How do I access library services?
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Local Libraries
To expedite your research, we encourage you to become familiar with libraries in your area where you have check-out and interlibrary loan privileges. Some academic libraries will grant privileges to students from other institutions. If the library requests a letter from NTS to confirm that you are an enrolled student, please send an email to library@nts.edu with a description of what you need to establish an account at the local library.
NTS Library Catalog
To access the NTS library catalog, plus links to other resources, go to www.nts.edu/library/. An alternate way to access the NTS library resources is to go to www.nts.edu, scroll to the bottom of the screen, then click the Library link.
ATLA Religion Database
The ATLA Religion Database provides bibliographic information for journal articles. The full text for some of the articles is available online. To use the ATLA Religion Database, connect to the computer server through either of the ways listed above. You will need both your NTS library card number and your PIN number.
NTS Library Card & PIN
If you are registered for an online course at NTS and do not have a NTS library card, please request a card by sending email to library@nts.edu. Please provide the name of the online course in which you are enrolled. Library staff will prepare a library card for you, email the necessary information to you so you can have immediate access, and mail the actual card to you.
If you lose your PIN, contact the library staff at library@nts.edu. To change your PIN, go to the library webpage, click on MY ACCOUNT, click on USER PIN CHANGE. You will need both your NTS library card number and your old PIN number.
Book Delivery by Mail
If you live more than 100 miles from the NTS campus, the library will mail books to you from the NTS collection. Please allow one to two days for processing. NTS will mail the book via USPS media mail at no cost to you. Please allow five to seven days for delivery. If you want expedited mailing, you will be billed for the total cost of shipping. You are responsible for the cost to mail the book back to NTS. Items mailed on or before the due date will avoid a late fine. Send your request via email to library@nts.edu. (Distance learners should not use the REQUEST ITEM feature in the NTS catalog.)
Book Renewal
Books checked out from the NTS collection may be renewed online. Go to the NTS Library website, click on MY ACCOUNT, click on RENEW MY MATERIALS. You will need your library card number and your PIN number. If you have trouble with this method, send a list of titles you wish to renew to library@nts.edu. Renewals by telephone will not be accepted.
InterLibrary Loan (ILL)
If you need a book through the Interlibrary Loan system, we recommend that you initiate the request through a local library. It could be done through NTS, but it will slow the process since the book would go from the lending library to NTS to you back to NTS and back to the lending library.
Copies of Articles
The NTS library can make copies of some articles for you, then delivere them to you either through the mail or as a PDF attachment to an email message. The charge will be 10ยข per page. NTS will mail the copies via USPS at no cost to you. Make this type of request through email to library@nts.edu.
Reference Librarian
If you have questions for a reference librarian, either send email to library@nts.edu or call 1-800-831-3011 ext. 5471. To see the regular library hours, go to www.nts.edu/library
