Request pickup of library materials from university offices and arrange a time for library staff to visit offices to re-loan items that have either reached the renewal limit or have moved to 'lost' status.
The Burns Library is home to more than 250,000 volumes, some 16,000,000 manuscripts and important collections of architectural records, maps, art works, newspapers, photographs, films, prints, artifacts and ephemera.
Help in best practices for managing, sharing and preserving your data for the long-term, as required by some funding agencies. Data citation best practices.
The DMP Tool helps researchers create a data management plan fitting to their needs and based on agency guidelines. This secure website quickly links to customized help for Boston College researchers. Templates help build DMPs based on agency guidelines. The service includes local support guidelines and contacts in the Boston College Libraries and the Office of Sponsored Research.
A multi-disciplinary data repository for Boston College researchers which makes it easy to upload your research data to improve impact, visibility and access. Deposited data will automatically generate citation information and a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) that can be used to cite your data and link to related publications and presentations or to share with colleagues who request your data.
The Libraries administer a fund that provides money to defray article publishing fees for fully open access journal articles authored by Boston College faculty or students.
Learn how subject librarians can assist with discovery of resources, managing research results, creating alerts, navigating copyright issues, deciding where to publish, creating digital scholarship and assessing your impact.
Consult a subject specialist for help with your research, to set up alerts to new publications in your areas of interest and to answer any research and library related questions.
Many databases and journals provide current awareness services. Get new article citations and Tables of Contents emailed to keep up with the latest research in your field.
Materials available in multiple formats on a broad variety of topics. Collections’ strengths include (but are not strictly limited to) Irish history, literature, and music; British Catholic authors; Jesuit studies; Catholic liturgy and life in America; Boston College history; Boston history and politics; the Caribbean, and nursing history, theory, and practice. Burns librarians and archivists are available to answer questions, recommend research strategies, and to provide class and individual instruction for our more than 210,000 volumes and 750+ archival collections.
Contact Burns Library for research and instruction support
The Center sponsors events, seminars, grant programs, and awards, and actively cooperates with Boston College schools and departments to support their efforts to enhance and review teaching.
Search libraries worldwide to find material owned by BC and beyond. Request items from other libraries including Boston Library Consortium (BLC) libraries. Items are usually delivered to BC in 2-5 days.
You can borrow materials from any of the 17 academic and research libraries in the BLC. Consortium cards may be obtained at the Circulation Desk in O'Neill Library or at the Law Library.
The cognate and theology collections of the BTI make it one of the richest theological library centers in the world. Visit the O'Neill Library or Theology & Ministry Library Circulation Desk for information on borrowing materials from a BTI library.
This program allows faculty members of participating institutions borrowing privileges and on-site access to almost 200 important research libraries in North America. You must have an RFBP borrowing card, issued by Boston College, to gain access or borrow from a participating institution. For more information contact any Subject Specialist.
The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) Reciprocal Borrowing Program allows the faculty of Boston College to obtain borrowing permission from its member libraries.
Through the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) faculty members have on-site access and borrowing privileges to the collective holdings of 28 Jesuit institutions.
