Interlibrary Loan and Reciprocal Borrowing
Should you require materials not otherwise available through the Emily W. Hundley Library, two additional means are available for obtaining needed information:
- St. Catharine College students, faculty and staff and Dominican Sisters of Peace may request materials from another library through interlibrary loan.
- St. Catharine College students, faculty and staff may visit another Kentucky academic library in person to borrow needed materials through reciprocal borrowing.
For more information about either option, please click a link above.
Interlibrary Loan
If needed resources are not available through the Emily W. Hundley Library, St. Catharine College students, faculty and staff and Dominican Sisters of Peace may request materials owned by another library through interlibrary loan (ILL). Before submitting an ILL request, please check AQUINAS to determine if the desired item is owned by the Hundley Library.
The library staff can assist you in locating the materials you need. You may ask at the service desk for assistance, or submit your request through Ask a Librarian.
You may also submit an electronic ILL request directly through WorldCat. After locating the desired item, click on the ILL icon 
or click “Borrow this item from another library.” When you have filled in all required information, click to submit your request.
The requested materials will be sent from the lending library to the Hundley Library. When materials are received, you will be contacted by library staff.
Please note the following when considering interlibrary loan:
- ILL's can take a week or longer to arrive, so please plan accordingly when gathering your resources.
- Fees from lending institutions are rare. Should such fees be required, the patron requesting the materials will be consulted before a request is finalized. Such fees will be passed on to the borrowing patron or faculty member's academic department.
- Faxing may be requested but may involve an additional charge to the patron.
- An ILL request may be refused if it violates copyright law.
- Materials Available
The following generally can be obtained, subject to lending library policies:
- Books
- Videos
- Photocopies (subject to copyright restrictions)
- Materials NOT Available
The following generally cannot be borrowed:
- Items owned by the library that are currently checked out, on reserve, or to be put on reserve
- Entire periodical volumes
- Reference books
- Software
- Fine and rare books and manuscripts
If you have additional questions about interlibrary loan, please contact Interlibrary Loan Librarian Clara Logsdon at (859) 336-5082 ext. 1260 or clogsdon@sccky.edu.
Reciprocal Borrowing
Through the Federation of Kentucky Academic Libraries (FoKAL), St. Catharine College students, faculty and staff have in-person borrowing privileges at the libraries of 49 FoKAL member institutions across the state.
Participating FoKAL Institutions
- Alice Lloyd College
- Asbury College
- Asbury Theological Seminary
- Ashland Community and Technical College
- Bellarmine University
- Berea College
- Big Sandy Community and Technical College
- Bluegrass Community and Technical College
- Bowling Green Technical College
- Brescia University
- Campbellsville University
- Centre College
- Clear Creek Baptist Bible College
- Eastern Kentucky University
- Elizabethtown Community and Technical College
- Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing
- Gateway Community and Technical College
- Georgetown College
- Hazard Community and Technical College
- Henderson Community College
- Hopkinsville Community College
- Jefferson Community and Technical College
- Kentucky Christian University
- Kentucky State University
- Kentucky Wesleyan College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
- Madisonville Community College
- Maysville Community and Technical College
- Mid-Continent University
- Midway College
- Morehead State University
- Murray State University
- Northern Kentucky University
- Owensboro Community and Technical College
- Pikeville College
- St. Catharine College
- Somerset Community College
- Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College
- Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Spalding University
- Thomas More College
- Transylvania University
- Union College
- University of Kentucky
- University of Louisville
- University of the Cumberlands
- West Kentucky Community and Technical College
- Western Kentucky University
While policies vary across institutions, in general a St. Catharine borrower will need to present a valid St. Catharine ID and a driver's license. Lending libraries may require confirmation from St. Catharine College that borrowers are in good standing with our institution.
Borrowed materials should be returned by the borrower to the lending library.
If you have additional questions about reciprocal borrowing, please contact the library at (859) 336-5082, ext. 1260, or click to Ask a Librarian.
AQUINAS research portal
AQUINAS, A Quick, Universal, Integrated Network at St. Catharine, serves as SCC‘s gateway to academic research. Online at http://aquinas.sccky.edu, AQUINAS features a catalog of local library collections, plus links to databases and other online resources available on and off campus, 24-7. Use your St. Catharine College email username and password to log in when required.
