Library News Archive

A construction web cam has been added to the roof of the existing library building.  Check out live images of progress on the new building.  Click here.

Global Road Warrior is available as a new database.  It includes travel advice and demographics for 175 countries, also 6000 color photos, and 1575 country maps.  Please go to the databases page to use this resource.

Library Guided Tours: Library staff members will offer an overview of library services, collections, use, access and facilities, including the Research Computer Lab, during Welcome Week. All new and returning students are welcome to attend. The tours are tailored toward certain degree programs. Please meet at the Information Access Services Desk.

Hubbard Library Construction:  Construction on the David Allan Hubbard Library began in the summer of 2007.  The building project will take approximately two years.  The south entrance to campus will be closed during the project.  Noise from the construction will be intense at times.  Construction work will take place mostly between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.; therefore, faculty, students, and staff may want to adjust their working hours accordingly.  The library will make every effort to accommodate research needs; however, there will be some planned closures, and perhaps some closures with short notice due to safety concerns.

The best time to study in the library during construction:  For quiet study and research time: the best times to avoid construction noise will be after 3:00 p.m.  If you must be in the library, you may want to bring ear plugs or use the ones made available at the Information Access Services Desk.  When noise levels become health threatening, the library will be closed.  Every effort will be made to give advance notice, but these things are sometimes difficult to accurately predict during such a construction project.  Please bear with us during construction; Hubbard library will be a much nicer place to study when it's finished.

Oxford Scholarship Online is available as a trial database.  It includes the full text of 2126 Oxford U.P. books, including 419 books about Religion, 553 Philosophy, and 54 Psychology.  List of title included.  Please go to the Trial Databases page for more information.

Opening late on Monday: The Library will open at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 15th, due to the New Faculty and Staff welcome events.

Catalog and Databases down 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29 through Monday  Fuller's Online Catalog and Databases will not be available from on campus or off campus starting at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 29th and will remain down for an unspecified time, perhaps through Monday, Sept 1st.  This is due to a planned power outage to the computer servers on the Pasadena campus.  We apologize for the inconvenience. 

Temporary Library Services: While McAlister Library is closed, limited library services will be available in the Psychology Building, room 126, through Fri, Aug. 29, at 5:00 p.m.  The hours will be: Mon.-Thur. 8:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m., Friday, 8:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.  These services will be available: 1. Reserve books which may be checked out for 2 hours; some Reference books to use in the room, and two database computers.

Library closed Aug. 16 through Sept. 2:  Due to the construction project, the library and computer lab will be closed for the last two weeks in August 2008.  We encourage students and faculty to check out any books you may need ahead of time, and make alternative plans for computer access and study space.  The library will close at 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 14, 2008 and remain closed until 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 2, 2008.  No books or media will be available from any collection during that time; library staff will not have access to the building.  Circulation periods will be extended and fines waived for items due during the closure.  Books on course reserve will be temporarily relocated to Psychology Building room 126.  Library staff will be available to help patrons at this temporary location.  Faculty teaching summer courses may want to discuss in advance their course needs with library staff.  Remote access to the online databases and eBooks will be available except as announced above.

Catalog and Databases down Friday and Saturday Fuller's Online Catalog and Databases will not be available from on campus or off campus between 10:00 a.m. on Friday, August 15 and 6:00 p.m. Saturday, August 16, 2008.  This is due to a planned power outage to the computer servers on the Pasadena campus.  We apologize for the inconvenience.  There will be a similar downtime at a yet unspecified time over the weekend of August 30, 31, and Sept.1, when the power to the Pasadena campus is again disrupted.  We will try to announce the exact time for second downtime later.

Index Islamicus is available as a new database.  Index Islamicus indexes over 3,000 journals, together with conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews.  Please go to the  Databases page to use it.

EndNote Web: Endnote Web is available for Fuller users, as an additional option to the regular desktop EndNote program.  EndNote Web is a collaborative tool where researchers can create folders of citations and share specified folders with colleagues and students who also have EndNote Web accounts.  Authorized Fuller users will need to register first in order to take advantage of the new offer and will have the option to install additional plug-ins if desired.  You may register for this service by clicking here.  Online training and tutorials for EndNote Web are available at: http://www.endnoteweb.com/training/

Academic Search Premier includes over full-text of 4500 journals, including more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles.  This database offers citation for a total of 8,250 journals.  Please go to the Trial Databases page for more information.

