The mission of the MHGS Library is to support the curricular, research, and administrative needs of the students, faculty, and staff of Mars Hill Graduate School.  Mars Hill students, faculty, and staff have access to the entire world of information through our on-site collections and electronic resources, which are needed to gain the knowledge and skills to insure access for life, not just for the few years they are taking classes.

The MHGS Library has 22,000 monographic volumes, plus online access to over 4,600 journals (4,000 serial volumes), and several collections of online books. The library's materials are cataloged online.  The library subscribes to the most-respected online indexes in the fields of psychology, religion, and general graduate studies.  Students may access the online catalogs and indexes and all of the online journals from any computer connected to the web--at home, at work, or on campus.
 
If a student needs a book, journal article, or audiovisual item that the library does not already own, we make every attempt to obtain it, either by buying it for the library collection, or borrowing it from another library.
At least one copy of every required book will be placed on reserve in the library, for in-library use or overnight check out.  Most recommended books will also be available in the library.   
 
The Library has student computer workstations, all connected to the web, which can also be used as a computer classroom in conjunction with the teacher station and projector.   All of the computers can have either floppy drives or CD drives.  A printer, scanner, fax, and photocopier are available, with payment of $.10/page.    
 
Wireless access to the web and to MHGS resources is available in the library to anyone with a laptop.  The library can provide wireless cards for students needing them.

After graduating from MHGS students should be able to identify information needs, effectively find helpful information, evaluate that information for quality, and then synthesize the information to ensure that it has fulfilled the information need.