Research Orientation for DMin Students

Library Catalog
Library Databases

Drew Library Homepage

• Map of the Library
• Library Hours
• Circulation Policies
• My Library Account
• Methodist Library
• Summon

Borrowing/Accessing Books

• The Congregational Library
• Online Books
  • Ebrary
  • Oxford Scholarship Online
  • Ministry Matters

  • DMin Dissertations [via Dissertations and Theses database]

  • Accessing online books through the Drew catalog
  • Accessing online books through Summon
  • Accessing (parts of) books through Google Books
• Requesting scans of essays in print books

Library Catalogs

• Drew Library's catalog
  • Searching for author and/or title
  • Searching for subject matter (LCSH)
• Worldcat

Subject Encyclopedias

• Databases
  • Oxford Reference Online
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library
  • Credo Reference
  • Sage Reference Online
  • Salem History
• Individual Online Titles
  • Encyclopedia of Religion
  • New Catholic Encyclopedia
  • Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
  • Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling
  • Encyclopedia of Postmodernism
  • Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature
  • Doing Qualitative Community Research
  • Research Interviewing: The Range of Techniques