Search for a wide range of physical and electronic resources, including books, periodicals, and open access materials.
What We Offer.
TRAILS maximizes resource investment, enhances teaching and research, and improves user experience by fostering shared expertise, ensuring Montana's academic community has access to vital information resources that drive innovation and scholarship.
MAXIMIZED RETURN ON INVESTMENT
Buying collectively is the most cost-effective way to purchase high-quality resources, which enables members to participate in a greater number of consortial offerings that will ultimately serve a greater number faculty, students, and researchers.
ENHANCED TEACHING & RESEARCH
Seamless collection sharing facilitates the development of new and shared statewide curricula. Because of cost savings, members can purchase high-impact, cutting-edge materials that are critical for research support and potential commercial developments in research departments and centers of innovation.
IMPROVED USER EXPERIENCE
Students will interact with a more consistent set of resources, services, and interfaces as they move from advanced-placement high school classes or community colleges, to four-year institutions and graduate schools.
SHARED
EXPERTISE
The collective expertise and experience of MT library employees are incalculable; TRAILS members contribute to and benefit from this shared knowledge via consortial committees, an online forum, and a biennial Symposium.
 Making a Difference for Montana Libraries.
TRAILS saves members money. Over $3 million* is saved annually for member libraries just through joint contracts with Gale, ProQuest, and EBSCO.
* Compared to list prices institutions could pay when negotiating individually.
Today’s Best Investment,
for Montana’s Tomorrow.
"TRAILS ensures that I have access to the best possible books I need to keep learning and growing as an instructor and provide my students with the best education possible."
Matthew Hill, Ph.D.
History/Native American Studies Faculty
Great Falls College - MSU
Get in Touch
Pamela Benjamin
Executive Director
TRAILS (Treasure State Academic Information & Library Services)
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT 59717-3320
406.994.4432
pamela.benjamin1@montana.edu