From AQUINAS, links are
available to the Kentucky Virtual Library and databases from
EBSCO, JSTOR and ProQuest. AQUINAS also includes links to newspaper databases, encyclopedias, research databases, government documents and more. WorldCat allows users to search the
combined catalogs of libraries worldwide and request materials not found in St.
Catharine‘s collections. AQUINAS provides links to online videos and help citing research.
AQUINAS is named for Dominican scholar and theologian St. Thomas Aquinas, the patron of Catholic universities, colleges and schools.
Library Hours
Summer 2013
| Monday - Friday | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Fall 2012
August 13 - December 7, 2012
Spring 2013
(January 7 - May 3, 2013)
| Sunday | 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
| Monday - Thursday | 7:30 am - 9:00 pm |
| Friday | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| Saturday | Closed |
The college and library will be closed from December 14, 2012 - January 2, 2103. The library will be moving to its new location during this time.
Classes begin January 7, 2013. The library will reopen in its new location as soon as possible.
For assistance following the start of the new semester, please email library@sccky.edu for help.
During the weeks of December x-xx and January 3 - 7, staff will be in and out.
Please call ahead to confirm staffing during these times. The library can be reached at (859) 336-5082 x1260.
Regular hours resume January 10, 2011.
Scheduled closings
Labor Day
Closed Sunday & Monday, September 2 & 3, 2012
Midterm Break
Closed Sunday - Tuesday, October 14 - 16, 2012
Thanksgiving
Closed Wednesday - Sunday, November 21 - 25, 2012
Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday
Closed Sunday, January 15 & Monday, January 16, 2012
Spring Vacation
Closed Sunday, March 4 - Saturday, March 10, 2012
Easter
Closed Thursday, April 5 - Sunday, April 8, 2012
Library closed
Closed Monday, May 13, 2013
FoKAL Conference
Closed Thursday, June 14, 2012
Independence Day (celebrated)
Closed Thursday, July 4, 2013
The library is closed when the college is closed due to inclement weather.
Any change in the SCC schedule or closing of campus because of weather or other emergency will first be posted on the SCC homepage.
TV stations carrying announcements of delays and/or closings include Louisville's WAVE 3, WHAS 11 and Fox 41 and Lexington's WLEX 18, WKYT 27 and Fox 56 as well as Channel 6 in Lebanon. Radio stations include WQXE 98.3 FM, WLSK 100.9 FM, WGRK 103.1 FM, WCKQ 104.1 FM, WHAS 840 AM and WLBN 1590 AM.
Hundley Library
Library Mission
The Emily W. Hundley Library at St. Catharine College provides library and information resources and services to the St. Catharine College community in support of the mission of the college.
The library seeks to build and maintain collections that effectively support all college programs, and to provide effective access to all such resources, whether locally held or through an effective web presence.
By promoting information literacy, the library endeavors to equip members of the college community to locate and evaluate information for academic and personal use during their time at St. Catharine College and throughout their lives.
The library strives to maintain excellence in staffing and facilities, in keeping with recognized professional standards.
Library Staff
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Ilona Burdette Director of Library Services iburdette@sccky.edu Office: St. Catharine Phone: 859-336-5082 Ext. 1260 |
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Kaye Peterson Assistant Director/Instructor kpeterson@sccky.edu Office: St. Catharine Phone: 859-336-5082 Ext. 1260 |
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Clara Logsdon Interlibrary Loan clogsdon@sccky.edu Office: St. Catharine Phone: 859-336-5082 Ext. 1260 |
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Kim Hardin Adjunct Instructor/Librarian kimhardin@sccky.edu Office: St. Catharine Phone: 859-336-5082 Ext. 1260 |
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Mary Parrott Technical Services mparrott@sccky.edu Office: St. Catharine Phone: 859-336-5082 Ext. 1260 |
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Amanda Chesser Library Assistant amanda.chesser@sccky.edu Office: St. Catharine Phone: 859-336-5082 Ext. 1260 |
