Library hours

The Institute for Christian Studies is currently closed for in person use. Online collections and services continue to be available.

While staff will do their best to assist researchers whenever ICS is open, access to the collection is restricted outside of the listed library hours.

This page was last updated on October 15, 2021

Collection strengths

Collection strenghts:
The 60,000 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, Bernard Zylstra and George Vandervelde. There are Dutch materials, dissertations from the Free University in Amsterdam, student papers, theses and dissertations, and faculty works. The library subscribes to specialised journals such as Faith and Philosophy, Fides et Historia, and La revue reformée. The Faith & Learning collection is focused on materials which explore the relationship of Christian faith and intellectual scholarship.

How to access

How to access:
Faculty and graduate students of ICS and the University of Toronto, including the Toronto School of Theology may borrow books. Undergraduates may borrow books at the discretion of the ICS Librarian and ICS staff. The general loan period is 4 weeks. Archival materials and periodicals may be consulted on-site only.

While staff will do their best to assist researchers whenever ICS is open, access to the collection is restricted outside of the listed library hours.