Library

Library Location:

Mary Kelly Building, second floor.

Term-Time Hours:

8:45am - 8:00pm (Mon-Thu)

8:45am - 4:30pm (Fri)

The library is also open during most holidays and opening times for these are posted on the notice boards and Moodle, or ring us on 0161 762 4519 to check.

Holy Cross College's library provides a modern and comfortable environment in which to study. All students are automatically members of the library and can use it to borrow books, read periodicals, research coursework and homework and use the PCs and laptops.

Resources Available:

• Online Resources are available for access 24/7 via the library moodle page both on and off campus. Subject specific databases such as Literature on line (LION) for literature students and History Study Centre as well as cross subject databases such as Infotrac (articles from newspapers and journals) are available.
• E-books on many subjects available from the library catalogue.
• There are ten networked computers in the library plus 20 wireless networked laptops for use in the library.
• A scanner for student use and a photocopier are also available.
• Magazines are provided to support all curriculum areas but also many for leisure reading. Vogue, Radio Times, New Musical Express are just some leisure periodicals that are taken.
• 5 daily broadsheet newspapers are available.
• A TV and dvd room can be booked for watching educational dvds or for working in groups of up to 7 people.
• Two study areas; one for silent study and one for working in groups.
• Then of course there are the books, 22,500 at the last count. Every subject you study will have some books which will help you with your coursework and homework as well as wider reading. Our fiction stock varies from horror to history, science fiction and fantasy as well as classics and romance.

Library Catalogue on the Web:

The library’s OPAC can now be accessed from this internet site. If you want to know what is available in the library then click on the link below. You can also access the e-books from the catalogue. Click on the link, select Holy Cross from the list of colleges and use your college user name and password to enter the book.

Online Resources:

We currently subscribe to many online resources and access is available from any computer within college or to students who register to access Moodle from home. Infotrac, the online source for newspapers and magazines, is available off campus from the link below. After clicking the link, select Holy Cross from the list of colleges and use your college user name and password to enter Infotrac.

Contact Us:

0161 762 4519