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Montgomery Library supports the Westminster curricula with print and electronic resources and experienced reference services. We also welcome guests to use our print resources.
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Montgomery Library Hours
Fall hours through 12/12/24:
Monday: 9AM - 5PM
Tuesday - Thursday: 8AM - 10PM
Friday: 8AM - 6PM
Saturday: 10AM - 4PM
Sunday: CLOSED
Christmas hours:
Friday, 12/13: 2PM - 6PM (limited hours)
Saturday, 12/14: CLOSED
12/16-12/20: 9AM - 5PM
12/21/24-1/1/25: CLOSED
Winter term hours beginning 1/2/25:
Monday - Friday: 9AM - 6PM
Saturday: 10AM - 4PM
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(215) 572-3821
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external Databases
Research databases for Westminster students and faculty
EBSCO Databases (Including Atlas PLUS®)
The EBSCO collection of databases includes the AtlaSerials PLUS® database, which is the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. EBSCO also includes the ATLA Historical Monographs Collections 1 and 2, the Christian Periodical Index, New Testament Abstracts, Old Testament Abstracts, OMNIFILE Full Text Select, and the Religion and Philosophy Index.
To access these resources from off-campus, you will need to log in with your last name and WTS Library ID that is located on your Library card.
(If you require assistance using this, or any of our other databases, please send an email to library@wts.edu)
JSTOR Archival Collections
JSTOR provides a full text archive of core journals in select disciplines and more than 6,000 Open Access eBooks. Westminster Seminary’s subscription includes the JSTOR Religion and Theology Collection. Journal issues from the most recent 3-5 years are usually NOT available electronically through JSTOR. Please note that current issues of some JSTOR journal titles may be available in one of the EBSCO databases.
American National Biography
From missionaries to musicians, social workers to statisticians, cowboys to chemists, and Vikings to astronauts, the portraits in the American National Biography Online (the ANB) reflect the rich diversity of American life from pre-colonial times to the present day. The ANB contains over 19,000 biographies of significant, influential or notorious figures from American history written by prominent scholars.
America's Historical Imprints
America’s Historical Imprints contains books, pamphlets, broadsides, government documents and ephemera printed in America from 1639-1819.
Bloomsbury Digital Resources
Westminster now has access to the following full-text collections from Bloomsbury.
- Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Philosophers
- Bloomsbury Medieval Studies
- Bloomsbury Theology and Religion
Early English Books Online
Early English Books Online contains over 125,000 full-text facsimile titles, from the first book published in English through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Eighteenth Century Collections Online contains every significant English language and foreign language title printed in the United Kingdom between the years 1701 and 1800. Full-text searching enables users to explore a vast range of books and directories, bibles, sheet music, sermons, advertisements, and works by both celebrated and lesser-known authors. The database also provides cross platform searching with Early English Books Online.
Loeb Classical Library
The Loeb Classical Library spans eighteen centuries and every genre. The digital Loeb Classical Library continues the historic mission of making all that is important in Greek and Latin literature available to readers anywhere in the world—with accurate, literate, English translations.
Oxford Bibliographies
Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides across a variety of subject areas. The WTS subscription covers the topics of Biblical Studies, Classics, Medieval Studies, and the Renaissance and Reformation.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford DNB) is the national record of men and women who have shaped British history and culture, worldwide, from the Romans to the 21st century. The ODNB contains 60,000 biographies, 72 million words, 11,000 portraits of significant, influential or notorious figures who shaped British history.
Oxford Reference
Oxford Reference provides access to almost 55,000 articles from 20 Oxford Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias.
The Patrologia Latina Database
The Patrologia Latina Database is an electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne’s Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855, and the four volumes of indexes published between 1862 and 1865. The Patrologia Latina comprises the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
The TLG represents the first effort in the Humanities to produce a large digital corpus of literary texts. 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 and beyond. Its goal is to create a comprehensive digital library of Greek literature from antiquity to the present era.
