Alumni Resources

Books from The Wright Learning and Information Center

Graduates of Austin Seminary can request a library card. Out-of-town alumni can receive up to four books at a time through the mail. Please note that this does not apply to books from  the Seminary of the Southwest's Booher library, with which we share a catalog.  Contact the access & instruction librarian for more information and assistance. 

Books from Other Libraries

This handout will walk you through how to use World Cat to find a book at a library near you. Please note that you will not find Austin Seminary library books in World Cat. To find our holdings, please use the Sophi Search box on the main page of the library website.

E-books

While off-campus access to Austin Seminary library's e-books is limited to current students, faculty, and staff, there are a few other options for finding e-books on religion and theology:  

Internet Archive

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more. This includes many e-books on religion, theology, and biblical studies, both older works in the public domain and newer e-books that may be borrowed by creating a free account. 

Open Access Digital Theological Library

The mission of the Open Access Digital Theological Library (OADTL) is to make all open access content in religious studies and related fields discoverable to everyone, everywhere in the world through a single search experience for free forever. The OADTL currently contains about 100,000 OA ebooks and several hundred thousand articles in religious studies. 

Atla for Alumni

Access to AtlaSerials PLUS, with full-text access to over thousands of journal articles in hundreds of journals, is provided at no cost to alumni through the support of Austin Seminary. Atla for Alumni requires an alumni code—please contact us at library@austinseminary.edu for login information.

Access Atla for Alumni

Other Journal Databases and Search Engines

Directory of Open Access Journals

Search over 9,000 open access journals. 

Google Scholar

Search journals and other scholarly literature. 

Index Theologicus

This free, comprehensive bibliography for theology and religious studies is edited by librarians and faculty at the University of Tübingen.

Open Access Databases from the Digital Theological Library

Free and open databases on theological and related topics.

Atla Websites on Religion Libguide

An extensive annotated guide to free and open access electronic resources related to the study, practice and teaching of religion; organized by topic.  

Austin Seminary Digital Collections

Visit austinseminarydigital.org to explore this growing collection of streaming campus lectures (including past Midwinter Lectures), faculty sermons, and digitized material from the archives. Check back often for new content, including our weekly faculty sermons.

Free Theological Web Resources Page

The library's Free Theological Web Resources page offers a curated list of websites that offer Bible interpretation resources, encyclopedias, digital collections and more. 

Ministry Matters

Access articles, videos, and Bible reference resources.  Both free and subscription plans are available. 

OAIster

Access millions of records to open archive digital resources.

Open Access Digital Theological Library

The mission of the Open Access Digital Theological Library (OADTL) is to make all open access content in religious studies and related fields discoverable to everyone, everywhere in the world through a single search experience for free forever. The OADTL currently contains about 100,000 OA ebooks and several hundred thousand articles in religious studies.

Open Education Database - "A Guide to Little-Known Image Collections..."

This website will point you to multiple websites with free images to use that are in the public domain. The page also offers tips for how to search for images and check restrictions.