July 4th Holiday.  The Fuller library will be closed on Friday, July 4, 2008 to celebrate the United States' Independence Day.  May we rejoice in and use well the freedoms God has given us.  The library will be open for regular hours on Saturday, July 5th.

Changes in Library hours: The library will be closing at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 27th and will reopen Saturday, June 28th at 1:00 p.m.

Opening late for graduation, June 14th: McAlister Library will be closed on Saturday, June 14, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. for Fuller's graduation exercises. The library will be open later that day, June 14, from 2:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m.

Graduating students must return all books and resolve all fines with the library before they will receive their diploma or transcripts. Please check with the Information Access Services desk staff if you need help with these issues. Thank you for your cooperation.

ArchiveGrid  is available as a trial database.  ArchiveGrid is a union catalog of finding aids of Archive collections.  It includes descriptions of historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in archives around the world.  Thousands of libraries, museums, and archives have contributed nearly a million collection descriptions to ArchiveGrid.  Researchers searching ArchiveGrid can learn about these collections and contact archives to arrange a visit to examine materials.  Please go to the Trial Databases page for more information.

Index Islamicus is available as a trial database.  Index Islamicus indexes over 3,000 journals, together with conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews.  Please go to the Trial Databases page for more information.

Taylor & Francis eBooks, with 16,000 full-text books, is available as a trial database.  Please go to the Trial Databases page for more information.

Rosetta Stone language courses are available as a trial database.  Languages include Arabic, English (UK), English (US), French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish (Lat. Am.), and Spanish (Spain).  Please go to the Trial Databases page for more information.

Remote Database Access switched to Portico user/password: Off Campus users of Fuller's Databases will now use your Portico Username and Password.  The login system for remote access is called EZProxy.  Please click here for answers to Remote Access Frequently Asked Questions. 

Interlibrary Loan switched to Portico user/password: Also the Fuller Interlibrary Loan system (ILLiad) has switched from Campus Pipeline usernames/passwords to Portico usernames/passwords.  Unfortunately, this ILL change requires some patrons to re-enter their contact information in the Interlibrary Loan system.  And the history of past Interlibrary Loans will be lost for some patrons.  The patrons affected are primarily faculty and staff, if your Portico username was different from your former Campus Pipeline username.  We hope you enjoy the improvement of having fewer passwords to remember; we regret the inconvenience caused to some.  If you have questions please contact the Interlibrary Loan office.

eBook dissertations: Fuller library has added over 5,500 full-text eBook dissertations and over 1500 conference papers from the Theological Research Exchange Network.  The dissertations are from other seminaries and universities, mostly D.Min. and masters level theses.  The papers are mostly from the American Society of Church History and the Evangelical Theological Society.  To find these, search the library catalog, limiting your search to eBooks; search keyword Theological Research Exchange Network to see them all, or add other topic keywords.

Alexander Street Press databases are available as a trial databases through March 17, 2008 or longer.  These include:

• Black Thought and Culture
• Oral History Online
• Primary Sources in Counseling and Psychology, 1950 to Present
• Women and Social Movements Scholar's Edition
• North American Women's Letters and Diaries

And several music, theatre, and literature databases.  Please go to the Trial Databases page for more information.

Library Orientation Tour, Friday, March 28, 2008 at 2:15 p.m.
Sharon Ralston will offer an introductory Orientation Tour to the Library’s resources and services on Spring Quarter Orientation Day, Friday, March 28, 2008 at 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.  All new and returning students are welcome to attend.  Please meet at the Information Access Services Desk.

Closed the Saturday before Easter: The library will be closed on Saturday, March 22, 2008.  Also it is Closing Early at 8:00 p.m. on Good Friday, March 21, 2008.  May your celebration of Easter be blessed.

Email Overdue Notices: Overdue notices and other circulation notices will now be sent via email.  For Fuller students, faculty, and staff, email will be sent to the email address you've given to the Registrar's office.  You may view and change the email address the library will use, under your profile in the online catalog.  Community and other patrons may give an email address online, or when they sign up for a library card, or may contact the Information Access Services desk to add an email address.

