Faculty receive a longer period. The library maintains of database of holdings including the Main Library, Cleburne Reserve Reading Room, Confederate Research Center and the various departmental libraries. This database can be searched through numerous terminals in the main library, a computer tie-in in the Cleburne computer lab, and the Internet. The library subscribes to journals in practically all areas taught by the college. Journal holdings are in a variety of formats ranging from paper to microfilm to computerized text.
Specialized indexes are also available in the areas of literature and nursing.
A collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories and biographical information is held at both Hillsboro and Cleburne locations. Several full text databases are owned by the library. Among them are databases in the areas of social issues, computers, government documents, literary criticism and selections from major Texas newspapers. Many of these databases on loaded onto the network and are accessible from any computer connected to the Hill College network. The Hill College Library is part of a national network of libraries sharing resources.