Libraries and Research
TST students have access to all University of Toronto libraries as well as to a variety of special collections and related archives.
Students enroled in the TST have graduate student privileges in the University of Toronto Library (UTL) and the libraries of all the TST schools. TST membership provides stack access and borrowing privileges for the circulating collections in these libraries, and access to special collections which may be consulted within these libraries.
Each of the seven schools of the Toronto School of Theology has a library. Our holdings are available to all members of the University, and for in-library use to members of the general public. TST library holdings are included in the union catalogue (UTCat) of the University of Toronto Libraries. Two TST libraries have only partial holdings in UTCat. For Knox College and Regis College, everything acquired since mid-1978 is online. For Knox this is about 28% of the collection; for Regis, about 13%.
From January 1974 TST libraries have had a cooperative policy with the University of Toronto Library for purchasing theological books. These books are housed in the Robarts Library, the main humanities and social science collection at U of T. At least one copy of most newly published monographs in theology and related fields in any of the major languages of theological scholarship is purchased for the system.
Note: Robarts Library is also the central humanities and social science library at the University of Toronto. There is a common online catalogue for Robarts, the TST libraries, and more than 30 other libraries at the University of Toronto.
- Go here for a complete listing of University of Toronto libraries
- Go here for the University of Toronto on-line catalogue
Note: Information provided in the listings below is subject to change. The hours provided for TST libraries are those normally used during regular session classes and may change during holidays, summer session, and exam times. Please consult the web links provided or call to confirm information subject to frequent changes.
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TST College Libraries
:: Emmanuel College Library ::
Emmanuel College Library
75 Queen's Park Cres., 3rd floor
Hours
Monday to Thursday from 8:30 AM to 10:00 PM; Friday from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM; Saturday from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Description
The library has 78,000 items with an emphasis on theology and religion, particularly resources on the bible, history of Christianity, worship, pastoral studies, preaching, Christian education, Hymnology, Methodism, Wesleyana, the United Church of Canada, and the World Council of Churches.
Contact Information
Karen Wishart, Theology Reference Librarian
E-mail: karen.wishart @ utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-585-4550
; Fax: 416-585-4516
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:: Knox College: Caven Library ::
Knox College: Caven Library
59 St. George St.
Hours
Monday to Thursday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM and Friday from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Description
The Caven library contains 75,000 volumes with an emphasis on Presbyterian theology and Reformed theology. The collection includes philosophy, ethics, Judaism and material on current issues of social concern.
Contact Information
Kathleen Gibson, Librarian
E-mail: kw.gibson @ utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-4504
; Fax: 416-971-2133
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Regis College Library
15 St. Mary Street
Hours
Monday to Thursday from 8:30 AM to 8:30 PM; Friday from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM; Saturday from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Description
The library contains 100,000 volumes and over 300 periodical subscriptions. The collection is mainly theology and theology related material with particular strength in Bible, systematic and historical theology, Christian ethics, Christian spirituality and Jesuitica.
Contact Information
Teresa Helik, Interim Head Librarian
E-mail: teresa.helik @ utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-922-5474 (x 235)
; Fax: 416-922-2898
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:: St. Augustine's Seminary Library ::
St. Augustine's Seminary Library
2661 Kingston Road, Scarborough
Hours
Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon and from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM; Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM; Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday evenings from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM. Hours may change due to the Seminary schedule
Description
The library of St. Augustine's Seminary is primarily a theological library supporting the Seminary's basic degree programmes (S.T.B./M.Div., M.T.S., and M.R.E.). Although it is not primarily a research library, a considerable part of the material is suitable for graduate study. The collection numbers approximately 37,000 volumes and includes a collection of audio and video tapes and a pamphlet file. There are subscriptions to over 190 periodicals and newspapers. The collection is easily searched online using the University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) Catalogue. A card catalogue is also maintained.
Located in a separate facility adjacent to the seminary building, the library serves the faculty, seminarians, non-resident students, permanent deacons, members of the clergy, and students of the Toronto School of Theology as well as the University of Toronto. Currently, there are two computer terminals providing access to various resources on CD-ROM, UTL resources, and the Internet.
Books may be renewed (by phone/e-mail) if not requested by another patron. The fine for overdue books is 25¢ per book per day .
