Library Resources

Bellarmine library's online catalog accesses a collection which includes approximately 31,000 books and audio visual materials on the shelves for student use. The Student Library collection also includes more than 900 videos in DVD and VHS format, as well as approximately 60 periodical titles in hard copy.

All areas of Bellarmine’s curriculum are supported by a dozen subscription databases. The databases are accessed at school using shortcuts on the BCP intranet library page. The list of usernames and passwords required for remote access is available in the library and can be printed or e-mailed from a link on the library intranet page.

E-books are among the recent acquisitions that have been added to the library’s reference collection. Published by well known reference book sellers, e-books can be accessed by many students simultaneously from computers with Internet access at school and remotely.

Subscription databases are listed below:

Library Resources

Public Libraries
Subscription Services

  • CQ Researcher

    CQ Researcher online is the digital equivalent of the print resource covering politics, policy and current issues. You will find in-depth analysis of current and controversial issues.

  • Gale Databases and Virtual Reference Library

    This is a collection of databases that include literary resources, history resources, biography, geography, news and more. You will recognize some of the databases as ditigitized versions of reference books you have used in the past, such as the Twayne Authors Series and Scribner Writers Series. The user ID and Password are necessary for home use, but not for use on school computers.

  • Issues and Controversies / Today's Science

    In-depth investigation of today's top issues, issues in American history and science news written especially for students.

  • JSTOR

    JSTOR - An archive of scholarly journals

  • Oxford English Dictionary

    Guide to the history, meaning and pronunciation of words.

  • ProQuest Platinum

    ProQuest is a periodical database that provides access to articles from 1,480 publications and reference materials.

  • Questia for Schools

    Questia for Schools provides access to the full text of 25,000 books and many journals selected specifically for research projects.

  • Science News

    Science (1997-Present), Science Classic 1880-1996), Science Signaling, SAGE KE Table of Contents of current issues and back issues

  • The Nation Digital Archive

    America's oldest weekly journal of politics and culture archived from July 6, 1865.
    Username and Password is required from any computer at school or home. Please pick up the list of usernames and passwords in the Mathewson Library.

  • World Geography

    This product provides political and topographical maps, flags, facts, and figures, history, government and biographies of statesmen and leaders.

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The Mathewson Library offers many services to both faculty and students. The Library is open from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, and until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays. Exceptions to these hours are noted in the Daily Announcements. Students enjoy the opportunity to complete class assignments on library computers and gather research materials before and after school, during lunch, break and free periods.