Public Services

Public Services Department staff facilitates use of the general collections of books, periodicals, and electronic databases by recommending pertinent resources and strategies to researchers, orienting new users, developing finding aids, research collections and library web pages.

Circulation staff manages the online circulation system, interlibrary loan, and stacks maintenance. Materials circulate to Foundation staff and to faculty and students of the College of William and Mary.

We welcome inquiries of a scholarly nature, but our ability to respond to general reference questions is limited. We encourage scholars to visit and use our collections. If you would like an orientation upon your arrival, please schedule an appointment and include information about your topic and research goals.

Finding Aids and Indexes

Guides to library and web resources on Williamsburg or Virginia historical topics.

New Acquisitions

Books added recently to the Library's collections are listed.

Frequently Asked Questions

George Washington, food, money, Christmas, eighteenth-century trades, pirates, etc.

Janice McCoy Memorial Collection for Youth

A special collection for children that focuses on colonial and revolutionary America.