Did you know?

Did you know Western-Arcade Library houses a joint collection maintained by Western Seminary and Arcade Church? This unique partnership enables us to offer an excellent academic collection, as well as Christian fiction and resources for children ages 0-18, selected by the church for their Christian education value and the nurture of our seminary students’ families. The Library contains more than 12,000 titles and subscribes to hundreds of academic theological and counseling journals; all of which are accessible from your home or office. Combined with the Portland campus library, total print volumes exceed 103,000 titles!

The Library makes full use of technology that aids faculty and students in pursuit of their research and study goals. The Library is a member of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), a national library network with gives patrons access to more than one million titles at more than 60,000 institutions worldwide via interlibrary loan. Likewise, patrons have access to the American Theological Library Association and American Psychological Association research databases, as well as several other discipline specific programs.

For more information about the Library, please call or visit us, or feel free to email me at dholifield@westernseminary.edu.