ATLAS for Alumni/ae

 

EXPANDED AND IMPROVED RESOURCES FOR ALUMS: THE ATLA RELIGION DATABASE & ATLAS E-JOURNALS NOW AVAILABLE

We are now able to provide our alumni/ae with access to the entire ATLA Religion Database, not just the ATLAS subset. You probably realize that ATLAS represents only the full-text portion of the information encompassed in the whole ATLA-RDB. You now have access to the entire data store, including citations for more than 1700 scholarly journals and books in religious studies, as compared to the 180+ that are at this time included in ATLAS. This data store includes more than 1.8 million records.

This expanded service uses a new, more powerful and intuitive interface provided by EBSCO. This interface is considered the gold standard for database searching and document delivery, and we believe it will deliver better access to the very valuable research information in the ATLA data store.

TO REACH THE NEW ALUMNI/AE LOGIN SCREEN, CLICK HERE.

If you received a username and password from us since 1 January 2010, you can go on using them -- they will still be active.

If you are a Union, PSCE or BTSR alum and you do not yet have an alumni/ae login, you will need to email our Reference Librarian, Paula Skreslet, to obtain the user ID and password. She will check your alumni status and then reply to your email with the necessary information. (Because this is confidential, we cannot post it here.)

NEW TUTORIAL NOW AVAILABLE -- CLICK HERE.

There is now a detailed tutorial offering instructions for the use of this database. You only need to remember to use the access instructions especially for alums.

For Users of The Text This Week :

If you use TextWeek to prepare lectionary passages, you will have direct access to the ATLAS articles that they recommend. When you choose an article to read, click on one of the EBSCO links, and use your alumni login if prompted. You should be able to view the article as a PDF file.

Please feel free to contact Paula Skreslet with any problems or questions.

This program is intended for alumni/ae of Union, PSCE and BTSR exclusively.
Participants may not share the username or password with others.

OTHER ALUMNI/AE PRIVILEGES : Alums are also entitled to free borrowing privileges at the Library!  If you haven't already become a member, contact our Circulation Desk now :

Rachel Perky Circulation Supervisor 804.278.4335 rperky@upsem.edu