Welcome to the Joseph P. Healey Library. The Library staff is ready, willing and able to assist you throughout the academic year in accessing the wide range of resources available to you as a UMass Boston student or faculty member. Remember your Healey Library Service guarantee: no question will go unanswered! We will endeavor to obtain all of the scholarly materials you need, in a timely fashion, and free of charge.

The Power of the UMass Boston Research Network

The Healey Library is offering a pilot database of faculty research - do check it out!  Your general search terms will apply across the university; so, for example, searching the term ‘developmental’ brings up 54 articles from different colleges and departments at UMass Boston.

The pilot database links to the COS service, so you can follow this image to learn more about a researcher or colleague. about The Power of the UMass Boston Research Network

Printer upgrades in Healey Library June 24th - 26th

In order to provide quality service for the staff, students, and faculty of UMass Boston, Healey Library and the UMB IT department are working with outside vendors to upgrade the printing and copy services across the UMass  campus. Over the next few days, printers and copiers will be replaced and upgraded. about Printer upgrades in Healey Library June 24th - 26th


Announcements

  • The library will be open on Friday, July 3rd from 7:30am until 5:00pm. about Library Open - Friday, July 3rd

  • Online students may access the UMB electronic library by means of a barcode.

    To obtain a barcode an online student must e-mail library.circulation@umb.edu and provide:  

    • name as appears at registration
    • semester and year
    • course name and number
    • student ID #
    • e-mail address

    Once the library has received the information, the student will be sent a reply with barcode information. The barcode is good only for the semester the student is enrolled in an online UMB course. The barcode enables online students to:   about LIBRARY BARCODES FOR DISTANCE ED STUDENTS

    • access e-reserves
    • access electronic resources (books, articles, journals, etc)
  • FREE & open to all students enrolled in UMass Boston summer classes

    Learn how to organize and communicate your ideas, interpret assignments, cite sources correctly …and more!

    Summer 2009: Weekly Writing Workshop

    Having trouble starting a paper?

    Need help revising?

    Come to a free workshop to get help with your writing!

    Learn how to:

    • Organize and communicate your ideas
    • Interpret assignments
    • Cite sources correctly

    …and more!

    Tuesdays:  1:00 - 2:00 p.m. about WEEKLY WRITING WORKSHOPS

  • Scanning of tests and surveys is now done by the staff in the Interlibrary Loan/Reserves office on the 4th floor, Room 29 of Healey Library. 

    Items to be scanned may be brought to this office Monday – Friday between 8am and 4pm.  Staff in this office will direct queries regarding programming for new surveys or test scans to appropriate staff in IT. about Optical Scanning Services at Healey Library

Faculty Liaisons

WHO YA GONNA CALL?

Mosaic of some of the liaisons

Our new, one-stop faculty liaison page links UMB faculty with support staff in IT, the Library and Career Services.  Click below to identify and contact your designated liaisons for assistance with, among other things, Blackboard Learning Systems, setting up blogs and wikis, reserve readings and films for your classes, uploading your lectures to iTunes U, library research instruction workshops, collaborating securely with Xythos, and the RefWorks bibliographic software.

University Programs

Specific Services - Who to Call about Faculty Liaisons

Events