Stanley Library

Stanley Library is Ferrum College’s intellectual nerve center. Faculty librarians with advanced degrees in Library and Information Science and subject specializations, backed up by a team of Research Assistants, are available to discuss your research goals and help you effectively navigate more than 120 research databases.

Library Resources

• • Access to Library Databases
• • Library Guides
• • Book Catalog (Print and eBooks)
• • Search Magazine and Journal Holdings by Title
• • Search Libraries Worldwide
• • Request a Book or DVD for Purchase

Services

A Research Consultation Area provides space where librarians, classroom instructors, writing instructors, and students meet to discuss research topics and strategies. This collaborative approach ensures that students in all academic disciplines graduate with an understanding of and competence in the research methodologies of their major fields of study.

The library’s information fluency program is integrated into all levels of the curriculum. The program engages students appropriately at each stage in their intellectual development, from Gateway Seminar through upper level major courses, senior seminars, and capstone courses.

Patrons have access to 40 online computers, printing, 210,000 electronic and print volumes, 44,000 full-text subscriptions, interlibrary loans, 5-cent copiers, and scanners.

• • Policies (PDF)
• • Additional Services (PDF)
• • Affiliations and Networks (PDF)
• • Disaster Plan (PDF)
• • ACRL Copyright Best Practices (PDF)
• • Reserves and Fair Use Policy (PDF)