Library patrons will be responsible for keeping their email address current, and checking their email account regularly, if they want reminders about overdue books.  You may opt to have print notices sent to you, instead of email, by contacting the Information Access Services desk staff.  If you have questions
about overdue notices, please contact the Information Access Services desk

Online Catalog down Feb. 18th: The Library Online Catalog will be down for routine maintenance on Monday, February 18, 2008.  We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.  Databases will be available.

The Digital Karl Barth library is available as a new database.  It includes, in German, his Church Dogmatics, and complete works, as published to date.  Eight English works are currently included, with plans for the Church Dogmatics in English to be added.

Academic Search Premier with full text of 4500 journals is available as a trial database through Jan. 30, 2008 or longer.  Please go to the Trial Databases page for more information.

Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text is available as a trial database through Jan. 30, 2008 or longer.  Please go to the Trial Databases page for more information.

International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text is available as a trial database through Jan. 30, 2008 or longer.  Please go to the Trial Databases page for more information.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature is available as a trial database through Jan. 30, 2008 or longer.  Please go to the Trial Databases page for more information.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday:  The library will be closed on Monday, January 21, 2008 to celebrate Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Oxford Islamic Studies Online is available as a new database.  Please go to the Databases page for more information.

Hubbard Library Construction Began  Construction on the David Allan Hubbard Library began in the summer of 2007.  The building project will take approximately two years.  A ceremonial ground breaking was held on May 21, 2007.  Some of the site preparation tasks include rerouting underground electricity, and demolishing the structures currently on the site.

The south entrance to campus will be closed during the project.  Noise from the construction will be intense at times.  Construction work will take place mostly between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.; therefore, faculty, students, and staff may want to adjust their working hours accordingly.  The library will make every effort to and accommodate research needs; however, there will be some planned closures, and perhaps some closures with short notice due to safety concerns.

Named for past Fuller Theological Seminary president David Allan Hubbard, the building will greatly enhance the ability of the library to serve students, faculty and guests.  It will allow us to more than double our collection of books and other media, augment essential archives, and offer the study space and technological capabilities the Fuller community desperately needs.  Most important, the Hubbard Library will respond to a changing world by documenting the history and movement of evangelical thought, with an emphasis on the voices of developing evangelical churches in the Two-Thirds World.  The Hubbard Library will incorporate a remodeled and redesigned McAlister Library.  Click here to learn more about the fund raising campaign for the library.  See photos

Christmas Hours:

Friday, December 21, 2007	Closing early at 6:00 p.m.
Christmas Holiday, Saturday, December 22, 2007      through Tuesday, January 1, 2008	Closed
Wednesday, January 2, 2008, Re-open for normal hours	8:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Library Orientation Tour Wednesday, January 2, 2008, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Sharon Ralston will offer an introductory Orientation Tour to the Library’s resources and services on Winter Quarter Orientation Day, Wednesday, January 2, 2008, 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.  Victor Cenac-Mehedinti will introduce the research computer lab.  All new and returning students are welcome to attend. Please meet at the Information Access Services Desk.

360@Fuller Multiple Database Search  360@Fuller Multiple Database Search is a new search interface that will allow you to search multiple databases at once.  You may find relevant articles in unexpected databases; or you may find too many irrelevant hits, and need to go to a specific database (like ATLA for religious topics, or PsychInfo for psychological topics).  Try it out, and let us know how you like it; please send feedback to: lib-systems@dept.fuller.edu

New Interlibrary Loan system introduced  Starting Friday evening, Oct. 5, 2007, the library switched to a new ILL system for students and faculty.  It's called ILLiad.  When you want to request an Interlibrary Loan, Databases like WorldCat and ATLA will direct you to the ILLiad system.  You'll logon with your Portico username and password, and request the book or article.  Here are some advantages: with ILLiad you'll only need to enter your contact information once, not for each request.  There is an online tracking system, so you'll be able to see when the other library has sent your book or article, and when it arrives here for you to pick up.  Some articles will be delivered to your ILLiad page as a .pdf scanned document.  And you'll get automatic emails when an item is received or overdue.

