Academic Calendar

Bookstore

• 417-268-6004
• Many of our online courses require the use of at least one textbook. These textbooks, along with various Baptist Bible College products (t-shirts, supplies, etc) can be obtained through college’s bookstore.

Library

• 417-268-6114
• The College provides access to four kinds of library and information resources to satisfy the academic and other interests of students, professors, and staff.

1. 1. Online resources available to the College community go far beyond the free Web to include digital versions of thousands of periodicals, books, reference sources, theses, dissertations, and more. Available around the clock, this body of resources is expanding rapidly.
   2. Locally owned collections of books, periodicals, and other media are available on the shelves of the G. B. Vick Memorial Library and the Music Library. Consisting of more than 82,000 volume-equivalents and 270 current print subscriptions, these collections are selected carefully to support the curriculum and mission of the undergraduate and graduate college. In addition to housing collections, the Vick Library provides access to study space, computers, a wireless network signal, and consultation services. It is open for service 80 hours each week during the academic year.
   3. In cases where electronic resources and local library collections are insufficient, students and faculty members have ready access to Missouri libraries via the MOBIUS consortium. This system makes it possible for members of the College community to request resources from 60 colleges and universities around the state. Deliveries typically take two to three business days and are received five days each week. MOBIUS libraries have combined holdings of more than 18 million items (Team Room: MOBIUS documentation.
   4. Information resources that are not available through the channels listed above can often be secured via the OCLC interlibrary loan (ILL) service, which networks more than 60,000 libraries worldwide. The OCLC union catalog, known as WorldCat, contains 107 million unique items.