The Mary Andrews College Library provides access to a wide range of up-to-date and classic resources, both in print and online.
You can find the library catalogue here:
Mary Andrews College Library
Mary Andrews College library provides a variety of resources to support students and staff in their study and teaching. Our focus areas are pastoral care, mental health, and disability, however the library contains many resources for Old and New Testament, theology, church history, ethics, evangelism, and other areas related to the courses taught at the College.
The physical collection consists of around 10,000 items including books, journals, CDs and DVDs, and is located at Mary Andrews College in St Andrews House, level 1, 464-480 Kent St, Sydney. The library is open Monday to Friday, 9:30-4:00 (excluding public holidays).
The library has two computers for borrowing and accessing the catalogue, as well as one iMac computer available for staff and students’ personal use.
Spaces are available for individual and group study, however please note that these are shared with Anglican Deaconess Ministries.
Borrowing
Library borrowing is on a self-checking system. Students studying for credit can use their student card for borrowing; please request a card by emailing our admin team. Auditing students and other library members can request a library borrowing card from the library staff.
Most items may be borrowed for 2 weeks; online-only students can borrow for 3 weeks to allow time for postage if required. Books in the Short Loan collection (on unit reading lists) have a 1 week loan period.
Borrowed items can be renewed up to 3 times. Items will be renewed automatically if they are not returned by the due date. If somebody requests an item on loan, it cannot be renewed and should be returned to the library.
More details about borrowing can be found in the Library Guidelines document for students, which is in the Mary Andrews College Library unit in Moodle. To see due dates and your borrowing history, login to your account.
Contact us
The library is staffed part-time. You can contact the library support staff via email or 1300 590 531. Our administration team are also ready to help if our Library Staff are unavailable. Please contact them via macmin@mac.edu.au
Using the library catalogue
Reading lists are available for all current units. Click on "Unit reading lists" on the left-hand side of the catalogue page and scroll to find your unit.
You can search the catalogue by keyword, title, author, or subject using the Basic search or Advanced search options, and then refine your results using the tab at the top of the page.
When choosing books to look for from your search results, please take note of the collection the book is in. The library has the following collections:
Non-fiction: the main collection.
Short loan: for items on unit reading lists. Located on the shelves opposite the lecture rooms.
High demand: for items on unit reading lists, not for loan. Located on the shelves opposite the lecture rooms.
Reference: not for loan. Located opposite the front desk.
Journal: not for loan. Location is split between the Garden Room and the shelves opposite the lecture rooms.
Mary Andrews: not for loan. Located opposite the front desk. Duplicate copies in the main collection may be borrowed.
Oversize: located opposite the front desk.
CD and DVD: located opposite the front desk.
eBook: electronic resource accessed by clicking the link.
New in the library
See what’s new in the College library here. You will also find a display of new items on the wall opposite the catalogue computer.
Printing, copying and scanning
The multi-function printer is located outside the kitchen; payment for printing and copying is by card (preferred) or cash. Material may be scanned and emailed for no cost.
Anyone copying or scanning library material must comply with all copyright regulations. This means it must be for personal study or research purposes only. Copying and scanning is limited to:
10% of the number of pages, or one chapter, of a book.
One journal article per issue of a periodical, or two articles if they are on exactly the same subject.
More information about copyright can be found in the Mary Andrews College Student Handbook.
Electronic resources
As well as the physical collection, the library provides electronic resources on various platforms. These can be accessed on the library computers or by connecting to the library Wi-Fi; staff and current students also have remote access. The library currently offers resources on ProQuest, EBSCO, and JSTOR. Graduate Certificate and Diploma students are also given access to Perlego, a large online eBook library, however Perlego books do not appear in the library catalogue.
ProQuest eBooks are available to read online on the library computers. Mary Andrews College students will also receive an account for remote access to our eBooks.
JSTOR eBook chapters and eJournal articles
This link will give you open access content only. Click the link in the Library unit in Moodle or while connected to the library Wi-Fi to access the College’s subscription content.
EBSCOhost eBooks and eJournals
You will find the current password in the Library unit in Moodle; it is updated every semester.
Eligible students can create a free account using the link provided in the Library unit in Moodle. Others may choose to pay a monthly or annual subscription fee if they want a personal account with Perlego.
External links
The following links may be useful for finding extra resources.
Open Access Digital Theological Library
Books and journal articles from a wide range of open-access publishers
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
A rich resource for Church History
Residents of NSW can get free access to over 700 electronic databases through the NSW State Library, including ProQuest Religion and ProQuest Psychology. Register for an account here
Search for books and articles; you will find some will be open access
Mary Andrews College is an affiliated college of the Australian College of Theology
(www.actheology.edu.au)