Oxford Islamic Studies Online is available as a trial database through Dec. 4, 2007 or longer.  Please go to the Trial Databases page for more information.

Thanksgiving hours: we wish you a worshipful time of gratitude

Course Reserve Books will be shelved by call number. Beginning with the Summer Term 2007, course reserve books will be shelved by call number. Before you request a book at the Information Access Services desk, please look up the call number in the online catalog under the reserve catalog tab. Students will no longer need to know the instructor's name to request a book. Also, in the near future, look for a computer by the Information Access Services desk dedicated to looking up items which have been placed on course reserve.

One Database page.  It's now easier to get to the full text and citation databases.  Before, students had to use different pages from "on campus" and "off campus."  Now there is just one databases page.  If you are at an "off campus" computer, you will still be asked to logon; click here for details about remote access from off campus.

Anthropology Plus added as a new database.  Anthropology Plus combines literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute, UK. It indexes journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. Coverage is from the late 19th century to the present.  To use this database please go to the databases page.

SAGE journals online provides full text to over 446 journals.  The 15 theology and biblical studies journals include: Feminist theology, Expository Times, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Journal of Pentecostal Theology, Studies in Christian Ethics, etc.  The 55 psychology journal titles include: American Behavioral Scientist, Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, The Neuroscientist, Traumatology, etc. To use this database please go to the databases page.

Workshops for CATS students will be offered by the Library:

• Thurs. 10/11 3:30-5:00 p.m. in the Research Computer Lab.
  Choosing and Using Library Databases: An Advanced Overview of Theology-Related Electronic Resources and Related Research Strategy.
  Registration not required, but space is limited.  Instructor:  Sharon Ralston
  
  This session offers an informal demonstration to provide you an overview of kinds of resources available, knowledge of key resources, tips on searching, awareness of essential features of databases and related library services, all to help you identify and obtain/access and/or locate information for doctoral research.
   
• Tuesday 10/16 10-11:30 a.m. in the Research Computer Lab.
  EndNote at Fuller: an overview. Learn how to use EndNote to mange your bibliography and download citations from various electronic resources.
  Registration not required, but space is limited.  Instructor: Daniela Matei

Taylor & Francis eBooks are available as a trial database through Sept. 30, 2007.  Please go to the Trial Databases page for more information.

Library Tours
Library staff members will offer orientation tours to the library’s resources and services, including the Research Computer Lab, during Welcome Week.  All new and returning students are welcome to attend.  The tours are tailored toward certain degree programs.  Please meet at the Information Access Services Desk.

Campus internet down Sunday morning.  Internet connectivity to the campus will be temporarily unavailable Sunday morning, September 23, 2007, between 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.  This may affect the online catalog, databases, and library web pages.

Catalog and Databases down Friday night, 8/31  The online catalog and the databases will be down on Friday night, August 31st from 10:30 p.m. until approximately 1:30 a.m.  Fuller Information Technology Services is upgrading the campus internet at that time.

Opening late at 10 a.m. M-W, Aug. 27-29, 2007 because of construction  The demolition of the cement back steps of the library is scheduled for August 27th-29th, 7:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.  Because of the intense noise, the library will be opening late, at 10:00 a.m. those three days.  We anticipate the worst noise will be limited to the hours above, but if the noise becomes too intense at other times, Health Department and OSHA guidelines will require us to close the library. 

The Online Catalog is down  Because of an air conditioning problem, the Online Catalog for books, etc. is down, beginning Wednesday afternoon, August 15, 2007.  Building Services staff and Library staff are working to resolve the problem.  Database are working normally.  You may find some call numbers in WorldCat if you need to try to find books during the unexpected outage.  Update: It is back up at 4:15 p.m.

Film & Television Literature Index and Index Islamicus are available as a trial databases through August 28th (or perhaps longer.)  Please go to the Trial Databases page for more information.

The library has added 390 more eBooks to NetLibrary.  The books are on Christian topics published in 2000-2005 by Oxford, Cambridge, Routledge, Westminster/John Knox and Herald Press.  Thus they will be more relevant to work at Fuller than some of the technology and general humanities titles previously available in NetLibrary.  You can the book in the Online Catalog or under NetLibrary on the Database page.  (iPreach also includes many recent eBooks.) 