Contact Information
E-mail: library_sas @ rogers.com
Tel: 416-261-7207 (x 271)
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:: St. Michael's College: Kelly Library ::
St. Michael's College: Kelly Library
113 St. Joseph Street
Hours
Monday to Friday from 8:30 AM to 7:45 PM; Saturday from 10:00 AM to 7:45 PM; Sunday from 1:00 PM to 7:45 PM
Description
The mission of the John M. Kelly Library is to develop and maintain collections and services in support of the mission of the University of St. Michael's College, with special emphasis on the teaching and research needs of St. Michael's College, the Faculty of Theology, and the Division of Continuing Education. The Library provides access to a book collection of over 275,000 volumes and a journal collection numbering some 500 current subscriptions. A wide-range of electronic resources is available from almost one hundred computer workstations. The three floors of the Kelly Library include study space for over 700 students. The Library of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies is on the fourth floor of the building.
Contact Information
Noel S. McFerran, Head of Public Services
E-mail: noel.mcferran @ utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-926-7114
; Fax: 416-926-7262
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:: Trinity and Wycliffe Colleges: John W. Graham Library ::
Trinity and Wycliffe Colleges: John W. Graham Library
6 Hoskin Avenue
Hours
Monday through Thursday from 8:30 AM to 11:45 PM; Friday from 8:30 AM to 8:45 PM; Saturday from 9:00 AM to 8:45 PM; Sunday from 1:00 PM to 11:45 PM
Description
The library contains 150,000 volumes including the joint theological collection of Wycliffe and Trinity Colleges. The collection emphasizes undergraduate humanities, international relations and Anglican theology. Special collections include the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (S.P.C.K.) Collection and the Reports of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel; also, books from the Library of Bishop John Strachan, the founder of King's College (U of T) and Trinity College.
Contact Information
Linda Corman, Chief Librarian
E-mail: linda.corman @ utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-5851
; Fax: 416-78-2797
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TST Affiliate College Libraries
:: Conrad Grebel College Library ::
Conrad Grebel College Library
Academic Building (3rd floor), Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
Hours
Monday to Thursday from 8:30 AM to 9:00 PM (all terms); Saturday from 1 PM to 5 PM (Fall & Winter only)
Description
The library collection of over 40,000 items support the College's teaching program, with special emphasis on Peace & Conflict, Anabaptist-Mennonite studies, Music and Religious Studies. Some individual Grebel courses are supported in coordination with the resources of the other TUG libraries.
Contact Information
Ruth Steinman, Assistant Librarian
E-mail: resteinm @ uwaterloo.ca
Tel: (519) 885-0220 (x 24240)
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:: Institute for Christian Studies Library ::
Institute for Christian Studies Library
229 College Street, Suite 200
Hours
Mon: 8:45 AM - 5:30 PM; Tue: 8:45 AM - 8:00 PM; Wed: 8:45 AM - 10:00 PM; Thu: 8:45 AM - 8:00 PM; Fri: 8:45 AM - 4:15 PM
Description
The 25,000 volume collection is centred on reformational and foundational studies, philosophy, philosophy of the disciplines, biblical studies, and the Calvinian tradition (e.g. Groen van Prinsterer, Kuyper, Dooyeweerd, Vollenhoven, and Rookmaaker). It includes collections of Herman Dooyeweerd, M.C. Smit, and Bernard Zylstra. There are Dutch materials, dissertations from the Free University in Amsterdam, student theses and papers, and faculty works. The library subscribes to specialised journals such as Faith and Philosophy, Fides et historia, and La revue reformée.
A new collection on Faith & Learning has recently been established. This collection is focussed on materials which explore the relationship of Christian faith and intellectual scholarship.
Contact Information
E-mail: library @ icscanada.edu
Tel: 416-979-2331
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:: Waterloo Lutheran Seminary: Laurier Library ::
Waterloo Lutheran Seminary: Laurier Library
75 University Avenue West, Sir Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, ON
Hours
Monday to Thursday from 8:30 AM to 12 AM; Friday from 8:30 AM to 10:00 PM; Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Description
Laurier library is the central library of Wilfrid Laurier University.
