Access for Students, Staff and Faculty: Please check your library website or call your librarian to find out whether you qualify for access through your institution.

Access for Alumni/ae: Many academic institutions now offer free ATLASerials® (ATLAS®) subscriptions for their alumni/ae.  The number of sites has tripled in the past year. Please periodically check our List of Participating Schools to see if your alma mater offers [...]

If you graduated from a theological program, your school may offer ATLAS® for ALUM.

Eligibility and access information are facilitated by the subscribing institutions. This website provides a list of participating schools, including the contact information needed to apply for access to ATLAS for ALUM through each specific institution.  Individuals interested in accessing ATLAS for ALUM must first determine if your alma mater is participating, then [...]

Occassionally, we are asked whether individuals can join ATLAS® for ALUM.

ATLAS for ALUM is a program created specifically for schools and seminaries to share this online resource with the alumni/ae of their programs.  Individuals are not allowed to sign up through ATLA for access, but they may have access through alma mater.

To find out if your school participates, check the List of Participating Schools.

Additionally, we [...]

Some representative titles from the ATLAS online collection include:

Christianity Today
Christian Century
Church History
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
Journal for the Study of the New Testament
Biblioteca Sacra
Interpretation
Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Theology Today

ATLASerials (ATLAS) is ATLA's online full-text collection of more than 170 key journals, selected by leading scholars, theologians and clergy. Users can read articles or research the history of a topic from as early as 1908 to the present. We've developed this resource guide for a variety of audiences, so please visit the "find your community"  listings on the top right page to find out [...]

Depending on the number of cumulative living alumni, the subscription fees for ATLAS for ALUM range from $300-$1,300 per annum. Please contact atlasalum@atla.com for specifics and an introduction to your preferred aggregator.

Based on feedback from our members, we are not requiring participants to file formal reports. However, we expect you to be an active participant in the online resource guide by posting questions, feedback, ideas and success stories.

If you aren't sure if your school qualifies for the new ATLAS® for ALUM grant, please check the list of requirements.

If your institution does not qualify for grant-funding, you can still purchase ATLAS for ALUM.  Please contact ATLA for more details.

The ATLAS® for ALUM program is generally priced to allow the alumni/ae of seminaries to have access to the online collection. Some schools, such as larger universities with affiliated seminaries, have chosen to purchase an additional subscription for the entire alumni/ae base.

If you have special circumstances that you would like to discuss, please contact ATLA.

Yes, our aggregators currently offer the ATLA Religion Database® for ALUM, providing access to the index records of over 500 scholarly religious journals.

There is no requirement to purchase the ATLA Religion Database for ALUM along with ATLAS® for ALUM, and access to this additional resource is not included under the current ATLAS for ALUM grant.

While our participating aggregator can provide more specific information about login authentication issues, there are two main options:The aggregator can provide you with a specific username and password, which can be distributed to your alummi/ae.
If your institution already has a specific, authenticated login site for alum activities, you can provide a link to ATLAS® for ALUM within this site.Regardless of how you choose to provide [...]

If you are an ATLA Institutional Member, and an ATS-Accredited School, you may qualify for a new ATLAS® for ALUM grant, generously donated by the Lilly Endowment Inc.

Pricing after the completion of the grant period is based on the number of cumulative living alumni at your institution.  ATLA is working closely with our aggregators to assure that pricing will not see any dramatic hikes once [...]

In order to subscribe to the ATLAS® for ALUM online collection, your institution must already have an institutional subscription to the ATLA Religion Database® (ATLA RDB®) and ATLASerials® (ATLAS®) through EBSCOhost.