Encyclopaedia Britannica Global Reference Center including Enciclopedia Universal en Español
Spanish, Chinese and Japanese encyclopedias are available as a new database.  To use this database please go to the databases page.

iPreach is available as a new database.  It includes the full text of hundreds of  books for preaching and pastoral care.  It is available from the databases page. Commentary series include:
   The New Interpreter's Bible
   Interpretation Commentary
   Abingdon Old Testament and New Testament Commentaries
   Believer's Church Bible Commentary
   Westminster Bible Companion
   The Old Testament Library
   Interpreting Biblical Texts

Closed for construction on Saturday, Aug. 11.  McAlister Library will be closed on Saturday, August 11, 2007 because of utility outages related to the construction work on the new library.  Please bear with us during these construction related closings, and look forward with us to a great new building.

EBSCO databases fixed  EBSCO databases were unavailable for several days from off campus.  Library staff, ITS staff, and others have fixed the problem as of Friday morning, Aug. 10th.  We regret the inconvenience this has caused.

EBSCO databases not working from off campus.  EBSCO databases, including ATLA, PsychInfo, and others, are not working from off campus.  The interface gives the error "Application Level Exception." We received reports of the problem on Monday morning, August 6th, and the problem continues on Thursday, Aug. 9th.  Library staff and ITS staff are working to resolve the problem.  We know these databases are important, and that many Fuller students and faculty frequently use them from off campus.  We regret the inconvenience this problem is causing.

Online Catalog upgrade Monday, July 16th, 2007.  The online catalog will be down on Monday, July 16th for a minor software upgrade.  We apologize for any inconvenience this causes.

Hubbard Library In Development
The David Allan Hubbard Library, which will incorporate a remodeled and redesigned McAlister Library, is being planned.  Named for past Fuller Theological Seminary president David Allan Hubbard, the building will greatly enhance the ability of the library to serve students, faculty and guests.  It will allow us to more than double our collection of books and other media, augment essential archives, and offer the study space and technological capabilities the Fuller community desperately needs.  Most important, the Hubbard Library will respond to a changing world by documenting the history and movement of evangelical thought, with an emphasis on the voices of developing evangelical churches in the Two-Thirds World.  Architectural plans are almost complete. Click here to learn more about the fund raising campaign for the library.

July 4th Holiday.  The Fuller library will be closed on Wednesday, July 4, 2007 to celebrate the United States Independence Day.  May we rejoice in and use well the freedoms God has given us.

Philosophy and Religion Collection full-text from EBSCO, Catholic Periodical and Literature Index, and Index Islamicus are available as a trial databases through May.  Please go to the Trial Databases page for more information.

To the Fuller Community — all Faculty, Staff, and Students,
You are cordially invited to attend the Groundbreaking ceremony for the David Allan Hubbard Library on Monday, May 21, 2007, 11:30am-12:00 noon on the South Mall, near the current McAlister Library.  We are very grateful for the prayerful and financial support that we have received for this building project and we want to have all faculty, staff, and students join us in this memorable occasion.  We hope you can join us as we mark this very significant moment in Fuller’s history. 
Cordially, Richard J. Mouw, President

ANT (Anthropology Plus), Bibliography of the History of Art, Chicano Database, and Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals are available as a trial databases.  Please go to the Trial Databases page for more information.

Research Workshops
EndNote (Wed. May 9, 2:30-4 p.m.) and Research-online databases (Thu. May 10, 4-5 p.m.) workshops will be offered.  Please see the workshops web page for more details.

Closed Good Friday
The McAlister Library will close early at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 5th and will be closed all day on Friday, April 6th.  It will reopen at 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. Saturday, April 7th for normal hours.  May your celebrations of Jesus' death and resurrection be filled with awe and gratitude.

Library Orientation Tour Friday, March 23, 2007, 2:30-3:30 
Sharon Ralston will offer an introductory Orientation Tour to the Library’s resources and services on Spring Quarter Orientation Day, Friday, March 23, 2007, 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.  Victor Cenac-Mehedinti will introduce the research computer lab.  All new and returning students are welcome to attend.  Please meet at the Information Access Services Desk.

