Julian

I would love to know if anyone know of any good theology or seminary type libraries in my area (Washington, DC metro)? Mostly what I am looking for is access to the many journals (JBL, NT and so on.) There are also some books that I would love to peruse that are out of my price range (like, say, Ancient Epistolary Forgeries and other like it.)

I have searched the web for libraries but had no real success. The universities around here do not seem overly concerned with religion education. I would be willing to drive a few hours if necessary. Any help would be appreciated.

Julian

S.C.Carlson

Catholic University in Northeast Washington DC has an excellent theological library. The Library of Congress is also very good.

Most of the good-size universities in the area (GW, Georgetown, GMU, American) will carry the standard journals (JBL, etc.) To look for a specific book among local university libraries, try using Aladdin.

Julian

Good tips, thanks. Just for that, I will buy your book...

I looked up Catholic University and they seem to have quite a few libraries. Aladdin seems to indicate that they have what I need, if I am reading the display correctly. I checked their websites and looked under visitors and they say that you need to show a photo ID and sign in, which is no problem. However, they refer to the visitors as researchers... What does that mean? Is that just a fancy way of refering to whomever or are some sort of credentials needed to use the library?

Julian

S.C.Carlson

I think it is just a fancy way of referring to visitors. (At least, I didn't show any credential other than a driver's license.) Credentials would be needed for borrowing privileges, but you should probably be able to photocopy or take notes on what you need.

Stephen