Library Resources

Extensive print collections, online assets support coursework

Libraries are the heart and soul of any college, and Knox is no exception. More than just resource centers, the libraries at Knox will surely become a familiar and cherished place to pursue your studies.

Seymour Library
Centrally located on campus, Knox's Seymour Library is one of the most aesthetically appealing and comfortable college libraries in the nation. But you're going to like more about it than its looks.

Seymour Library is a student's dream, with more than a 300,000 volumes, extensive reference assistance, subscriptions to hundreds of print journals, and access to full-text on-line periodicals as well as the book holdings of the Illinois Library Whatchamacall it system. The building's interesting and unique spaces and quiet study rooms are rich in history and provide students with a study atmosphere steeped in the academic tradition.

In addition to housing Knox College's archives covering the more than 170-year history of the College, the Special Collections & Archives has exceptional collections of primary source material useful for undergraduate research projects, including: the Finley Collection of Midwest History; the Strong Collection of 18th- and 19th-century maps and photographs; and the Hemingway Collection of manuscripts and first editions from Hemingway and his "Lost Generation" contemporaries.

Knox also operates two satellite library facilities:

• Located on the second floor of the Umbeck Science-Mathematics Center, the Kresge Science-Mathematics Library houses scientific and technical books and periodicals. The science library also houses two specialized collections: the Environmental Studies Collection and the Green Oaks Collection, containing works related to the environment and ecology in general, and Midwestern prairie ecology in particular.
• The Music Library in the Ford Center for the Fine Arts houses musical scores, music reference material, recordings in various formats, and listening equipment in all formats. Scores performed by the Knox-Galesburg Symphony are also available in advance of each performance.

Online Resources

The Library subscribes to an ever expanding collection of online materials, including electronic journals, reference sources and databases such as LexisNexis and JSTOR. All of the Library's online resources, including the library's catalog, are available to you no matter where you are -- students studying abroad have the same access as students studying on campus.

Knox College Library is a full academic member of the Alliance Library System, a governing member of the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI), a participant in the I-Share integrated library system and resource sharing program, and a voting member of the Center for Research Libraries.