FAQ

As you begin to type in the OneSearch box, you can choose from several options in the dropdown menu that appears.  On the Advanced Search form, these options appear as radio buttons across the top.

• Everything: This default search combines materials from the Learning Commons Catalog and most databases. For users seeking in-depth results from particular databases, please visit the A-Z Databases list.
• Learning Commons Catalog: Everything in the Learning Commons physical and electronic collections (books, e-books, journals and periodicals, media, etc.).   
• Articles: Search for journal, magazine and newspaper articles within our electronic collections.
• Course Reserves: Materials currently on reserve for courses at the Chicago Theological Seminary. Users can search by keyword, course number, or instructor name.
• All I-Share Libraries: Most of the resources (books, journals and periodicals, media, music, maps, etc.) available to the Chicago Theological Seminary users through CARLI (Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois). 
• WorldCat: All of the resources (books, e-books, journals and periodicals, media, music, maps, etc.) that are discoverable around the world through WorldCat.