What's New

3.2.12 Online links restored

You will be pleased to know that links to online periodicals have been restored. Go to ACD Library Periodicals and Journals and click on your favourite journal.

5.1.12 Renewals

As of January 3rd, 2012, 28 day and 7 day loans can be renewed four times per item.

We hope this will make life easier for you. For more information please contact staff

17.8.11 Booksale soon!

When: Wednesday 17th August, 2011

Adelaide Theological Library (Ground floor)
Huge selection of religious and theological books, commentaries, psychology, pastoral care, history, biography, spirituality and prayer, sociology.
Time: 10.00am-2.00pm
BARGAINS!!! Most books $1 and $2 or $5

Cash, cheque or credit card (min. $20)

For more information contact Wendy

14.4.11 New Online resources

New Testament Abstracts and Old Testament Abstracts are now available online through EBSCO host. Click here ACD Library Research Databases

24.2.11 Booksale soon!

When: Wednesday 16th March, 2011

Adelaide Theological Library (Ground floor)
Huge selection of religious and theological books, commentaries, psychology, pastoral care, history, biography, spirituality and prayer, sociology.
Time: 10.00am-2.00pm
BARGAINS!!! Most books $1 and $2 or $5

SILENT AUCTION OF REFERENCE BOOKS. For a catalogue of available titles, and viewing times, please contact Wendy

Cash, cheque or credit card (min. $20)

For more information contact Wendy

7.1.11 New Online Databases

Click here to go to ACD Library Research Databases

RMIT Publishing's Informit service is the premier source of online full text, multi media and index databases that deliver the majority of Australasian scholarly research to the education, research and business sectors.

Informit Full text Collections: Business, Health, Humanities and Social Sciences
Informit Plus Text Databases: A*Education, APA-FT australian public Affairs-Full Text
Infromit Index Databases: Family--Australian Family & Society Abstracts Database

19.11.10 Christmas / New Year hours

The Library will be closed from Saturday 18th December 2010 to Monday 3rd January 2011 inclusive. Opening hours for the remainder of the long break will remain unchanged. Books may be returned through the chute at the ACD main entrance on Lipsett Terrace at any time.

12.11.10 New Electronic Journals available

Reflective Practice: Formation and Supervision in Ministry

Christian Spirituality and Science

International Journal of New Perspectives on Christianity

10.9.10 Booksale coming up!

When: Wednesday 6th October, 2010

Adelaide Theological Library (Ground floor)
Huge selection of religious and theological books, commentaries, psychology, pastoral care, history, biography, spirituality and prayer, sociology.
Time: 10.00am-2.00pm
BARGAINS!!! Most books $1 and $2 or $5
Cash, cheque or credit card (min. $20)

For more information contact Wendy

30.4.10 Australia's Biggest Morning Tea

When: Wednesday 26th May, 2010, 11.00am

Where: ACD Student Common Room

Adelaide Theological Library will host a morning tea to raise money for the Cancer Foundation. Please bring a plate of morning tea to share and a gold coin donation.
For more information contact Wendy

26.2.10 Booksale soon!

When: Wednesday 24th March, 2010

Adelaide Theological Library (Ground floor)
Huge selection of religious and theological books, especially Old Testament, New Testament and commentaries; psychology, pastoral care, history, biography, spirituality and prayer, sociology.
Time: 10.00am-2.00pm
BARGAINS!!! Most books $1 and $2 or $5
Cash, cheque or credit card (min. $20)

SPECIAL on Interpreter's Bible sets

For more information contact Wendy

26.2.10 Library Technician appointed

The Adelaide Theological Library is pleased to announce the appointment of HAYLEY EYERS as Library Technician.

11.1.10 Position available - Library Technician

LIBRARY TECHNICIAN (0.5 FTE)

The Adelaide Theological Library supports the teaching and research of the Adelaide College of Divinity, a consortium of theological colleges representing Anglican, Catholic and Uniting Church traditions. The ATL is affiliated with the Flinders University Library. Library services are provided to faculty, staff, students and the wider church community.

The ATL seeks to employ a Library Technician (0.5 FTE) who is accountable to the Librarian. The position is offered at Higher Education Officer Level 4 with a salary of $44,891 pro rata per annum.

