<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC
"-//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD//EN"
"http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd">
<hibernate-configuration>
<session-factory>
<property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:ORCL</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.username">IC</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.password">IC</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.pool_size">10</property>
<property name="show_sql">true</property>
<property name="dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle9iDialect</property>
<!--<property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto">create</property>-->
<!--<property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"></property>-->
<property name="hibernate.current_session_context_class">org.hibernate.context.ThreadLocalSessionContext</property>

<!-- Mapping files -->
<mapping resource="contact/contact.hbm.xml"/>
<mapping resource="contact/contact1.hbm.xml"/>
</session-factory>
</hibernate-configuration>

Yes You can put as many mapping files,as you want.There is no restriction.