Contact Information
Diane Peters, Seminary Librarian
E-mail: dpeters @ wlu.ca
Tel: 519-884-0710 (x 3222)
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TST-Related Special Collections
:: Archives of the Society of Jesus of Upper Canada ::
Archives of the Society of Jesus of Upper Canada
1325 Bay Street, Toronto, ON, M5R 2C4
Hours
By appointment only
Description
The Archives of the Jesuits of Upper Canada are a valuable collection of source materials for the history of the Roman Catholic Church and the Jesuit Order in Canada. These are available to all students of TST.
Contact Information
Jacques Monet, SJ, Director
Tel: 416-962-4500
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:: Centre for Asian Theology Collection (Emmanuel College) ::
Centre for Asian Theology Collection (Emmanuel College)
Emmanuel College, 75 Queen's Park Cres. East, 1st floor, Room 107, Toronto, ON, M5S 1K7
Hours
By appointment
Description
Emmanuel College Library provides resource support to carry out part of the mandate of The Centre for Asian Theology at Emmanuel College by collecting English language materials in Asian and Asian-North American theological subjects, and by integrating into its collection an ongoing gift from Hanshin University, Seoul, of Korean language theological materials.
Contact Information
Tel: 416-585-4539
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:: Centre for Asian-Canadian Theology and Ministry (Knox College) ::
Centre for Asian-Canadian Theology and Ministry (Knox College)
59 St. George St., Toronto, ON, M5S 2E6
Hours
See the hours of Knox College (Caven) library
Description
The Centre for Asian-Canadian Theology and Ministry has been established by Knox College to facilitate the theological education of leaders for the rapidly growing Asian-Canadian church in Canada and to encourage their prophetic contribution to The Presbyterian Church in Canada. To facilitate this work, the Caven Library at Knox College includes a variety of Asian theological resources.
Contact Information
E-mail: knoxasian.centre @ utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-0371
; Fax: 416-978-0371
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:: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies ::
Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
Room 301, E. J. Pratt Library, Victoria College, 71 Queen's Park Cres. East, Toronto, ON, M5S 1K7
Hours
9:00 AM. to 5:00 PM., Monday to Friday during term; summer hours: 10:00 AM. to 4:45 PM
Description
The Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies (CRRS) is a research and teaching centre with a library devoted to the study of the period from approximately 1350 to 1700. The CRRS supervises an undergraduate program in Renaissance Studies, organizes lectures and seminars, and maintains an active series of publications.
Contact Information
Tel: 416-585-4484
; Fax: 416-585-4584
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:: John Macmurray Special Collection at Regis College ::
John Macmurray Special Collection at Regis College
Regis College Library, 15 St. Mary Street, Toronto, ON M4Y 2R5
Hours
See the hours of the Regis College library
Description
This Collection includes all known published and unpublished works of the Scottish personalist philosopher John Macmurray (1891-1976). His many articles, essays, lectures, book reviews and lecture notes are gathered in this collection along with transcripts of his many radio broadcasts and much correspondence. Materials in the Collection may not be removed.
Contact Information
Jack Costello
Tel: 416-922-5474
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:: Lonergan Research Institute ::
Lonergan Research Institute
10 St. Mary St., Suite 500, Toronto
Hours
Please call for more information or to make an appointment.
Description
Contains a complete collection of all of Bernard Lonergan's writings, both published and unpublished, as well as all available tape recordings of his lectures and critical studies of his thought. Various card indices and computer storage facilitate study of Lonergan's works.
Contact Information
Robert Croken, Director
E-mail: bdoranca @ yahoo.ca
Tel: 416-922-8374
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:: Pontifical Institute of Mediæval Studies Library ::
Pontifical Institute of Mediæval Studies Library
John M. Kelly Library of St Michael's College, 4th Floor, 113 St Joseph Street, Toronto
Hours
During the academic year, the Institute library is open from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm, Monday through Thursday, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Friday, and from 1:00 to 5:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday.
Description
Access to the library is normally granted to those professors and graduate students of the University of Toronto who need to consult unique copies or materials not otherwise accessible. Every reasonable opportunity to use the library is also given to visiting scholars, particularly Guests of the Institute. The library includes a special collection focussing on the late professor Etienne Gilson, one of the founding members of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in 1929. The Collection contains all of his published works in many languages, many of the critical studies which they generated, and unpublished lectures on tape.
