Library Resources for Alumni

Books from Stitt Library

Alumni can purchase a Stitt Library card for a $5 annual fee.  Out of town alumni can receive up to four books at a time through the mail.  Contact the public services librarian for more information and assistance. When searching the Stitt Library Catalog, you may want to restrict your search to APTS titles only, since your Alumni Library card only allows you to check out Austin Seminary books. 

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 Stitt Library books in World Cat. To find our holdings, please use the Stitt Library Catalog link above. 

Books online

See the “Where can I find free e-books online?” tab on section 5 of the Research Help page for links to good sources for academic e-books online.

ATLA for Alumni

Access to ATLASerials with full-text access to over 600,000 journal articles in over 300 journals is provided at no cost to alumni through the support of Austin Seminary. ATLA for Alumni requires a password -- please contact the public services librarian for login information.

Access ATLA for Alumni

Other Journal Databases and Search Engines

Open Access Databases from the Digital Theological Library

Free and open databases on theological and related topics.

Directory of Open Access Journals

Search over 9,000 open access journals. 

Google Scholar

Search journals and other scholarly literature. 

Stitt Library's Theological Web Resources Page

The Theological Web Resources page offers access to Bible interpretation resources, encyclopedias, digital collections and more. 

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.

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 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.