Library News

The Princeton Theological Seminary Library offers access to select research databases and lifetime borrowing privileges to all graduates of Princeton Theological Seminary. Enjoy!

To all graduating students: All borrowed library material, regardless of the stamped due date, must be returned and all library records must be cleared by noon on Wednesday, May 10, 2017.

Even though your books may be stamped with a different date, the earlier you return them, the easier it will be for us to clear your records. A list of students with outstanding fines and/or fees for lost books will be sent to the Bursar’s Office at noon on Thursday, May 11. Please bear in mind that you are required to have a clean slate at Firestone Library as well.

To assist you in identifying those materials which you have charged out and any fines that must be paid, we suggest that you check your library record via the library catalog as soon as possible. You may also ask for a printout of charged items at the Service Desk.

Tired of sitting? Check out the new standing desk in the library. It's currently on the Concourse near the Ready Reference bookcase.

Adjust the height by tapping the arrows on the surface of the desk.

Throughout the year, we'll be highlighting some of the many diverse voices that can be "heard" in the Princeton Theological Seminary Library collection.

Three new e-journal subscriptions and two new databases have been added recently. In addition to Luther's Works (The Works of Martin Luther), there is now access to the following: (Login required from off-campus)

• Intellectual History of the Islamicate World
• Interreligious Studies and Intercultural Theology
• Scrinium: Journal of Patrology and Critical Hagiography

Past Masters Commons, InteLex Corporation's new offering in its Past Masters series, includes historically important texts and translations. Most collections will be offered in XML format. The first collections in the Commons series are Francisco Suarez's massive Disputationes Metaphysicae, The Complete Works of Montesquieu (English translation), and Enneads by Plotinus (English translation, searchable image format).

Past Masters, Past Masters Commons and other databases beginning with "P"

The Princeton University Library has successfully negotiated shared access for the Seminary community to another database: Twentieth Century Religious Thought, Volume II: Islam.

The Women in Ministry Room, located on the third floor of the library, honors women associated with Princeton Theological Seminary in varied capacities as alumnae, faculty, administrators, trustees.

Following a trial period, the Library has been able to purchase a subscription to "The Works of Martin Luther," an online version of Luther's Works produced by Intelex Past Masters. We were also able to work with Intelex to acquire alumni/ae access.

This is the electronic version of the red, hardcover print version of Luther's Works (Volumes 1-55) shelved in the Reference Collection.

"The 55-volume set of Luther’s Works, a monumental translation project published jointly by Fortress Press and Concordia Publishing House in 1957, is singular in its value to church historians, Luther scholars, and Christians. The Works of Martin Luther will provide the reader with a Luther resource unrivaled in accessibility and convenience. Luther’s Works in digital format is indispensable for studies of Luther and invaluable to theologians. As with all Past Masters titles, The Works of Martin Luther titles reproduce definitive print editions in highest quality electronic form. All of the print apparatus is included and is fully searchable. Full-text searching may be made within any single volume, across an entire collection, or across all titles."

Last year, the Princeton Theological Seminary Library joined Ithaka S+R in its new study on the research needs of scholars in religion and theology: Research Support Services Project on Religious Studies. Alongside many similarities between national and local findings, a notable difference was the high value placed on browsing physical collections for serendipitous discovery at Princeton Seminary.

Follow the link below to learn more.

Sacramentum Mundi Online is the online edition of the famous six volume English reference work in Catholic Theology, edited (in 1968-1970) by Karl Rahner, one of the main Catholic theologians of the 20th century. Sacramentum Mundi: An Encyclopedia of Theology was originally published by Herder Verlag, and is now available online at Brill.

Trial runs through April 3, 2017

The print version of this work can be found in the Reference Collection (REF 2) on the Lower Level of the library.