Guide to the Library Catalogs

The Rae and Joseph Gann Library has two catalogs:

• ONLINE CATALOG provides access to all of the library's holdings in English and Hebrew acquired since 1999, as well as to an increasing number of older records. From the online catalog you can renew borrowed material, place holds on circulating material, access course reserves, and obtain full-text electronic books and journals.

Guide to Searching the Catalog
Guide to Renewals and Requests

• CARD CATALOG -The Hebrew and English card catalogs are located near the public computers on the main level. They index material acquired prior to 1999 classified in the Freidus system. The card catalogs may be searched by author or editor's last name, by title, or by subject. Books with Freidus call numbers are shelved on the upper level.
• If you have not found what you need in the online catalog, it may be listed in the card catalog, which can be searched in the library or by submitting a Card Catalog Search Request Form

E- BOOKS -The Library offers thousands of full-text electronic books accessible through the online catalog or directly at:
ebrary
ACLS History Ebook Project

JOURNALS- The Library provides hundreds of Hebrew and English journals in print, and thousands of journals electronically. To find out if Hebrew College subscribes to a particular journal in print or online, check the Serials Solutions Journal/Database Portal

MEDIA-The online catalog allows you to search for various media by format:

CDs
Cassettes
DVDs
Videos
CD ROMs

PARTNER INSTITUTIONS-Hebrew College faculty and students may borrow material directly from the following institutions:
Andover Newton Theological Seminary
Northeastern University
The Fenway Library Consortium

INTERLIBRARY LOAN is available to supplement Library resources by providing material from outside of Hebrew College for patrons' research needs. It includes the lending of books as well as the electronic delivery of journal articles via email.
Interlibrary Loan Request Form