Chicago Manual of Style Online  The library has added this style manual, which describes English grammar and how to format footnotes, endnotes, and bibliographies for academic research papers.  It is available from On Campus and from Off Campus.

ATLA Religion Database through EBSCO is available as a trial database.  Please go to the Trial Databases page for more information.

EndNote and Research Skills Workshops will be offered by the Library on:   BASIC Wednesday, January 10¸ 2007 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. ADVANCED Wednesday, January 10¸ 2007 10:40 a.m.-12:00 p.m. BASIC Wednesday, January 10¸ 2007 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. ADVANCED Wednesday, January 10¸ 2007 7:10 p.m.-8:10 p.m. in the Library Research Computer Lab (fourth floor).  This is a hands-on workshop and spaces are limited. To sign up go to: /library/workshops/workshop_register.asp Additional Endnote workshops will be offered on a regular basis.

EndNote and Research Skills Workshops
Wed., Jan. 10, 2007
9:30 a.m.  basic
10:40 a.m. advanced
7:00 p.m. basic
8:10 p.m. advanced
Please register.

Christmas Hours  The library will close early, at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 21st.  It will be closed Friday, December 22nd through Monday January 1st.  The library will reopen at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 2nd for regular hours.  We wish you a joy filled Christmas.

iPreach is available as a trial database.  It includes the full text of hundreds of  books for preaching and pastoral care.  Commentary series include:
   The New Interpreter's Bible
   Interpretation Commentary
   Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries
   Abingdon New Testament Commentary
   Daily Study Bible
   Believer's Church Bible Commentary
   Westminster Bible Companion
   The Old Testament Library
   Interpreting Biblical Texts
   The Interpreter's Bible
   Basic Bible Commentary

XrefPlus is available as a trial database.  Please go to the Trial Databases page for more information.

Thanksgiving Holiday Hours  The library will close early on Wednesday, November 22nd at 6:00 p.m.  It will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 23rd and 24th.  The library will open again at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 25th for regular hours.  Let us offer our thanks to God!

Research Library Group union catalog is available as a new database.  Research Library Group (RLG) union catalog is the combined catalog of major research universities such as Brown, Emory, Harvard, Yale, the Huntington, GTU, the British Library, Edinburgh, Shanghai Library, the national libraries of Austria, Australia, France, Hungary, Russia, etc. This database complements WorldCat as a source for citations of over 48 million books, serials, archival collections, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, sound recordings, films, photographs, and more.  To use RLG please go to the databases page.

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 is available as a trial database.

The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy is available as a trial database.  Please go to the Trial Databases page for more information.

Workshop: Choosing and Using Library Databases: An Advanced Overview of Theology-Related Electronic Resources and Related Research Strategy. This workshop is limited to CATS students only.      Wed. 10/25 1:00-2:30 p.m. in Taylor 106      Thurs. 10/26 3:30-5:00 p.m. in Taylor 106 These are duplicate sessions offering an informal demonstration to provide you an overview of kinds of resources available, knowledge of key resources, tips on searching, awareness of essential features of databases and related library services, all to help you identify and obtain/access and/or locate information for doctoral research. Registration not required, but space is limited.  Instructor:  Sharon Ralston

EndNote and Research Skills Workshops will be offered by the Library on:       Tuesday, October 17 2006   9:30-11:00 AM in the Library Research Computer Lab (fourth floor).  This is a hands-on workshop and spaces are limited. To sign up go to: /library/workshops/workshop_register.asp Additional Endnote workshops will be offered on a regular basis.

Announcing new EZProxy off-campus authentication!
Tired of customizing your browser? Try our new "even easier to use" proxy server, EZProxy, that will require no configuration on your part. For more information see the: Remote Access page.   and log in with your CP user name and L-number.

Attention all patrons using My Account information link in iPAC our online catalog:
As part of the ongoing attempt to consolidate the use of passwords on campus, we are now using the Library barcode (L# for students and faculty) to facilitate access to online patron information (including renewals and holds). For more information please call our Information Access Services Desk. Note that this number is also used along with your Portico user name for off-campus database authentication. It can be viewed in your Portico under "My Personal Information" link. 

