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Theology & Ancient Language and Text Studies: Books & e-books

Welcome to the Library guide for Theology. Here you will find a OneStop service to assist you in your studies or research at the Faculty of Theology of the North-West University.

IMPORTANT NOTICE - Catalogue

We recently migrated to WorldCat Discovery.   Please contact hester.lombard@nwu.ac.za should you need catalogue assistance, or if something is not working.

Search for Books & eBooks

Interlibrary loans

Request books/chapters/articles not available in the NWU library collection from other academic libraries.  Service available for staff and postgraduates. For books: (for articles - see manual)

1.  Check Library's catalogue (search book title).  (Items in our collection must not be requested through interlibrary loans.

2..  If unavailable, request via WorldCat Discovery.  Do an advanced search and select "Libraries worldwide".  (No book requests from overseas libraries - only chapters.)

Consult this manual for the procedure to do a request.
Contact the Library for assistance.

Reserved sources in full text

How to read/download e-books

Find the book title on the catalogue (following these guidelines), and follow the manual below with the guidelines for the specific e-book supplier.

Puritan hard drive - e-books

The Puritan hard drive is installed on three computers in the Theology Library. 

There are 2120 e-books available on this hard drive.

Logos Bible software

The Logos Bible software, version 5, Platinum package is available on a computer in the Theology Library.
Includes more than 1500 sources. 
Not online, can only be used in the Library.