Library News

Library Exegesis Sessions

The library will be offering a number of instructional sessions to get you started on biblical exegesis. These sessions are designed for students with little or no knowledge of Hebrew or Greek. Learn how to access BibleWorks and Logos, view a passage in parallel versions/translations, and carry out various types of word study. You will be introduced to the basic tools exegesis: concordances, Bible dictionaries, lexicons, interlinear Bibles, and commentaries.

All sessions will be held in the YDS Library Computer Classroom, L-107 and last approximately 45 minutes.

• Tuesday, November 10
  12:30 pm
• Friday, November 13
  12:30 pm
• Monday, November 16
  4:00 pm
• Thursday, November 19
  12:30 pm

For more information, contact Suzanne Estelle-Holmer, tel. 432-6374 or email suzanne.estelle-holmer@yale.edu.

New electronic resource: Hermeneia: a Critical & Historical Commentary on the Bible

The Divinity Library has recently acquired an electronic version of the Hermeneia Commentary Series. Probably the most scholarly commentary available, the Hermeneia commentary series utilizes textual criticism, the methods of the history of tradition, and the history of religion. Includes references to other scholarly works, and also to the historical context of interpretation. This important new resource is available on Workstation B in the Trowbridge Reference Room.

New Research Guide for Resources to Find Dissertations

Check out the new research guide that provides links to resources that will help you find dissertations, both completed and in progress.

Yale Divinity Library Facebook Page

The Divinity Library now has a Facebook page! Check it out, become a fan, find out about upcoming events, see pics of the library, share your thoughts and see what other fans have to say about the library! Go to Yale Divinity School Library on Facebook

New Library Exhibit
Charles and Joy Sheffey: Medical Missionaries to the Belgian Congo
Library Rotunda and Day Missions Room

This exhibit at the Divinity Library provides a glimpse into the life and work of Charles and Joy Sheffey, American Methodist medical missionaries who served in Wembo Nyama, Belgian Congo between 1922 and 1946. Letters and writings of the Sheffeys record their reactions to the African culture and environment they encountered in the Congo. The collection is notable for a large number of artifacts, including a messenger drum, musical instruments, woven textiles and handicrafts, jewelry, and ""witch doctor's magical gourd."

The Divinity Library is now on Twitter!

Want to keep up with what is happening at the Yale Divinity Library without having to go to the library's web page? Twitter is a free web service that allows you to receive brief updates from those you decide to "follow." To "follow" the Yale Divinity Library on Twitter, our Twitter name is YaleDivLibrary. If you're already know how to twitter, you'll know what to do; if you're new to Twitter, but are interested, you can find out more by going to Twitter; click on the Watch a Video link to find out more.

New library Web page on Image Resources for Theology and Religion

The library has a new web page designed to help our faculty and students find quality image resources to use in teaching and research. Find the link for it at Image Resources located under the Research Tools section of our homepage.

New Research Guide for Free Web Resources on Religion

A new guide devoted to free Internet resources on Religion is now available. The Free Web Resources on Religion LibGuide will help you find all sorts of freely available resources such as online texts, web sites devoted to religious studies, free online journals, data and statistical resources, and more.

There are also new research guides for Theology, Ethics and Biblical Studies now available. 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. You can check out the Free Web Resources guide at Free Web Resources Guide. 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.