Elenchus Bibliographicus is available as a new database.  It offers citations in the areas of History of Theology, History of Religions, Old and New Testament, Fundamental and Dogmatic Theology, Sacramentology and Liturgy, Ascetical and Mystical Theology, Moral and Pastoral Theology, and Canon Law from dissertations, monographs, and more than 1300 periodicals. It is the online version of the print serial Elenchus Bibliographicus of the Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses edited by the Faculteit Godgeleerdheid, K.U.Leuven and the Faculté de théologie UCL (Louvain-la-Neuve), beginning with v.74 (1998) to the present.  To use Elenchus Bibliographicus please go to the databases page.  

Great Britain and Ireland Theses: Fuller library is trying out the online database "Index to Theses."  It is a comprehensive listing of over 486,000 theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716.  See more details on the trial databases page.  Please let us know if you find it helpful.

World eBook Fair is offering free access from July 4 through August 4, 2006 to 250,000 searchable ebooks.  This is a chance to experience the benefits and the problems with searching such a large amount of full text.  Go to http://www.worldebookfair.com/ or read more details on the trial databases page.

American National Biography is available as a new database.  This database includes the full text 1999 Oxford publication, with quarterly updates.  See the databases page for more details.

PEP Archive (Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing) is available as a new database.  This database includes the full text of Psychoanalytic journals and books.  See the databases page for more details.

Construction Taking Place in the Garth
To prepare for the construction of the David Allan Hubbard library there will be some work taking place in the Garth.  The project will last approximately six weeks, and will begin on Saturday, July 29, and end on Monday, September 18.  During this time the side entrance to the library (the entrance from the Garth) will be closed.  The main entrance at the front of the library will remain open.  The after hours book drop will be relocated to the front of the library.  Wheelchair access to the library will be available at the back of the building.  We apologize for the noise and dust caused by the project.  Thanks in advance for your patience as we make steps toward a better library. 

Graduating students must return all books and resolve all fines with the library before they will receive their diploma or transcripts. Please check with the Information Access Services desk staff if you need help with these issues. Thank you for your cooperation.

Graduation closure: McAlister Library will be closed on Saturday, June 10, 2006 from 9:00 a.m.
until 5:00 p.m. for Fuller's graduation exercises.  The library will be open in the evening that day, June 10, from 5:00 p.m. until 10:30 p.m.

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 is available as a trial database through April 15, 2006.  See the Trial database pages for more details.

EndNote and Research Skills Workshop
Wedsday, March 29, 2006 1:00-2:30 p.m. 
Please register.

Library Orientation Tour
Sharon Ralston will offer an Orientation Tour to the Library’s resources and services on Spring Quarter Orientation Day, Thursday, March 23, at 2:30 p.m.  All new and returning students are welcome to attend. Meet at the Information Access Services Desk.

Library Closure
The McAlister Library will close at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 17 and will be closed all day on Saturday, March 18.  It will reopen at 8:00 a.m. Monday, March 20th for normal hours.  There will be a power outage on the south end of campus for the purpose of rerouting underground electrical lines.

Fuller library has added the Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation.  This new database includes full-text of Catholic authors of the 16th and 17th centuries.  Document types include catechisms, scholarly treatises, papal documents, theological and devotional works.  Project editors are Simon Ditchfield at the University of York and Brad Gregory at the University of Notre Dame.  As of December 2005, the database includes only 87 titles, but the number of titles is growing.  To use this database please go to the databases page.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday: McAlister Library will be closed Monday, January 16, 2006 in celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday.

SCOPUS Fuller has added this general database of abstracts.   is a general scholarly database of abstracts from over 14,000 journal titles from 4,000 publishers providing access to over 25 million abstracts going back to 1966.  Topic areas include psychology, social sciences, management, and medicine.  It is produced by Elsevier.  Please visit our databases page to try it out.

Library of Latin Texts Fuller has added this full text database.   Library of Latin Texts (Brepolis)(CLCLT) contains texts from the beginning of Latin literature (Livius Andronicus, 240 BC) through to the texts of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965).  It covers all the works from the classical period, the most important patristic works, a very extensive corpus of Medieval Latin literature as well as works of recentior latinitas including texts from Calvin, Thomas Aquinas, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.  It is produced by the Centre "Traditio Litterarum Occidentalium.  Please visit our databases page to try it out.

