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Library Schedule

The Divinity Library will be closed on Monday, January 16th, in observance of Martin Luther King Day.

ATLAS Update

The American Theological Library Association has announced that ATLASerials ( ATLAS ®), ATLA's online full-text collection of major religion and theology journals, has reached a milestone of digitizing 200 titles. ATLA welcomes the following five titles newly available in ATLAS .

• Bulletin for Biblical Research , by Eisenbrauns
• Fides et Historia , by Conference on Faith and History, Calvin College
• Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies , published on behalf of The Islamic College, London, United Kingdom
• Journal of Theological Interpretation , by Eisenbrauns
• Science et Esprit , by Facultés Collège dominicain de philosophie et de théologie d'Ottawa and Editions Bellarmin

In addition, ATLA welcomes the following ten titles that will be available in forthcoming releases of ATLAS . 

• Baptistic Theologies , by International Baptist Theological Seminary
• Hartford Quarterly , by Hartford Seminary Foundation
• Journal of Church and State , by Oxford University Press, on behalf of the J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies of Baylor University
• Journal of Clinical Pastoral Work , the predecessor to Journal of Pastoral Care , by Council for Clinical Training
• Journal of Semitic Studies , by Oxford University Press, on behalf of the University of Manchester
• Journal of Theological Studies , by Oxford University Press
• Orate Fratres , the predecessor to Worship , by Liturgical Press
• Springfielder , the predecessor to Concordia Theological Monthly , by Concordia Theological Seminary
• Théophilyon , by Facultés de Théologie et de Philosophie de l'Université Catholique de Lyon
• Wesleyan Theological Journal , by Wesleyan Theological Society

Harvard Joins Borrow Direct

Harvard University is now lending materials from selected libraries as participants in the Borrow Direct program. These initial libraries are Widener Library, Countway Library of Medicine, and Andover-Harvard Theological Library. The Harvard Depository will also begin filling requests for materials placed there by these three libraries.

New Research Guides: Biographical Resources for Religious Studies and
Geographical Resources for Religious Studies

Check out these new research guides. Biographical Resources for Religious Studies provides links to biographical resources for religious studies, including books, e-books, databases, and web sites. Geographical Resources for Religious Studies includes the best resources for maps, atlases, gazeteers, and databases for topics on religion.

Check out the full list of research guides available on the library's Subject Guides & Tutorials page. These subject guides are intended to guide you toward the best resources available at the Divinity Library for your research. The guides are also interactive, allowing you to let us know what works (and what doesn't!) for you, and enabling you to tell us about resources you know of that may be of interest to other library patrons. Let us know what you think!

New library service: Instant Message a Divinity Librarian

Need help from a librarian, but you're not anywhere near the library? Don't worry, the library now provides a new Instant Messaging service. The service will be available most of the time from 9 am-5 pm, Monday-Friday. You can either use the Send a Message box, below to type your message:



or, if you have your own IM account through AIM, GoogleTalk, or Yahoo, you can send a message that way:

	AIM: yaledivlib
	GTalk: yaledivlib
	Yahoo: yaledivlib

When the service is available you should receive a response from one of the librarians within a few minutes. The service is active when the box says:

• Divinity Librarian is online

When the service is not active, you will see one of the following:

• Divinity Librarian is offline
• Divinity Librarian is away

You can still send a message when the librarian is away or offline, but you will not receive a response right away.

For more information on this new service, go to our new Reference Services page.