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Add Money to Your Shield Card Online

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

The conversion to our new payment system for copying/printing is now complete as the website to add money to your Shield Card is now available at https://theshield.sbts.edu. From this website you can also manage your Shield Card account, report if your card has been lost or stolen, update your email address, and more. For a [...]

Printing/Copying Payment System Upgrade

Friday, September 11th, 2009

This past week Southern Seminary upgraded its Shield Card payment system for copying/printing on campus. This change directly impacts the library, where most self-serve copying/printing occurs. We think you will appreciate our new system for two reasons. First, the new system works almost exactly like the old system. That means there is not much of [...]

Searching WCL from the Library’s Website

Monday, June 15th, 2009

At the top of the main library web page we have updated the “Search the Catalog” feature with WorldCat Local. Now, to use the many new features of WCL, you no longer need to go to sbts.worldcat.org, but you can navigate to our web page, type your search terms, and you will be taken directly [...]

WorldCat Local Beta

Monday, May 18th, 2009

This week we are beginning beta testing of WorldCat Local, a new online interface for searching Boyce Centennial Library’s Catalog. A quick comparison of WorldCat Local with our current OPAC helps visualize some of the changes that are coming.
Initial Search Page on current OPAC:

Initial Search Page on WorldCat Local:

Search Results on current OPAC:

Search Results on [...]

Alphabetical List of All Databases Now Available

Friday, March 20th, 2009

Today we published a new page on our website that lists all of our current research databases in alphabetical order. Boyce Centennial Library provides access to well over 50 online, research databases, covering subjects such as theology, medicine, current events, history, and many more. Now it is simple to see all the databases that are [...]

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