Currently enrolled RTS students have campus-wide and remote access to the below library’s subscription databases. The Psychology databases, however, are only accessible on the Jackson and Orlando campuses. You will find links to each database below under Finding Books and Finding Articles, followed by a list of detailed descriptions of each database and a list of helpful Open Access Resources in theological and biblical studies.
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How to Sign-In Do not try your RTS account or a personal EBSCO account at the EBSCOHost sign-in. If you are a MAC student, you will receive a separate set of credentials provided to you by the library staff to sign-in. |
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| FINDING BOOKS |
XXProQuest Religion & Philosophy E-Book Collection
XXDigital Loeb Classical Library
XXThesaurus Linguae Graecae [1]
| FINDING ARTICLES |
XXATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials PLUS
XXPsychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection [2]
XXAPA PsycARTICLES [2]
XXATLA/S for ALUMNI [3]
Notes
[1] You will need to create a TLG account within the site to fully access the database.
[2] Current MAC students should request remote access instructions from their library staff.
[3] If you are an RTS Alumni, please contact the library staff on your graduating campus for instructions on accessing the Alumni ATLA/S account.
| DATABASE DESCRIPTIONS |
APA PsycARTICLES (Orlando and Jackson MAC students)
The premier database of full text peer-reviewed articles published by APA and affiliated journals.
With current journal coverage and historical content dating back more than a century, this esteemed collection provides access to the full spectrum of research in the field and is an indispensable resource for researchers, practitioners, students, and educators.
When you are off-campus, the EBSCOhost platform that includes the APA PsycArticles requires a separate set of login credentials that you will enter at the EBSCOHost login screen. For Jackson students, please send a request with your name and student id to library.jackson@rts.edu to receive the current login id and password. For Orlando students, please send a request to library.orlando@rts.edu to receive your login credentials.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials PLUS
The ATLA Religion Databases are an essential tool for research in theology, biblical studies, and church history. It is the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. The more than 1,315,000 records in the ATLA Religion Database include journal articles, essays from multi-author works, and book reviews. Over 1,500 journal titles are currently indexed. ATLA/S is a full-text online collection of major religion and theology journals selected by leading religion scholars and theologians. Users can read articles or research the history of a topic from 1949 to the present. Currently, researchers are able to use ATLA Serials as a search tool to retrieve images of the pages in more than fifty different journals, which includes more than 100,000 entries (including articles and book reviews). RTS graduates are also eligible for the ATLA/S for ALUM program and must contact their library for alumni login details. Help using EBSCOHost may be found here. For help using the ATLA series of databases, please see this helpful Libguide.
This subscription provides access to the full-text module of the ATLA/S database for RTS Alumni who have graduated with a degree. You must contact the campus from which you graduated to obtain the login & password information.
Digital Loeb Classical Library
The Digital Loeb Classical Library is designed to make Classical Greek and Latin literature accessible to the broadest range of readers. It presents an interconnected, fully searchable, virtual library of all that is important in Greek and Latin literature. Epic and lyric poetry; tragedy and comedy; history, travel, philosophy, and oratory; the great medical writers and mathematicians; those Church Fathers who made particular use of pagan culture— with up-to-date texts and accurate English translations. More than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek, and English texts are available. Help using the Loeb Classical Library may be found here.
Currently, the RTS libraries have added over 4,200 e-books to the library catalog. They are accessible through the EBSCO E-Book collection database, as well as through their records in library catalog. You only need to select “PDF Full Text” or “EPUB Full Text” to access an e-book. If you need to view an e-book offline, contact your library staff about the item’s availability and software requirements. Please refer to the libguide on accessing e-books, and for EBSCO e-books, see their helpful user guide.
Old Testament & New Testament Abstracts
Old Testament Abstracts Online is a product of a partnership between ATLA and the Catholic Biblical Association. The database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. Topics covered include antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology and much more. New Testament Abstracts is a product of a partnership between ATLA and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. The database contains more than 33,000 article abstracts, 1,200 review abstracts, 12,600 book abstracts, and 50 software abstracts. Article coverage in the database dates back to 1985. Help using EBSCOHost may be found here.
ProQuest Religion & Philosophy E-Book Collection
ProQuest offers the largest high-quality, aggregated e-book subscription in religion and philosophy with more than 16,000 carefully curated e-books with anytime, anywhere access. Spanning topics such as philosophy, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, criticism and interpretation of The Bible, and religious history, beliefs, ethics, culture, politics, and more, the subscription provides a solid base of religious content that meets the research needs of students and scholars alike. Titles can be read online or checked out to be read offline. Help using ProQuest may be found here.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (Orlando and Jackson MAC students)
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection is a full-text database for psychologists, counselors, researchers and students. It provides hundreds of full-text psychology journals, including many indexed in PsycINFO. It offers particularly strong coverage in child and adolescent psychology and counseling.
Content includes:
- More than 480 full-text journals and
- More than 300 full-text journals with citations in PsycINFO.
When you are off-campus, the EBSCOhost platform that includes the Psychology and Behavioral Science Collection requires a separate set of login credentials that you will enter at the EBSCOHost login screen. For Jackson students, please send a request with your name and student id to library.jackson@rts.edu to receive the current login id and password. For Orlando students, please send a request to library.orlando@rts.edu to receive your login credentials.
The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG®) is a Special Research Program at the University of California, Irvine. Since its inception, the project has collected and digitized most texts written in Greek from Homer (8 c. B.C.) to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453. Its goal is to create a comprehensive digital library of Greek literature from antiquity to the present era. The Online TLG contains more than 110 million words from over 10,000 works associated with 4,000 authors and is constantly updated and improved with new features and texts.
To access the database, click on the link above. You will need to register a new account once at the TLG website. You will then receive an email from TLG with a link to confirm registration.