Academic Programs - Dallas Theological Seminary

Student Life
current periodical subscriptions plus indexes,
abstracts, and bibliographies.
The library has seating for 584 readers,
including two conference rooms and two
small-group study rooms. Library staff with
theological and library degrees assist students
and faculty. The general collection is strong
in systematic and historical theology. It also
emphasizes biblical exegesis and interpretation,
with exceptional holdings in biblical
languages, archaeology, and the history and
culture of the biblical world.
The Media Center makes available audio
recordings, videos, slides, and other media
formats. It has an audio studio, video suite,
computer lab with 24 computers, and AV
lab/classroom with 10 computers. The
Doctoral Study Center in Mosher Library
contains 41 doctoral cubicles, and another
24 are in Turpin Library.
Special collections include rare books
and pamphlets relating to the theological
heritage of the Seminary, rare Bibles, a
collection of codex and papyrus manuscripts
in facsimile and microform, and faculty publications.
The archives include institutional
records, papers of Seminary presidents, and
the papers of the International Council on
Biblical Inerrancy.
The library’s holdings are accessed through
BIBLOS, an online catalog using the SIRSI
system. BIBLOS is available on the web at
http://library.dts.edu. Through the library
website, students can access an array of
bibliographic databases, such as the ATLA
Religion Index, and full-text periodicals
and books.
Students and faculty have borrowing
privileges through TexShare at most academic
and some public libraries in the state of
Texas. The library participates in the AMIGOS
Bibliographic Council, the Online Computer
Library Center, the American Theological
Library Association, and the Southwest Area
Theological Library Association.
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