On and Off Campus
Centenary's Main Campus is located in what town?
What is Hackettstown?
Librarian Maryanne's favorite musician is this New Jersey native, famous for songs such as "Born to Run" and "Thunder Road".
Who is Bruce Springsteen?
This Taylor Memorial Library Archivist spends her time researching the history of Centenary University and loves sharing her knowledge with faculty, staff, and students.
Who is Colleen?
There are two classifications of books: fiction and this.
What is non-fiction?
Taylor Memorial Library has over 40,000 print and 120,000 electronic copies of these.
What are books?
Located in the quad between Ferry, Van Winkle, Lotte, and Seay, a sundial sits mounted on a piece of marble from this famous building in Washington, DC.
What is the White House?
Circulation Desk Supervisor Keith is a fan of British tv shows. Some of his favorites include Endeavor, Foyle's War, Dr. Who, and this one, a period drama about the lives of an aristocratic family and their servants.
What is Downton Abbey?
The idea for an institution that would become Centenary was born in 1865, the same year this war ended.
What is the Civil War?
This type of book is an account of a person's life, written by that person.
What is an autobiography?
Taylor Memorial Library provides access to over 140 of these online resources that you can use for research.
What are databases?
This item, now located in the library's courtyard, once hung in the dome of the Seay Administration Building.
What is the Clock Tower Bell?
Library Assistant Wendi plays two unique instruments. The first is a 4-string banjo and the second, this, is similar to the banjo except for its smaller size and 8 strings. Both are common in Irish music.
What is the mandolin?
On September 9th, 1874, Centenary held its opening day. At the time, it was called this.
What is Centenary Collegiate Institute?
This invention by Gutenberg revolutionized printing and is regarded as a milestone of the second millennium, ushering in the modern period of human history.
What is a printing press?
The library's website offers many types of searches. This type of search looks through most of our library resources including books, ebooks, videos, DVDs, and many of our databases. It is named after Centenary's mascot.
What is a Cyclone Search?
Centenary is located in a region of New Jersey commonly known as this.
What is the Skylands Region?
Librarian Sara's cat, Vik (pronounced Veek) has a unique name that means bay in this language. It is also the name of the southernmost village of the island where this language is spoken.
What is Icelandic?
Centenary's Original Main Building burned down in the early morning hours of this holiday in 1899.
What is Halloween?
An index is located in the back of a book and helps you locate specific words found in that book. In contrast, this part of the book, located in the front, provides a list of chapters and section titles.
What is the Table of Contents?
We store items and documents that are relevant to Centenary's history in this location.
What is the Archives?
To the east-southeast of Centenary lies this mountain, famous in the 1800s for its spring water.
What is Schooley's Mountain?
Electronic Resources Librarian Amy has gone spelunking in a few of the 4000 known caves in this Appalachian state, known as "The Mountain State."
What is West Virginia?
Centenary has several famous graduates, including Bette Cooper, who in 1937 won and then declined to fulfill the duties of this national pageant.
What is the Miss America Pageant?
This label on the spine of a book indicates the classification and location of the book on a library shelf.
What is a call number?
The library instruction program teaches students about this important set of skills. Some of these skills include identifying, finding, and evaluating sources to integrate into an existing knowledge base.
What is Information Literacy?