ATLA - The Best Kept Secret for Alumni!
ATLA Database – Research Source for Alumni
Paul Tippey, Director of Library Services
Perhaps the best-kept secret resource for Asbury Alumni in continuing education or research is the ATLA Database of modern journals. The expansive service offers a plethora of information and digital text images for 20th-21st Century journals.
Asbury’s own alumnus, Paul Tippey (2004), describes, “ATLA is a full-text online collection of major religion and theology journals selected by leading religion scholars and theologians. Users can read articles or research the history of a topic from as early as 1908 to the present. Currently, researchers are able to use ATLA as a search tool to retrieve images of the pages in more than one hundred fifty different journals. The subject coverage areas include: Bible, Archeology, and Antiquities, Human Culture and Society, Church History, Mission, Ecumenism, Pastoral Ministry, World Religions and Religious Studies, and Theology, Philosophy, and Ethics.”
So, how do Alumni get to the ATLA Database?
The Office of Alumni has got you covered. In order to use the database, you must obtain your alma mater User ID and Password. For contracted membership purposes, we cannot make the information available to the public (like in this newsletter), but you can get them from the OneATS webpage. A brief guide and print screen steps are also provided to help you.
Step 1: Login to OneATS. If you don’t know how to do this, see the article, “Finding out in Five Steps: OneATS Navigation” or call 1-800-227-2879, for assistance.
Step 2: Click on “Information Commons” in the Navigation Menu. (Left Menu)
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Step 3: Click on “Research Databases” in the Navigation Menu. (Right Menu)
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Step 4: Scroll Down to the “Alumni Information:” Section. You will see the User ID and Password (though it is not in the image below). Then simply click on the blue link labeled, ATLA Religion Database, and enter the information.
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We are always available for assistance at 1-800-227-2879. Happy researching
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