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Library Resources for Northern California

Books from your campus
Sacramento Library: The Sacramento campus offers a collection of books that can be searched at:  Fuller Sacramento Online Catalog. The Sacramento Library is located at 5770 Carlson Drive near the CSUS campus at Fremont Presbyterian Church's primary room #3. Hours for the library are Monday - Friday, 9:00 am to 9:00 pm. Terms: No fee. If room is locked, check with Church secretary or custodian. Identify yourself as a Fuller student and they will let you in the library.

St. Patrick's Seminary Library: The seminary library collection consists of approximately 101,400 volumes and regularly receives 286 periodicals. A large reference section contains all the standard theological resources. Located at 320 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, Ca, 650-321-5655. TERMS: No fee. Fuller ID required. See their webpage  for normal and special hours.

Articles in electronic full-text
Fuller subscribes to Full-text databases, with tens of thousands of high quality articles. These articles are NOT available on the open web; that is, you cannot find them by searching Google.  For first time users here is Help with remote access.
eBooks for Fuller students
Fuller subscribes to e-book databases such as NetLibrary and iPreach.  The NetLibrary e-books can also be found in the Fuller-Sacramento online catalog.
Help with research
Click here for help with your research by phone or email
Free eBooks and other online documents
There are various free sources on the web.  It's important to consider the quality of the sources: who wrote it and what are their qualifications? when was it written? is it peer reviewed? what perspective are they writing from? 

Full-text from online sites

Suggested Theological and Religious Internet Resources

WorldCat.orgWith WorldCat.org you may search for a book and find libraries near your IP address or zip code which own a book.  The databases page has a version of WorldCat with more sophisticated searching options.
Electronic full-text (paid by student)
You can search for and purchase articles yourself for $10-$50.  However, there are not many theology and religious articles that you can purchase individually online.    More details.
Document delivery from Pasadena
As a last resort, Fuller's Pasadena library will send you articles and books from its collection for a fee.  More details.
Regional Research Libraries in the Bay Area and Sacramento
William Jessup Library: at William Jessup University, 333 Sunset Blvd, Rocklin, Ca 95765, 916-577-2288 M-Th 7:30 am to 10:00 pm (closed T/Th 9:30-10:20 am); Fri. 7:30 am to 5:00 pm; Sat 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Visit their webpage  for more information.

Sacramento State University Library: 600 J Street, Sacramento, Ca 95819, 916-278-6926Monday - Thursday 7:15am to 11:00pm/ Friday 7:15am to 7:00pmSaturday 7:30am to 5:30pm/ Sunday 11:00am to 11:00pmTERMS: Community card is $50 for 6 months with a 5 item limit. You musthave proof of address and 2 forms of identification.  Their site .

GTU Library: Graduate Theological Union is located at 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley, Ca94709 510-649-2500, TERMS: Visit their webpage  for more information regarding community library cards.


 

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