Library Home

April 1st - April 30th

(Connor Flatz, Elyse Hayes, and Corey Murray at the Francis X McDermott Library in Douglaston)

-->The Seminary of the Immaculate Conception Library has podcasts of their monthly book talks available on their website (Flannery O'Connor, George McDonald, G.K. Chesterton). Click here for access the complete list of podcasts

--> New York Seminary Libraries' Instragram page:The libraries at Huntington, Yonkers and Douglaston have collaborated to create a new instagram page to advertise events, library news, interesting parts of the collection and variety of other information. Our handing is NYSeminaryLibraries2012. Please Follow Us!!

-->Text a Librarian service: Staffing of the library chat software by all three has begun for the fall semester. Hours and access to the chat be found on the main page of each library (Dunwoodie, Huntington and Douglaston). Please don't hesitate to ask us questions...we are here to help!

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Library Services and Resources Updates: during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Updated 4/13/21)

• Proquest Religion Database (Expires 4/30/21): The Religion Database provides a wide range of primarily full-text, international periodicals for diverse religious and spiritual studies, covering formal theological studies of major religions, as well as the most recent trends and scholarly thought. Included are titles from religious publishing bodies and nondenominational organizations. The resource reflects a wide spectrum of religious belief systems and supports the global study of religion. The trial will expire on Tuesday, April 7th. This trial does not require a log-in but it does require two additional steps to begin searching the trial. Please contact the library staff if you have any access questions or issues.
• Click here for access

• Internet Archive Scholar (Free Resource) : This full-text search index includes over 25 million research articles and other scholarly documents preserved in the Internet Archive. The collection spans from digitized copies of eighteenth-century journals through the latest Open Access conference proceedings and pre-prints crawled from the World Wide Web.
• Click here for access
• J-Stor Expanded Access (Available until 6/30/21): J-Stor has extended temporary access to all 15 archival journal collections and 30,000+ ebooks to help with remote learning.
• Click here for access

• Hermeneia Bible Commentary Series: The library has purchased this initially available 50 book ebook collection. The Hermeneia commentary series seeks to offer an authoritative interpretation of the earliest texts of the biblical books and other literature closely related to the Bible (NOTE: We only have access to the Hermeneia series of ebooks on Project Muse and none of the other eBooks on the platform). Click here for access

• ProQuest Religion and Philosophy eBook Collection: This eBook collection offers the largest high-quality, aggregated ebook subscription in religion and philosophy with more than 16,000 carefully curated ebooks. Spanning topics such as philosophy, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, criticism, and interpretation of the Bible, and religious history, beliefs, ethics, culture, politics, and more.
•  Click here for Access

• Gale eBooks: The link to the New Catholic Encyclopedia online has been renamed to Gale eBooks to reflect the fact we have added new eBooks. We have added four more eBooks in addition to the existing New Catholic Encyclopedia eBooks. 
• Click here to view the new ebook additions

• COVID 19 - Resources and Services Libguide:  The libraries have created a centralized guide with all the electronic resources available to you during the COVID-19 pandemic. Click here for access

• Access: Physical library access to the library for MA students and visitors is not permitted until further notice. 

• Curbside Pick-up and Drop-off Instructions: During the fall semester, in lieu of traditional book borrowing, we are offering curbside access to our collection.
• Click here for instructions for both pick-up and drop-off of books

• Logins for Library Resources:  If you forgot the logins for our e-resources, then please email library@corriganlibrary.org or call the library staff (914-367-8255) to get them.
• Instructions for Remote or Off-Campus Access:   Click here for access
• Zoom 1-on-1 Reference: Click here for instructions on how to set up an appointment

• Interlibrary Loan: During the fall semester, we are only offering interlibrary loan copy requests (books or journals) services for now.
• Library Loans: Current loan periods will be normal but are subject to change if there is a demand for course-related books. If you need an extension, then please contact the library staff  (library@corriganlibrary.org) to see if you can extend them. 
• Text a Librarian: Our chat service hours and access can be found below.
• Email Reference: Additionally, you can email any questions, requests, or problems to the library and we will respond to you as soon as we can (library@corriganlibrary.org).
• Tips for Studying and Doing Assignments during Distance Learning: This guide was originally from the University of Miami but it was tweaked a little for our institution. It has a lot of useful tips on studying and doing projects while remote learning. 
• Click here for access

• Professor McLaughlin is available via email to review your papers as she typically would during the semester (Annmarie.Mclaughlin@archny.org).
• She is not available for in-person meetings until further notice. Instead, you can email her and set up a Zoom meeting to review your papers.
• Writing and Citation Resources: Click here for access

March 31st - April 30th.

Monday: 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Tuesday: 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Wednesday: 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Thursday: 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Friday: 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Saturday & Sunday: CLOSED

Change of Hours: 


CLOSED: The library chat will be closed from March 31st through April 11th for the Triduum and Spring Break. 

Normal hours will resume on Monday, April 12th.

To Start a Chat:

1. Click on the icon in the above box when it says “Ask a Question. We’re online”.

2. An instant messenger box will pop up in the bottom right-hand corner of the page.

3. Send us your reference question in the instant messaging box to begin the conversation.

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