The Collection

The Grace Doherty Library’s print collection includes approximately 265,000 volumes, as well as 32,000 e-books and 34,600 e-journals. The library provides subsidized interlibrary loan and document delivery service to the faculty and to students. In addition, an agreement with the Federation of Kentucky Academic Libraries (FOKAL) grants borrowing privileges at all academic libraries in Kentucky to the faculty and students of Centre College.

See the library webpage at http://library.centre.edu

The library’s webpage provides access to such scholarly databases as Academic Search Complete, Web of Science, MathSciNet , JSTOR, JSTOR Biological Sciences, Historical New York Times, Oxford Reference Online, The Times (London) Online Digital Archive , and many others. All Centre patrons have remote access to electronic resources. The Grace Doherty Library houses The Thomas A. Spragens Rare Book Room and Archives, which holds over 5,000 volumes of rare books, selected manuscripts, and the college archives.