For the position description or further information contact the ATL on (08) 8416 8416 (10am-4pm Mo-Fr) or theo.library@flinders.edu.au.

Applications close 5pm Friday 29 January 2010.

25.11.09 Opening hours over Christmas / New Year

The Library will be closed from Saturday 19th December 2009 to Sunday 10th January 2010 inclusive. During this period, books may be returned to the chute at the ACD main entrance on Lipsett Terrace. Opening hours for the remainder of 2010 are listed on our web page.

22.7.09 Oxford Biblical Studies Online

Oxford Biblical Studies Online is designed to provide scholars, librarians, and students at all levels with a full range of authoritative content and tools for the study of the Bible and biblical history. This cross-searchable resource brings together the text, commentary and annotations from the famous Oxford Study Bibles, essential corollary content and biblical reference works, stunning images, up-to-date color maps and a great deal more. Already substantial, this expanding resource combines the acclaimed Oxford tools and functionality with ready online access to some of the most respected texts and scholarship in the field.

Click here to access

17.6.09 Library closed on Saturday 27th June

The Library will be closed on Saturday 27th June. Opening hours for the remainder of Semester 1 (to July 3rd) will remain unchanged. Books may be returned to the chute at the ACD main entrance on Lipsett Terrace. We apologise for any inconvenience.

5.6.09 Access restored to EBSCO and electronic resources

Access to the EBSCO databases and other electronic resources has been restored.

2.6.09 EBSCO and electronic resources unavailable

Access to the EBSCO databases and other electronic resources is currently unavailable

Flinders University ISD is working on a resolution to the problem. Access will be restored as soon as possible.

17.3.09 Oxford Biblical Studies Online
FREE TRIAL

When: April 2009

Unrivalled access to the finest scholarship in Biblical Studies
Cross-search the full text of Oxford's acclaimed reference texts and Bibles, including the New Oxford Annotated Bible 3rd edition, the Jewish Study Bible, the Catholic Study Bible, two Concordances, the Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Oxford Bible Commentary and more

Take a tour of Oxford Biblical Studies Online

13.3.09 History Week Display

When: 22-31 May 2009
Where: Adelaide Theological Library

Adelaide Theological Library will host a public display of rare books during History Week.
One of the special features of the ATL is our valuable Rare Book collection. We hold books on the early development of churches in Australia, church missions throughout the world, early Bibles, hymn books and psalters, sermons, church magazines, early South Australian history, etc.

For opening times and futher information contact Val

13.3.09 Three booksales in one day!

When: Wednesday 1st April, 2009
Where: ACD Campus, 34 Lipsett Tce, Brooklyn Park
Time: 10am-2pm

Booksale #1:Adelaide Theological Library
Huge selection of religious and theological books, especially Old Testament; philosophy, history, biography, spirituality and prayer.
Where: ACD campus (Library--Ground floor)
BARGAINS!!! Most books $1 and $2
Credit card facilities available (min. $20)

Booksale #2:Norm Habel's Annual Religious Book Sale
To support the Grihini Programme for oppressed Dalit and Tribal women in South India
Where: ACD Campus (Library Ext-first floor)
BARGAINS!!! Most books $1 and $2 (Cash only)

Booksale#3: ATF (Australasian Theological Forum)
Where: ACD Campus (verandah East Wing)
Remainder stock from $5
Credit card facilities available (min.$20)

For more information contact Wendy

19.9.08 Booksale soon!

When: Wednesday 15th October, 2008

Adelaide Theological Library (Ground floor)
Huge selection of religious and theological books, especially Old Testament; philosophy, history, biography, spirituality and prayer.
Time: 10.00am-2.00pm
BARGAINS!!! Most books $1 and $2

For more information contact Wendy

25.7.08 Database trials available until 24.8.08

The Digital Karl Barth library.

In association with the Theologischer Verlag Zürich (TVZ) and Princeton Theological Seminary, Alexander Street Press is pleased to offer the first major online collection of Karl Barth's works. Combining comprehensiveness with a carefully crafted set of text-analysis tools, The Digital Karl Barth Library will support a new generation of research into the works of one of the twentieth century's most influential theologians.

