New for Library and I.T. Services

November 2007
My E-Shelf Replaces Bookbag - Saving records from Morgan, the on-line catalog previously used the bookbag. This option has been replaced by the new "My E-Shelf" link. My E-shelf functions as the Bookbag did, with advantages. If you logon to your account from Morgan, when you save items to "My E-Shelf" they will be saved permanently until you delete them.

October 2007
Theological Libraries Month -- Click here.

August 2007
Wireless in the Library -- If you have a laptop computer with a wireless receiver (standard now on most new laptops), you can now connect to the Internet wirelessly in the common areas of the Ernest Miller White Library. This includes the Reference Room, the Computer Lab, the lobby area, and the study areas on theLower Level.

New Acquisitions - Want to see what the library has recently added to their collection? From the on-line catalog, Morgan, click the "New Items" link. This will display a list of items added to the library collection in the last four months.

Library Elf - No more overdue books? This web-based and email tool for library users helps you keep track of your library borrowings. Elf is like a personal assistant, whose task is to help with keeping track of what one has on loan from multiple libraries.

Calvini Opera - The complete works of John Calvin in the edition of the Corpus Reformatorum now available in the Library's comptuer lab on computers 1,3,6,9,12. Click here for more information about the database.

April 2007 - Online Books Page
Is a book available online? Answer that question by searching one of the websites listed that provides access to full text of printed books online.

January 2007- Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2d ed.- on-line access to the full-text of this title. Click the title here, or within the record in Morgan. Available to the LPTS community only.

August 2006 - Wireless Access in the Winn Center
If you have a laptop computer with a wireless card, you can now browse the Internet, check your email, and search the library catalog or other research databases anywhere on the main floor of that building (lounge, dining room, McAtee A & B, etc.).

July 2006 - Upgrade to Bibleworks 7.0
The library has upgraded the Bibleworks software available in the computer lab from version 6.0 to 7.0 This software is still available on all computers in the lab.

Training for using this new version of Bibleworks will be offered in the near future. If you want to explore it on your own - open the software using the icon on the desktop, and go to the “Getting Started Videos” on the right hand side of the interface.

July 2006 - TLG - Thesaurus Linguae Graecae On-Line
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae is a research center at the University of California, Irvine. Its goal is to create a comprehensive digital library of Greek literature from antiquity to the present era. Currently they have collected and digitized texts dating from the time of Homer up to the fall of Byzantium, AD 1453.

Access to this collection of Greek texts is available to the LPTS community from the campus network. Search this database by keyword, author name, canon author, date, or epithets.

( If you have questions, please contact Angela Morris.)