodman | Available as a Libby eBook

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Long Bright River

Written by Liz Moore | Available as an audiobook from Libby

Did you know?: This instant New York Times Bestseller will soon to be a Peacock limited series starring Amanda Seyfried. 

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Dream State

Written by Eric Puchner | Available in print of as a Libby audiobook

Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of our Deadliest Infection

Everything is Tubreculosis

Written by John Green | Available through Libby as an eBook

All Systems Red by Martha Red

All Systems Red

Written by Martha Wells | Available as an eBook from Libby

Did you know?: This title from Martha Wells's Murderbot Diaries series is being adapted into a television series by Apple TV+. Murderbot, starring Alexander Skarsgård, will be released in May. 

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