Tutorials
Tutorials and Support
Related Seminary Support
The Digital Learning Lab and IT Help Desk are also available in the building.
- IT Help Desk (help.desk@ptsem.edu, 609-497-7812)
- Office of Digital Learning, Digital Learning Lab
Library Tutorials
Self-service features
Brief demonstrations of special features in the Wright Library library catalog and discovery for doing research and managing your library account
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More library catalog and discovery screencasts
A brief introduction to basic searching in Summon, a library search engine that includes records for books, articles, conference proceedings, theses and dissertations, videos, music, images, manuscripts, maps, and more.
A brief introduction to advanced searching in Summon
Another example of the Advanced Search option in Summon
A brief demonstration about the mobile versions of the library catalog
A brief demonstration of how to save a search (Preferred Searches) in the library catalog
Princeton Seminary Alumni
We are pleased to support your lifelong learning with access to one of the widest and most extensive selections of licensed resources available to alumni from any theological institution.
An overview of the resources and services available to Princeton Seminary alumni from Wright Library
A brief introduction to the research databases for which Wright Library has purchased alumni access
Database tutorials and other screencasts
A demonstration of how to add Wright Library to your Google Scholar Settings (No sound in this video)
To add Wright Library to your Google Scholar searches:
- Go to Settings
- Click Library Links
- Search for Princeton Theological
- Check the box (to the left of Princeton Theological Seminary – Access @ Wright Library)
- Click Save
How to use key features of Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials PLUS, the premier database for theology and religious studies
Through its digitization partnership with Internet Archive, Wright Library has digitized books for online access that previously could only be checked out in person. These books can be borrowed digitally by one person at a time, for a limited time period.
A demonstration of tools for exploring the Earl Palmer Collection in the Theological Commons digital library representing decades of Rev. Palmer’s ministry.
A brief introduction to the free preaching resources on the Wright Library website
A screencast from HathiTrust for member library patrons; more about HathiTrust at Wright Library
This video demonstrates how to search Religion Database. Although this database is not as extensive as Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials PLUS, it does contain some journals not available in Atla.