The current release features the English translation of Barth's magnum opus, The Church Dogmatics, in its entirety. The original German version, Die kirchliche Dogmatik, is also included as are the first 36 volumes of Barth's Gesamtausgabe, which includes hundreds of letters, sermons, lectures, conversations, and academic writings. These volumes are supplemented by seven additional German works that have not yet been published as part of the Gesamtausgabe and English translations of thirteen important texts by Barth. New content will be added on a quarterly basis.
Click here to search

The Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation

A uniquely exhaustive resource for historians, theologians, political scientists, and sociologists studying the religious and social upheavals of the 16th and 17th centuries, the Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation gives researchers immediate, Web-based access to an extensive range of seminal works from the Reformation and post-Reformation eras.

The collection currently includes 552 titles. With new content uploads occurring on a regular basis, the database offers a constantly growing treasury of theological writings, biblical commentaries, confessional documents, and polemical treatises written by more than 300 Catholic authors.
Click here to search

The Digital library of Classic Protestant Texts.

A uniquely exhaustive resource for historians, theologians, political scientists, and sociologists studying the religious and social upheavals of the 16th and 17th centuries, the Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts gives researchers immediate, Web-based access to an extensive range of seminal works from the Reformation and post-Reformation eras.

The database uses PhiloLogic software, developed at the University of Chicago, to enable in-depth browsing and searching of a treasury of theological writings, biblical commentaries, confessional documents, sermons, letters, polemical treatises, and other works by hundreds of Protestant authors.
Click here to search

30.5.08 ARI and AULOTS online

ARI (Australasian Religion Index) is now available online.

ARI is an author and subject index covering over eighty religious and theological serials published in Australia or New Zealand and representing all religious traditions. Related areas of study such as history and sociology are also covered.

ARI indexes articles, notes and book reviews in religious studies, theology and related fields in the humanities and social sciences.

ARI is indexed and edited by members of ANZTLA Ltd.

Click here to search

AULOTS (Australasian Union List of Serials In Theological Collections)

AULOTS is a database of the serials holdings of theological and religious libraries in Australia and New Zealand. At the time of its loading onto the ANZTLA website, it contained existing holdings for 5256 serial titles held in 96 libraries.

Several editions of AULOTS were produced in hardcopy - the most recent being the 4th edition which was published in 2002. The data from the 4th edition formed the basis of the current online database. Contributing libraries are in the process of bringing their holdings statements up to date to accurately reflect their current collections.

AULOTS can be searched by serial title and entries provide links to both library holding statements and contact details.

Click here to search

22.2.08 Booksales soon!

When: Wednesday 9th April, 2008

Adelaide Theological Library (Library Stacks-ground floor)
Huge selection of religious and theological books, especially Old Testament; philosophy, history, biography, spirituality and prayer
AND
Norm Habel's Annual Religious Book Sale (Library Ext-first floor)
To support the Grihini Programme for oppressed Dalit and Tribal women in South India
Where: ACD Campus
Time: 10.00am-2.00pm
BARGAINS!!! Most books $1 and $2

For more information contact Wendy

1.12.07 Long Break Opening hours

Monday - Friday 10.00am-4.00pm

The library will be closed from Monday 24.12.07-Tuesday 1.1.08

26.5.07 FREE TRIAL of new online journal

Blackwell "Religion Compass"

Religion Compass Online

Religion Compass is an online-only journal publishing original, peer-evaluated state-of-the-art surveys of current research from accross the entire discipline.

Fields covered by Religion Compass include:

African religions, ancient Near East, Buddhism, Christianity, Indian traditions, Islam, Japanese and Chinese traditions, Judaism, Religion in America, New religions, theory and method

22.2.07 Opening Hours

Term 1
We are trialling *5.30pm closing Monday-Thursday*
Friday and Saturday hours remain unaltered.

Term break
We are trialling later opening and closing times on Tuesdays (12.00-6.00pm)

Feedback on opening hours is most welcome Contact Rosemary

22.2.07 Two Booksales

Adelaide Theological Library (Library Stacks-ground floor)
AND
Norm Habel's Annual Religious Book Sale (Library Ext-first floor)
To support the Grihini Programme for oppressed Dalit and Tribal women in South India
Where: ACD Campus
When: Wednesday 28th March 2007
Time: 10.00am-2.00pm
BARGAINS!!! Most books $1 and $2

For more information contact Wendy

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Last updated: February 03, 2012