On-Campus Libraries
Boston College Libraries, with a full-time staff of more than 150 people, have nearly 3 million volumes and circulate more than 225,000 items per year. Together there are nine libraries at Boston College, with the main research library – the Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr. Library – located in the center of the Chestnut Hill campus, adjoining the O’Neill Plaza. The holdings of several of these libraries have particular strengths in the study of Catholicism, in particular:
The TML supports research, teaching, and learning at the Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry and Saint John’s Seminary while also serving all members of the Boston College community. Its extensive holdings of Catholic materials (books, journals, and newspapers) serve as the bedrock of the Catholic Historical Research Anthology.
Home to Boston College’s special collections and located in the original Bapst Library building on Boston College’s Chestnut Hill campus, Burns specializes in documenting Catholic religious, social, academic, artistic, and political life in the United States and Ireland. Collection guides are available online, and a selection of potential collections of interest appears below.
Catholic Collections Highlights at Boston College
| Literature | Women’s Studies | Political Studies |
|---|---|---|
| • G.K. Chesterton | ||
| • Graham Greene | • Rep. Robert Drinan, S.J | |
| • Mary Enda Hughes | ||
| • Thomas Merton | ||
| • Alice and Wilfred Meynell | • Mary Perkins Ryan |
| Organizations and Institutions | Social and Cultural History |
|---|---|
| • Liturgical Commission of the Arch Diocese of Boston | |
| • Young Men’s Catholic Association of Boston College |
Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies Research Library
The Research Library of the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies is open to the public by appointment only. This non-lending library is located at the Institute’s offices in Simboli Hall on the Brighton campus of Boston College.