Index Religiosus
Index Religiosus is an index combining the print Revue d’histoire Ecclésiastique and the Elenchus Bibliographicus from the journal Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses. The database provides citations to hundreds of journals in “theology and Canon Law, history of theology, history of religions, Old and New Testaments, dogmatic theology, Sacramentology and liturgy, moral and pastoral theology” and all aspects of church history.
Please note that this database does not contain full text articles.
Dissertations and Projects
Research in Ministry Online
Research in Ministry Online is a freely available database that indexes DMin and DMiss projects from reporting schools of theology accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada. Indexing began in 1981. Author, title, project advisor, institution, and subject access are provided. In addition, an abstract for each project is included when one has been provided by the author.
DMin Projects and ThM Theses
The Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) is a library of over 10,000 theological thesis/dissertation titles representing research from as many as 70 different institutions. Westminster theses, as well as projects from other institutions, are available for download from TREN.
Westminster PhD Dissertations
Proquest provides access to all Westminster Theological Seminary dissertations published in Dissertation Abstracts between the mid-1960s and last year.
To search for non-Westminster dissertations, (or if you are non-Westminster student looking for a Westminster dissertation) use Dissertations Express. NB: This is a purchase-only site. However, you may create a list of titles/authors at no charge. See a librarian for the next steps.
Writing Resources
The Chicago Manual of Style Online
The Chicago Manual of Style Online is the time-tested guide to style, usage, and grammar in an accessible online format. It is the indispensable reference for writers, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, and publishers.
To access CMA from off-campus, you will need to log in with your last name and Westminster Library ID that is located on your Library card
Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Unabridged is the largest, most comprehensive American dictionary currently available in print or online. It is built on the solid foundation of Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged and is the best source of current information about the English language.
Alumni & Free Resources
Alumni Research
NEW: The Library is pleased to upgrade to Atlas PLUS® for Alum to provide WTS alumni/ae the same Atla databases used as students. It includes more than 721 full-text journals in many diverse areas of religion and theology, with full-text content in more than 20 languages from more than 40 different countries. It also includes the Westminster Theological Journal. Passwords are available to alumni. Contact library@wts.edu to request a password. Include your full name and graduation year in your request.
Free Research Links
The links in the Free Research Links page are intended to guide users to sites of research interest. The inclusion of a link on this page does not indicate endorsement of all of the contents of the site.
Research Guides
LibGuides
LibGuides is a platform for creating and sharing guides, maintaining AZ lists, and publishing blogs. You can access guides on Biblical Language Resources, Church History Resources, Getting Started with Ebooks, and Systematic Theology Resources.
InterLibrary Loan Services
In addition to providing rich print collections in Biblical studies, church history, pastoral and systematic theology, and other related disciplines, the Montgomery Library provides an Interlibrary Loan Service for WTS faculty and students. If we do not have a copy of what you are looking for in the WTS Library, please ask for an ILL form at the Library’s Circulation desk to begin the process.
World Cat
World Cat allows users to search for titles in libraries around the world.
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Library Team
David Stewart
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the library
Donna Campbell
Technical Services &
Systems Librarian
Matthew Knox
Library Assistant
Donna Roof
Circulation Manager & Interlibrary Loans
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the library policies?
For information on current library policies please check out this PDF.
HOW Do I FIND EBOOKS?
Westminster Seminary Library has a growing collection of eBooks. Instructions for using these services are available in this PDF.
Can I get help with research?
Please contact a librarian at the Circulation Desk, 215-572-3821 or email us at library@wts.edu. NOTE: research assistance is limited to current WTS students, faculty and staff.
Do I have to be a Westminster student to use the Library?
The Library’s collections and services are intended primarily for the use of students, faculty and staff of Westminster Theological Seminary, but alumni, faculty and students at other schools, as well as area residents and pastors, are welcome to use the library facility for a modest membership fee. Please contact the Library for more details. We regret that due to limited resources, we are unable to provide research services, including Inter-library Loans, to non-WTS students, faculty and staff.
Is the Library open on the weekend?
The Library is open on Saturday from 12 PM to 4 PM during the academic year but is closed on Sunday.
How do I find out when my books are due, or if I have fines?
Anyone with a WTS library card can check their account by clicking on this link.
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