Library Catalog
Library Databases
2. Borrowing/Accessing Books
- The Congregational Library
- Online Books
- Ebrary
- Oxford Scholarship Online
- Ministry Matters
- DMin Dissertations
via Dissertations and Theses database
- via Drew catalog (in simple search enter: (D.Min) and (Drew)
- Accessing online books through the Drew catalog
- Accessing online books through Summon
- Accessing (parts of) books through Google Books [example]
- Requesting scans of essays in print books
3. Library Catalogs
- Drew Library's catalog
- Searching for author and/or title
- Searching for subject matter (LCSH)
- Worldcat and Worldcat.org
4. Subject Encyclopedias
- Databases
- Individual Online Titles
- Encyclopedia of Religion
- New Catholic Encyclopedia (see under Religion)
- Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
- Encyclopedia of World Methodism, vol 1 and vol 2
- Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling
- Encyclopedia of Postmodernism
- Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature
- Encyclopedia of Social Work
- Doing Qualitative Community Research
- Qualitative Research in Action
- Research Interviewing: The Range of Techniques
- Summon, to find reference sources
5. Bibliography
6. Periodical Databases
- ATLA (see under A here) [a guide, & another guide]
- OT and NT Abstracts (see under O or N here)
- PsycInfo (see under P here)
- SocIndex (see under S here)
- Academic Search Premier (see under A here)
- Ethnic Newswatch
- Summon, to find journal articles
- Google Scholar (set to Drew under Library Links)
7. Some Individual Journal titles
8. Recommended Public Websites
- Research in Ministry [index to DMin dissertations]
- Theological Research Exchange Network
- Text This Week
- Unbound Bible
- Strong's Concordance
- Graffiti for DMin Students on the Fly
9. Bibliographic Style
- Chicago Manual of Style
- A Guide from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- A Guide from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside
- A handy print guide
- Converting from library style to Chicago style
- Endnote citation manager
10. Some Guides to Writing