Libraries

As participants in the Joint PhD program, students have access to the extensive libraries of both Iliff and DU. Below are the links to the main library pages and the most frequently used resources.  Many of these resources are searchable by the public, though some will require assigned login information, reserved for enrolled students.

Iliff School of Theology Taylor Library Both online and in its physical location, the Ira J. Taylor Library supports the broad diversity of Iliff’s academic degree programs, faculty research interests, and the ministry and leadership vocations of our community. It houses the largest collection of theological materials in the Rocky Mountain region, ranging from 16th century books to 21st century DVD's and other electronic media, with approximately 205,800 volumes, 60,600 microforms, and over 900 current periodical and serial subscriptions. It provides a broad general reference collection, contemporary and retrospective materials to support the curricular and research needs of the faculty and students, and specialized collections in subject areas such as Methodism, women in religion, and justice and peace issues.

Iliff School of Theology ISAIAH Database Search Library users may search for items that the Library owns using the online public access catalog (ISAIAH) via computers located in the circulation area and the book stacks. Search types include, but are not limited to, author, title, subject, series, and call number, with both keyword and alphabetical search options. ISAIAH also allows combined access to several databases; see the “combined databases” tab for more information.

University of Denver Penrose Library Penrose is DU’s main library. According to the book Profiles/ University of Denver, as of 2003, Penrose had 1,035,029 books, 240,911 bound periodical volumes, 840,554 government document volumes, and over a million other items (such as microfilm, microfiche and videos). This comes to a total of 3,217,340 items in the collection. The library had 6,790 current serial titles. Penrose Library is also one of over 1,300 libraries that participate in the Federal Depository Library Program.

DU Database and Article Search Locate article abstracts, full-text articles, and electronic reference sources from the extensive collection of databases to which DU subscribes.

DU PEAK Library Catalog Search  Peak is the library's web-based public access catalog. It has a search interface to help you find books, videos, government documents, and periodicals at the Penrose Library & the Music Library. Peak also has a feature that allows you to automatically execute a search in another catalog or in Prospector. For example, if you have done a title search on a topic in Peak, but you do not see what you are looking for, you can go directly into the CU, CSU, Auraria, DU-Law, CU-Health Sciences, UNC, or CU-Springs individual library catalogs, or into the Prospector multi-library catalog, to search for similar items.

The Mango language learning software is available to students free of charge via Penrose Library. Students may use the software to learn over 30 languages including Greek, Hebrew, Arabic and Latin, as well as French, German or Spanish in preparation for meeting the modern language requirement for the program.