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Mission Statement: Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary Library exists to glorify God and to serve the Seminary by making available an excellent, comprehensive, current and balanced collection of quality academic resources, commensurate with the Seminary's philosophy, in order to produce and develop incisive students and teachers of God's Word.

Description: Located on the ground floor of the seminary building, the library provides abundant resources to fulfill the expectations for all course work required at the seminary. The core collection, comprised almost entirely of works relating to biblical interpretation and exegesis, theology, church history, and practical theology, has been carefully built to reflect the mission and emphases of the seminary. The collection's main holdings consist of more than 40,000 monographs, reference works, scholarly dissertations, and bound volumes of periodicals. The library currently has paid subscriptions to about 270 print periodicals (including more than 170 indexed religious journals) and about 100 electronic journals, all of which keep students abreast of current biblical, theological, historical, and practical research.

Large collections at the nearby Wayne State University and the University of Michigan also contribute to the resources available to students, and the seminary's interlibrary loan cooperatives allow the library to secure millions of resources from around the world.

On-line Catalog: Voyager, the library information system by Endeavor Information Systems, supports our collection of academic resources. This highly acclaimed system, which is fully compliant with the Z39.5 protocol, is the most powerful information technology available, opening up extensive researching resources for DBTS students. In addition to searching the local holdings of the seminary, patrons can use this software to search a vast number of on-line databases and resources simultaneously, including the Public Access Catalogs of other institutions. To access our on-line catalog, click here.

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