Mark & Marilyn Boyd Library
CCBS Library
- CCBS Library Catalog This link opens in a new window Search the CCBS online library catalog for books and reference materials. To reserve materials, you must be logged in to your Populi account.
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Monday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Tuesday: 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. & 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Thursday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
*Schedule subject to change.
- Find books in the catalog Video tutorial for how to find books using the onling catalog. The catalog includes links to e-books. You must be logged into to your Populi account to request or access materials.
- How to use EBSCOhostEBSCOhost has an improved user experience. CCBS's interface works like the one described in this video from the University of Georgia.
Library Hours Spring 2025
Monday: 9 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. - 12 p.m..
Borrowing/Checkout
Students may check out materials for up to three weeks at a time and may renew the materials up to three times. A student may borrow a maximum of 25 items at any given time. Exceptions may be granted at the librarian's discretion. Individuals are not permitted to borrow materials for the purpose of lending to others.
Renew Online
Books may be renewed online through individual Populi accounts by selecting "Library" at the top of the dashboard. Items may also be renewed by emailing librarian@ccbs.edu or calling (910) 323-5614.
Distance Learning Library Access
Students who live at least 50 miles from campus may have books sent to them. The books are due to the library four weeks from the date they are received. The library pays to send the books to students, and students must pay for return shipping. When an eBook is available, the library will not ship a physical copy of the book.
Reference Assistance and Materials
Library staff will help students learn how to find and use reference sources, and answer general questions about classwork and basic formatting of papers. Staff will provide general technology assistance with library computers, printing, and software such as MS Office Suite. Students may acquire service by walking-in during library hours (based on staff availability), making an appointment in-person or online, and through email or telephone.
Reference materials are for use in the library. They may only be borrowed by faculty members to use in the classroom. Online students may request photo copies of pages that are emailed at no cost as long as the request adheres to fair use under current copyright law.
Textbooks
It is the intention to have one copy of each textbook in the reserve collection for use in the the library. Changes in editions and course offerings may affect the availability of textbooks. Textbooks may only be checked out to take to the classroom by special permission. Students, who are waiting for their ordered textbooks, may check out a textbook on Friday and return it on Monday by 10 a.m. Failure to return the book on Monday will prohibit future ability to checkout textbooks.
Study Rooms
The library has two study rooms that may can be reserved for up to two hours at a time. If there are no reservations, study rooms may be used on a first-come, first-served basis. Study Room #1 is equipped with a computer and camera.
Computers
Students may use the computers in the main library area and Study Room #1. Computers are equipped with Microsoft Office Suite.
Printer
Students may print up to 140 black and white pages at no cost each semester. For assistance with printing, speak with a library staff member.
Overdue, Lost or Damaged Items
Overdue fines and replacement costs for damaged and/or lost items must be paid before borrowing more materials. Overdue books are fined 25 cents per book per day. Cost to replace any lost or damaged library materials will consist of the cost of the material plus a $5.00 processing fee.
Reciprocal Borrowing
The CCBS library has agreements to borrow books from other libraries. Contact the CCBS librarian at librarian@ccbs.edu for assistance with this service.
Manna University
CCBS students may borrow up to five items from Manna University (Fayetteville, NC) with a CCBS student ID card. For assistance contact the CCBS library staff.
Association of Christian Libraries
This is a voluntary program whereby ACL institutions choosing to participate would extend in-person borrowing privileges to authorized patrons from other ACL institutions. Patrons, including faculty, students, and staff, have reciprocal access to the physical collections of participating Christian institutions. This access is especially valuable for those who may not live near their home institution.
American Theological Library Association
The Atla Reciprocal Borrowing Program is an arrangement between participating Atla Institutional Members and Affiliate Candidate Libraries to grant check-out privileges to each other’s patrons/students. A patron/student walks into a participating library, shows proof of current enrollment at another participating library, and checks out materials based on its local lending policies. Click here for the Atla spreadsheet of participating libraries.
Interlibrary Loan
The library belongs to the Association of Christian Librarian’s Library Consortium and is able to borrow materials from other member libraries. Students wishing to borrow a book that is not owned by the library may email librarian@ccbs.edu with the name of the author, title, publisher, and copyright date of the book. If the book is available, it will be ordered as soon as possible. Borrowers may keep books for up to two weeks.
About the Mark and Marilyn Boyd Memorial LIbrary
Mark Boyd has been the President of Control Solutions since 2004 taking it from a modest regional pesticide company to an international chemical company with nearly 200 million in sales in 2016. During that 15-year stint, he and his wife Marilyn determined that their greatest usefulness to the Kingdom of God would be to focus on making disciples by supporting the Body of Christ financially. For this reason, they invested in Carolina College of Biblical Studies with a focus on providing an enhanced study and resource facility. To this end, they dedicated this library with the hope that it will greatly enhance both the quality and the quantity of disciples proclaiming the great news that Jesus Christ is both Lord and God!
Librarian: Kellie Tomita, ktomita@ccbs.edu, (910) 323-5614
Library Assistant: David Probus, dprobus@ccbs.edu, (910) 323-5614
Writing Center
Tutors are available:
Monday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Tuesday: 9-11 a.m. - 12-4 p.m.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Thursday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
As a commitment to student success, tutoring is available for Turabian, English grammar, Logos Bible Software, and for other general topics. The purpose of tutoring is to assist students in achieving greater competency in their studies as opposed to completing work for students. Peer tutors welcome the opportunity to serve you on campus or online, but they are also available on a limited basis.
CCBS grants access to all students regardless of modality access to the library and other learning resources (including eBooks). As of 2025, the library houses over 13,000 volumes. The vast majority of all resources are in the area of biblical and theological studies, the major area of study at the institution.
The library subscribes to the ATLA Religion Database with ATLAserials that provides more than 390 major religion and theology journals.
The library also offers EBSCO’s Religion & Philosophy Collection™ with extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. The collection has more than 300 full text journals.
Other student resources include EBSCO’s eBook Open Access Collection, which is created in collaboration with university presses and scholarly OA publishers.
Beginning in Fall 2020, all degree-seeking students have access to the Logos Bible Software Remote Reference Library database that includes another 2,700+ resources including commentaries, journals, and more.
Bible Translation students have access to Translator's Workplace, “a foundational library of reference materials selected for the work of Bible Translation.” This collection has been designed to meet the varying needs of translators worldwide and includes Bibles, Greek and Hebrew texts, dictionaries, commentaries, translation handbooks, articles and other reference materials. Notable publishers have permitted the use of resources within the TW collection to be distributed to those specifically assigned the work of Bible Translation. Click here for a list of resources and contact the Program Director for student access.
The library offers students interlibrary loan services through an agreement with Manna University and the Association of Christian Librarians. It also participates in ATLA’s reciprocal borrowing program that grants check-out privileges to each other’s students.
For a full description of the library and its policies, consult Section 4.1.7 Library and its accompanying sub-sections of the academic catalogs.
Library Location
CCBS's Mark & Marilyn Boyd Library is located at 817 S. McPherson Church Rd., Fayetteville, NC 28303.
Library Vision and Purpose
The Mark and Marilyn Boyd Library at CCBS will support all students, faculty and graduates by providing information materials and services to enable them to lead healthy ministries worldwide. The purpose of the Mark and Marilyn Boyd Library at CCBS is to provide and maintain learning resources and services, professional library instruction, and facilitate lifelong learning for the learning community to achieve the instituional mission.