Research
The JKM Library is the library for McCormick Theological Seminary and the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. JKM is the only library providing access to I-Share and full access to electronic resources for McCormick and LSTC students, faculty and staff.
We currently house around 34,000 books in controlled storage in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, and provide access to over 600,000 electronic books and a wide range of database resources.
As patrons of JKM, members of the McCormick and LSTC communities also have access to our partner libraries in the ACTS and I-Share consortia. Through the seminaries, our patrons have auxiliary access to the physical collections of the University of Chicago Libraries.
Here on our website, we have a range of tutorials and informational pages designed to help you use our library services. You can find many of these in the "How do I ..." sidebar on the left side, as well as linked from the menu across the top.
But we also have more tutorials posted below:
Introductory Tutorials
New 2025 "Welcome to the JKM Library" video (5 mins)
(Also, check out our "How to Use JKM Library Services" page for a text-based orientation) AI in the Classroom (5 min video) Access to the UChicago Libraries - McCormick version (7 min video)
New 2024 Atla Interface (11 min video) A guide to using Atla Scripture Search (text and images) University of Chicago Orientation Guides
Database Tutorials
