OGS Library Resources

OGS Library Mission

The Oxford Library Reserve exists to assist faculty, staff, and students in fulfilling the Institution's Academic Mission by providing access to developmental and collateral reading material that support the curriculum and the Course of Study. For this reason, the purpose of the library is to acquire and store materials and provide library services, which relate directly to a Course Bibliography Reserve for the Course of Study and the general collection needs in the Oxford/ACRSS field of study.

The Oxford Library Reserve is a key-access facility with seven day a week, twenty-four (24) hour availability to matriculated students, Oxford Alumni Fellowship members, and Oxford Society of Scholars members. Qualified individuals may receive access information from the Director of Library Services or the Supervisor of Graduate Research.

The Oxford Library Reserve houses a Course Bibliography Reserve with stacks arranged by general course support areas in the humanities and social sciences as well as a general collection to support the field of study. These are shelved in the various reading rooms of the Study Centre for user friendly access.

Oxford/ACRSS has institutional status with the Bodleian Library, the graduate library of the University of Oxford. With this status, Oxford/ACRSS is able to recommend students for Reader status at this library. Reader status allows students who attend the Oxford Reading and Research Seminars offered at the University, to do research in the Bodleian Library and relevant dependent libraries.

In addition to the cooperative library network available in Tennessee, Oxford Graduate School students have access to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. and the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford. Relevant dependent libraries at the University are available on a needs basis. In addition to the research facilities in Oxford, England, students with special needs have access to the 18 million volumes of the British Library, London.