The Earl M. Johnson, Jr. Library

Statement of Philosophy
The Earl M. Johnson, Jr. Library exists to facilitate and improve learning by supporting and expanding the instructional capabilities of the institution and by providing students with the opportunity to develop information-seeking skills for self-directed studies and lifelong research and learning.

Library Hours
Library hours will vary during breaks and holidays.
 
Monday9:00 am—5:00 pm
Tuesday9:00 am—5:00 pm
Wednesday9:00 am—5:00 pm
Thursday9:00 am—5:00 pm
Friday9:00 am—5:00 pm

Library Mission Statement
The mission of the Earl M. Johnson, Jr. Library is to provide students, faculty, and staff with the bibliographic resources, research tools, and study environment necessary for the academic training of men and women for Christian scholarship and service. Our collections, catalogs, services, policies, and facilities all work to support this goal. This mission is supported by the following goals:
 
Bibliographic Resources
  • To develop a collection that is comparable to accredited seminaries
  • To develop a collection that effectively supports each course
Quality Tools
  • To provide tools that facilitate research and easy access to information
Quality Services
  • To provide reference and research assistance
  • To provide training in information literacy and research skills
Quality Resources
  • To provide access to additional resources from other collections (such as cooperative agreements, inter-library loan, access to databases)
Quality Facilities
  • To provide sufficient, safe, and attractive space for display, processing, and storage of the collection
  • To provide comfortable, well-lit, and attractively furnished study space
Other Goals
  • To promote library use
  • To partner with faculty in developing and implementing possibilities of using library resources to better support their instruction

Library & Online Resources

The Dr. Earl M. Johnson, Jr. Library

The Earl M. Johnson, Jr. Library of FTSOC is located on the Main Campus and has approximately 25,000 volumes on Biblical exegesis, theology, missions, and related subjects. Periodicals contain articles of interest on the church, missions, and theology, as well as archeology and Biblical studies. Some of this collection contains highly prized and rare volumes. The mission of the Earl M. Johnson, Jr. Library of Faith Theological Seminary of Catonsville is to provide students, faculty, and staff with the bibliographic resources, research tools, and study environment necessary for the academic training of men and women for Christian service. FTSOC develops collections, catalogs, services, policies, and facilities to support this task.
  • High speed wireless Internet access is available for student use.
  • The library is open during class-times, Monday through Friday.
  • To borrow books from the library, students must present their FTSOC Student ID Card. 
  • A librarian, or staff member, is on duty to assist students during hours of operation.

External Libraries Borrowing Privileges 

FTSOC students with an ID card may obtain a Marion Burk Knott Library (St Mary’s Seminary) card for borrowing and database access privileges for a $40 fee per semester. FTSOC students have full access to the Marion Burk Knott Library’s extensive electronic databases that include all of ATLA/EBSCO, as well as hardcopies of periodicals. Marion Burk Knott Library also has reciprocal borrowing privileges with Baltimore Hebrew University which allows students access to interlibrary loan services for a small fee. The Marion Burk Knott Library also has catalog access to Johns Hopkins University and the Catholic University of America. FTSOC students can also gain borrowing privileges through the Friends of the Loyola program with Loyola Notre Dame University Library.  FTSOC students with an FTSOC ID card may get a Loyola Notre Dame University Library card for borrowing privileges at a fee of $25 per year. With these libraries, FTSOC students can access some 550,000 volumes and on-site electronic databases in addition to the FTSOC collection.

Online Information Database Access

EBSCO/ATLA
All FTSOC students and staff have on and off campus access to the extensive religion databses of EBSCO/ATLA through their student login and through the FTS library.
Religion & Philosophy Collection
  • 127 active full-text non-open access journals and magazines
  • 105 active full-text non-open access peer-reviewed journals and magazines
 
eBook Religion Collection
  • 9600 e-Books with quarterly updates
  • 24-hour access. No turn-aways.
  • Available for print and download
DBpia (Database Utopia)
All FTS students and staff have on and off campus access to the extensive full-text database of academic journals published in South Korea on various subjects in the Korean language (engineering, sciences, humanities, and theology). It includes over 1.1 million articles from 1,316 journals in the fields of business/economics, theology, education, sociology, natural science, humanities, linguistics, law/administration, medicine, engineering, arts/physical education.

Online Digital Resources for Academic Research

Online Digital Resources for Academic Research

Ebsco

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DBpia