The David R. Grace Library

The David R. Grace Library, housed in the College’s Main Villa, currently holds a collection of approximately 36,000 volumes, over 150 print periodical titles, and a variety of multi-media materials. The collection has been selectively developed with particular regard to the curricular needs of Franklin College. Access the Library’s online catalog.

The Library is comprised of four open-stack rooms, the reading room and the reference area. There are special circulating collections of monographs in German, French and Italian, in addition to a special reference collection of monographs in English about Japan and Japanese culture. There is also a circulating collection of videos & DVDs for student use.

In addition to the print and AV collections, the Library subscribes to many indexes and full-text databases including: ProQuest resources, EBSCO resources, Lexis-Nexis University, MarketLine, JSTOR, Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO), and ARTstor. Subscription database access is limited by IP address to the FC network. Students should be able to access all electronic resources from their residences.

The Fowler Library

Located in the Academic Building on the North Campus, the Fowler Library is home to a thorough selection of reference books and materials as well as the College’s French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish book collections. Science and math books are also located at Fowler (call numbers 500-649.999). For an instructional and study space, it also provides computers, audio-visual equipment, and study carrels.