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Zenas Gerig Library

Caribbean Graduate School of Theology  

 

Mission Statement

 

 

 

The Zenas Gerig Library exists primarily to support the educational purposes of the Jamaica Theological Seminary and the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology by collecting, preserving and organizing for access, scholarly materials and resources in various media.  

 

 The Zenas Gerig Library is named after Dr. Zenas Gerig founder of the Jamaica Theological Seminary and project coordinator of the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology.

 

The Collection

  • Books
  • Pamphlets
  • Journals
  • Newspapers
  • Video and audio cassettes
  • CD-ROMs
  • DVDs
  • Online databases
  • Online newspaper access
  • Research Papers and Theses 

 

Databases

Ebscohostaccess on and off campus

Emerald Insight - access on and off campus

Gleaner Archives Onlineaccess on campus only

Society for Biblical Literature

Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) is our computerized online catalogue of the materials in the library. Staff, students and the public can access OPAC at computers in the library. Our OPAC contains over 30,000 bibliographic records, with more records being added daily. The OPAC search format allows searching by any combination of author, title or subject.

 

Card Catalogue is also used for finding material in the library. It contains title, author and subject cards filed alphabetically.

 

Classification Scheme—Dewey Decimal Classification