ATLA Journals Database - user guide: Logging in & Saving Research

To connect when you are not using an RTS network (ie, off-campus):

GENERAL LOGIN

1. Go to http://library.rts.edu/ and click on 'Research Databases'. .
2. Click on "ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials PLUS".
3. At the login prompt (if you are not on campus), you will use the same login as you do for the "Self Service" student registration program. (If you do not remember your login, contact your campus REGISTRAR - *not* the Library, as we do not know your login).
4. Once it connects you to the EBSCO login screen, it should default to searching "ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials PLUS".  (Don't try to select multiple databases!  It will actually make your searching harder, not easier.)
5. You may go ahead and search at this point, BUT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SAVE INFORMATION BETWEEN SESSIONS.  If you wish to do so, follow the instructions below.

YOUR SPECIFIC LOGIN

To create your own personal (secondary) login, click on the "Sign In" link up top.

At the next screen, you need to click on "Create an Account".  

This will allow you to create a secondary account within ATLA (EBSCO) so you can save research between sessions.

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You will be taken to a blank form to fill in and create your new account.  

Your preferred email will be the sign-in/username (it does NOT need to be an RTS-assigned email account).

For the password, we recommend you use something DIFFERENT FROM YOUR SELF-SERVICE LOGIN for security purposes.

Once you have filled in the information above, click on "Create Account".  You now have a secondary personal account!

***THIS IS IMPORTANT***

From now on, when you connect to search ATLA/ATLAS, you need to login TWICE, or you will not be able to save new information or find previously saved information.

1. Login with your 'front door' login (same as Self-Service).
2. Then use the link in the upper right for your 'secondary' login.