The Frederick G. Hoyt Library serves as a resource for all students in the Department of History, Politics & Sociology.  Dr. Hoyt spent 70 years at La Sierra, first as a student at La Sierra Academy (at that point located on campus), then as a college student–disrupted by six years in the U.S. Navy during World War II–and following graduate school 57 years as a member of the faculty, the last 17 of which he held the title of Emeritus Professor of History.  His research included early SDA history, naval history, the Civil War, and the Philipine theater of the Spanish-American War.  The Frederick G. Hoyt Library contains books that students can check out, computers upon which they can write their term papers, and a quiet space where they can study.