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Orienting With the Word

Document Delivery

Library staff will e-mail journal articles and book chapters found in the AMBS library.

Requesting from Article search

On the library home page, there is a link to search library databases such as EBSCOHost (general purpose databases), Atlas Plus (resources on theology, religion, and related disciplines), JSTOR (fulltext academic journal backfiles). Some of these databases list many journal articles and book chapters without online full text. If you see a citation that doesn't have a PDF available, click on the "Access Options" dropdown and choose "Request or check for full text."

To request a copy, choose the Get It button. Fill out the form to submit your request to the AMBS Library. When filling out the form, please add a note identifying yourself as an Orienting With the Word participant.

A librarian will correspond with you to make any necessary arrangements. The article will come to you as an email attachment.

Scans from library books

When doing background research for your Bible study, you may need access to high-quality reference books and commentaries that are only available in the library's print collection. Or perhaps you need a chapter from a book that is in the library's circulating collection.

  1. Identify titles of the reference books or commentaries you want to use through the Catalog search button on the library home page.
  2. If you don't know what portion you will need, you may ask for a scan of the table of contents or index.
  3. Fill out the form at https://anabapti.st/scanning to make your request.

The library cannot scan an entire book due to copyright restrictions, but we can often scan a smaller portion you need for a research purpose (see our fair use library guide for the factors that need to go into this decision).

Expect a response to your request within 24 hours on weekdays.