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This research guide is designed to highlight major online and print research resources which support the Pastoral Studies program at Loyola University Chicago. It also identifies links to important web resources providing a wide array of valuable and freely available information. In addition to this guide, it is highly recommended to look at the additional subject-specific Research Guides. Each guide contains various resources and tools that have been created to help you research based off of your subject of study or your research topic. If at any point you are not sure where to find specific information, you can always contact me or use our Ask a Librarian.
Library Services
- How do I get a book?
- How do I visit the library?
- How do I use Interlibrary loan?
- How do I access materials online?
Research Help
The library has 24/7 chat reference service. Ask a Librarian links are available from the library website, catalog, and selected databases.
You can search for ebooks in the library catalog. (That link will show you all the ebooks available, but you will have to change the search to be your topic).
Most Used Resources
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Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials A comprehensive reference database designed to support religious and theological scholarship in graduate education and faculty research, including the integration of the Atla Catholic Periodical and Literature Index.
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Atla Historical Monographs Collection: Series 1 & 2 Atla Historical Monographs Collection: Series 1 contains over five million pages of content, and consists of titles from the 13th century through the 1893 World Parliament of Religions with the majority of titles from the 19th century. Since religion was such an integral part of the social, political and economic fabric of life during the time period of this collection, historians researching a wide range of areas, not just religion, will find invaluable material relevant to their work. Series 2 consists of titles published from 1894 through 1923. This collection offers material on the significant shifts in the religious identification of Americans and the growing interest and experimentation with non-Western religions.
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Catholic Periodicals & Literature Index (CPLI) Includes indexed citations to articles published in Roman Catholic periodicals, papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith. Produced by ATLA and the Catholic Library Ashibciation.
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New Testament Abstracts 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.
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Old Testament Abstracts Features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. Abstracts from over 450 journals are included.
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World Religions Online World Religions Online explores religion and spirituality from the ceremonies of the first practitioners to the elaborate rituals of today. Topic Centers focus on the world's major religions and traditional spiritual practices, such as Judaism and Native American religions, quickly guiding users to important topics, spiritual leaders, sacred texts, holy days, and festivals.
Lewis Library
Lewis Library (Water Tower Campus): Main Entrance on the 6th floor, 8th floor is the quiet study floor, & the 9th floor has study rooms that can be reserved through the reservation system. Computers, quiet and group study areas, books, and electronic material for check-out
There are approximately 10 Group Study Rooms available for students to use. To reserve a room, you can use our online Group Study Reservation System. The Group workstations on the 6th floor have also been added to this reservation system. They are labeled, from north to south, as Group Workstations 1 through 4.
Needing a secure place to store books and other small personal items? Lockers are available for checkout at the Lewis Library Circulation Desk. The loan period for lockers is 7 days plus one renewal. Lockers are available to Loyola students, faculty, staff, and alumni on a first-come first served basis. For further information please contact Lewis Library Circulation Desk at 312-915-6622
Schedule an appointment online!
Check out "How to: Writing Center" for a short tutorial on setting up appointments online.
Preparing for your session:
- Schedule online using http://luc.mywconline.com to make an appointment with a tutor.
- Be on time for your appointment.
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Come to the Writing Center with your paper assignment and with rough drafts, if you have them.
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Ask questions during your session, and keep an open mind when your tutor makes suggestions.
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Remember: The Writing Center is not a fix-it shop; we work with you to improve your writing.
Both the Lewis Library and information Commons Digital Media Labs featuring a wide array of robust workstations, multimedia applications and technical support for working with digital images, audio, and video.
The labs also offer a wide variety of equipment for check-out, including digital cameras, video cameras, iPads, and audio equipment.
See Digital Media Services for more information. Located on the 6th floor of the Lewis Library, Room 605.
Both the Lewis Library and Information Commons provides best effort to help with technical issues for WiFi:
Get Materials
Interlibrary Loan
Request materials such as books, articles, and dissertations that are not otherwise available in the Loyola University Libraries.
Course Reserves
Course Reserves are educational materials that have been set aside and made available for specific classes and have shorter borrowing periods and different renewal policies. See Course Reserves for more information.
Document Delivery
Request scanned copies of articles and book chapters from Loyola's print collections.
Distance Education
The ILL office will mail books from the Loyola University Libraries to students enrolled exclusively in distance education courses and to graduate students who reside outside of Chicagoland (in the U.S.).
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Services for Students Enrolled in Online ClassesA list of resources available to students taking online classes only.
Online Newspaper Subscriptions
Wall Street Journal: Please CLICK HERE to register for an account before attempting to access this resource The Wall Street Journal is the world's leading business publication with coverage from 1984 to the current year.
New York Times Website : Loyola students, faculty, and staff have unlimited access to NYTimes.com, including archives from 1851 to the present (articles from 1923 to 1980 are limited to five per day per user; unlimited access is available through ProQuest Newstream). First time users need to create an account from this link Create a New Account to gain access. Returning users can log in from the New York Times' website from this link. Users will have to "renew" their account once a year with their same login information.