Christmas Break: On Thursday, December 22, 2005, McAlister Library will be close early, at 5:00 p.m.  The library will be closed from Friday, December 23 through Monday, January 2, 2006.  It will reopen on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at 8:00 a.m. for regular hours.  May your holiday be filled with the joy of Jesus' birth.

My i library is available as a trial database through December 31st, 2005. These are full text books related to the work of the United Nations.  See the Trial database pages for more details.

Congressional Quarterly databases are available as a trial database through December 15, 2005. This political and social science information and primary sources.  See the Trial database pages for more details.

Smithsonian Global Sound is available as a trial database through November 23, 2005. This includes audio tracts of global folk music and sounds.  See the Trial database pages for more details.

Computer Lab Classroom Closed
Computer Lab Classroom will be closed to public access on Friday, November the 11th from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM. There is a class scheduled to take place here. Computers on the rest of the library's fourth floor, including the printing system, will be available for use as normal. Public access will be restored to the classroom immediately after the class is over, at 9:30 AM.

Fine Policy Change.  As of September 26, 2005, the fines for overdue books will no longer be cut in half. The fine will be a flat rate of $.20 per day per book. Reserve materials will have the fine rate of $.25 per hour per book.
A responsibility of the library is to help all members of the Fuller community share the library materials fairly. Fine charges promote the timely return of materials so that the materials are available for other students to use.
 

EndNote and Research Skills Workshops will be offered by the Library on: Friday, October 14 8:30-10:00 a.m. Monday, October 31st from 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. in the Library Research Computer Lab (fourth floor).  This is a hands-on workshop and spaces are limited. To sign up go to: http://www.logiforms.com/formdata/user_forms/7295_3175684/20477/ Additional Endnote workshops will be offered on a regular basis

Book Review Digest Retrospective, 1905-1982 is available as a trial database through October 30, 2005.  See the Trial database pages for more details.

Anthropology Index from Harvard and Anthropology Plus from the Royal Anthropological Institute; Also Handbook of Latin American Studies and the Research Library Group union catalog are available as trial databases through October 31, 2005.  See the Trial database pages for more details.

Two Holiness/Pentecostal Collections Added
Two collections of books are being cataloged into Fuller Special Collections. Received from William Kostlevy and Donald W. Dayton, these two collections supplement the resources of the DuPlessis Archives. When completely cataloged, these collections will add over 2000 books related to the Holiness and Pentecostal traditions of American Christianity. Cataloged books in these collections are be available for use in the library only, for a two hour circulation period. Ask at the Information Access Services desk for details.

EndNote Training!
The Library is offering an EndNote 8.0 introductory workshop September 27 8:30-10:00 AM.  In order to sign up you need to register online.  EndNote is a bibliographic management software that allows you to collect and organize citations, and to insert the citations into a word processing program in formatted bibliographic style. The Seminary offers a free licensed copy for all students and faculty in order to simplify and enhance the research process. Visit our EndNote page for more details.

Thanksgiving Holiday: McAlister Library will be closed on Thursday, November 24th and Friday, November 25th to celebrate the Thanksgiving Holiday.  It will reopen on Saturday, November 26th at 9:00 a.m. for regular hours.  May your holiday be filled with gratitude and praise.

Library Catalog and Databases Down, Sunday, Oct. 16
The Library Catalog and Databases will be down, Sunday, Oct 16  from at least 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and probably longer.  Indeed all Fuller network services, such as FISH email, and on campus internet services will be down.  Fuller is installing a new network firewall and other network services.  We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

PsychBOOKS and PsychEXTRA are two new databases now available for on and off-campus access.  Also PsychINFO and PsychARTICLES have been switch to the Ebsco interface, bringing together all Fuller's psychology databases under one interface.  Please visit our Databases page for more information.

New Testament Abstracts and Old Testament Abstracts Online
These familiar print indexes are now available online.  Please visit our Databases page for more information.

World Christian Database, Digital Library of Classical Protestant Texts and Anthropological Index are now available for on and off-campus access. Please visit our Databases page for more information.

Library Catalog Currently Unavailable
The Library systems are currently unavailable due to technical difficulties. We hope to restore the systems as soon as possible and apologize for the inconvenience.