Print Collection
The P.J Brophy Library is comprised of over 22, 000 print books. This print collection comprised of a Main Lending Collection, a Reference Collection, and a Desk Reserve collection. For information on borrowing, returning and renewing from our Main Lending Collection, check out our ‘Using the Library ’ of the library web page.
Books in the Reference Collection cannot be borrowed and may only be used in the Library.
Books on Desk Reserve are essential reading and are selected by lecturing staff for reserved reading. They are located behind the Library Desk and cannot be borrowed. They must be signed out for library use only and signed back in on return to the Library Desk.
The Keeffe Library served as the main college library from 1820 to 1994 and now serves as our Reference Library. It houses over 7,500 print books including early print material dating from the 1700s.
The Keeffe Library is currently closed and resources cannot be borrowed at this time.
Online Resources
A journal is a collection of articles relating to a particular academic discipline or specialised activity. Journals are published at regular intervals, usually peer-reviewed, and reflect recent academic research. To access Journals, visit the Library Catalogue.
All eBooks can be accessed from the library catalogue. Aside from the catalogue you can locate *open access eBooks via our Databases page. Our biggest collection is our EBSCO Academic Worldwide eBook collection which comprises of over 170, 000 titles. Subject areas covered include Social Science, History, Theology, Philosophy, Literary Criticism, Poetry, Education, Language arts and discipline, Political Science, and many other academic fields.
These are available to read and download for free; they can be accessed from any device that has an internet connection so you do not need to come into the Library to read them. To access this collection, students must log on to their Library Catalogue account using their Learner ID.
* Open Access (OA) means that electronic scholarly research outputs such as eBooks, journal articles etc that are made freely available on the web to all, with no license restrictions.