Contact Information
Caroline Suma
Tel: 416-926-7146
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:: Wesleyana Special Collection ::
Wesleyana Special Collection
E. J. Pratt Library , 71 Queen's Park Cres. East, Toronto, ON, M5S 1K7
Hours
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday
Description
Victoria University Library owns one of the finest, most complete early edition collections in North America of the works by John and Charles Wesley. The majority of the collection came from the library of the Rev. Richard Green (1829-1907); the collection has been supplemented by critical and biographical works on the Wesley family. Digital images of a sample of Wesleyana items can be viewed by topic or by date of publication.
Contact Information
Tel: 416-585-4470
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Church Archives
:: Anglican General Synod Archives ::
Anglican General Synod Archives
80 Hayden Street, Toronto, Ontario M4Y 3G2
Hours
Tuesday - Thursday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM by appointment
Description
The Anglican General Synod Archives holds the records of the national office of the Anglican Church of Canada.
Contact Information
Ms. Nancy Hurn
E-mail: nhurn @ national.anglican.ca
Tel: 416-924-9199 (x 279)
; Fax: 416-968-7983
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:: Mennonite Archives of Ontario ::
Mennonite Archives of Ontario
Conrad Grebel College, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6
Hours
By appointment, Monday to Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Description
The Mennonite Archives of Ontario, adjacent to the Conrad Grebel University College library, is the location of source documents related to the history of Mennonites in Ontario, including congregations, institutions such as Mennonite Central Committee Ontario, and individual Mennonite leaders. This archival collection continues to grow. In addition to paper documents, the collection includes photographs, audio tapes, video tapes, microforms. CDs and DVDs.
The Archives is open to any serious researcher. In addition to graduate students doing original research, church historians, genealogists, and others use the resources of the archives. Projects have included Mennonite alternative service in World War II, immigration to Ontario in the 1920s, studies of the influence of Bishops S.F. Coffman and Jacob H. Janzen, and analysis of mutual aid among Ontario Mennonites.
Contact Information
Sam Steiner, Archivist
E-mail: marchive @ uwaterloo.ca
Tel: 519-885-0220 (x 238)
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:: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto Archives ::
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto Archives
1155 Yonge Street, Suite 505, Toronto, ON M4T 1W2
Hours
By Appointment Only - Tuesday to Thursday from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM and from 1:00 PM to 4:15 PM
Description
The Archives is a repository of the historical record of the Archdiocese of Toronto, a record of the spiritual and material progress of the Church, and a record of the dedication, sacrifice and service of its members.
Contact Information
E-mail: archives @ archtoronto.org
Tel: 416-934-0606 (x 501)
; Fax: 416-934-3444
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:: The Presbyterian Church in Canada Archives and Records Office ::
The Presbyterian Church in Canada Archives and Records Office
50 Wynford Drive, North York, ON M3C 1J7
Hours
Monday to Friday, 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM (Appointment recommended)
Description
This office documents the life and work of The Presbyterian Church in Canada by acquiring and preserving records of enduring evidential and historical value to the Church. Its holdings, which are publicly accessible, date from 1775 and consist of over 3,000 cubic feet of textual documents, 10,000 photographs, hundreds of architectural plans, thousands of hours of audio and visual recordings, and over a million documents on microfilm. It offers a comfortable research/reading room, equipped with two microfilm reader/printers and a photocopier for your convenience. Outlets are also available for laptop computers.
Contact Information
Kim Arnold, Archivist
E-mail: karnold @ presbyterian.ca
Tel: 416-441-1111 or 1-800-519-7301 (x 310)
; Fax: 416-441-2825
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:: United Church of Canada Central Archives ::
United Church of Canada Central Archives
95 Charles Street West (73 Queen’s Park Cres. E.), Toronto, ON, M5S 1K7
Hours
Tuesday to Friday, 10:00 AM. to 4:45 PM (no appointment necessary)
Description
Located on the campus of Victoria University in downtown Toronto, the Archives preserves the historical records of The United Church of Canada and its antecedent denominations, and of Victoria University. These priceless records document the proud heritage of the Church and the University, and their significant contributions to Canadian society.
The Central Archives are located near Museum TTC subway station. The Archives east entrance is wheelchair accessible; accessible washrooms are only available in adjacent buildings. There is limited metered parking on the street; a number of commercial parking lots are in the area.
Contact Information
Ms. Sharon P. Larade, Chief Archivist
E-mail: info @ unitedchurcharchives.ca
Tel: 416-585-4563
; Fax: 416-585-4584
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