FirstSearch Information
© 1992-2001 OCLC 

The Web-version of the ATLA database will retrieve article and book citations by keyword, title, author, journal, scripture and/or date.  It is useful for broad subject searches as well as narrower Boolean queries.  A special symbol beside an entry indicates that JBC Library owns the item.
To Login to FirstSearch,© call the Reference Desk at (404) 687-4620 to obtain the authorization & password from the JBC Library.


click above to begin
or
CLICK HERE

for a sample login page










































STEP 1: The Login Page looks something like this:
Fill in the blanks with numbers & letters. 
(Enter anything for this practice session)

**Call Reference 404/687-4620 for authorization + password. STEP 2: This Screen shows:
How to choose the ATLA Religion Database 

At this Screen go to Jump to Advanced Search below the yellow box:

In:

  Jump to Advanced Search: << Pull & Scroll down
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CLICK HERE ATLAReligion 
to enter a Practice Search Screen.

NOTE: WorldCat© and ArticleFirst© are also database choices in FirstSearch©.
Use for Books/Dissertations (theological & secular) or Articles (mainly secular, such as psychological, sociological and historical)































Step 3: Practice Screen

The Advanced Search Screen looks like this:

explore the search possibilities to find articles by Author, Journal Source, Title, or simply Keyword, etc.

Keyboard-accessible database selection
Browse Index
Browse Index
Browse Index
Limit to:
   (format: YYYY-YYYY)
 
 
 

will bring citations which can be MARKed, PRINTed or EMAILed.

Follow the HELP guides and HOME for FirstSearch© 
CLICK here for more Search Strategies

CLICK here to begin

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