Research Guides

Waggoner Library

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• Books are located through the libary Web site http:/library.trevecca.edu
• The online catalog allows you to search by author, title, subject, and keyword.
• Religion books are shelved in the 'B'category on the second floor of the library.
• ATHENA (accessed from the library web site) allows you to search several other middle Tennessee libraries' holdings with one search question.  A courier service allows a patron to retrieve a book from ATHENA within 5-7 working days. Requests can be made online http://library.trevecca.edu/screens/illpage.html
• Ebooks which include netLibrary and ebrary integrate over 55,000 full text online ebooks into the library holdings.
• Manuals of the Church of the Nazarene can be viewed online. 

Keyword VS Subject searching Keywords are searched by the database simply by matching the spelling of the word/phrase-NO meaning is attached.  Searching by subject (or author and title) will attach a meaning to the spelling, creating a better result list.  If you cannot find any titles after searching by subject, enter your terms in as a keyword search.  This will broaden the search.

Advanced Search provides options to search the Reserve Room and Electronic Journal Titles as well as Basic Search options of Author, Title, and  Subject.

Result List The search result list appears in the order a record was entered into the catalog.  The holdings line provides call number as well as indicates whether a book has been checked out by using the phrase “No copies available.”  Also included in the library holdings are e-books from netLibrary which are indicated by the phrase [electronic resource] in the title line.

Printing Before printing on campus you need to verify the location of the printer.  Clicking on “File” then opening “Print” does this. The printer location selected is on the top of the print page.  To change location simply click on the gray arrow and select from the choices provided. Copies are charged to your campus account.

Books are checked out at the Main Desk with a maximum of fifteen books for at least four weeks. Your TNU I.D. card serves as your library card. Books cannot be checked out from the Web site.

•  Materials can be renewed online.  From the library home page click on the “My Account” link on the menu. Follow instructions to view your account. The renew link will appear on the screen.  Books cannot be renewed if they are overdue.

Search Athena    Search ATHENA button on the Library web page.  This virtual online catalog provides access to several local area libraries including Trevecca, MTSU, Vanderbilt, Nashville Public Library, and TSU. Retrieved titles can be ordered online for no cost.  They will be couried to Trevecca for pickup.  See ILL section for detailed information on requesting books located through Athena.. 

EBooks or online books Over 55,000 ebooks are integrated into the library holdings and can be searched through the PAC. 

    Free Internet ebook collections include:

Bartleby.com And so, Bartleby.com—after the humble character of its namesake scrivener, or copyist—publishes the classics of literature, nonfiction, and reference free of charge for the home, classroom, and desktop of each and every Internet participant.

Obtaining materials using Waggoner’s Interlibrary Loan Services      

• Books:  Books generally have a three to four week checkout period.  Turnaround time for book requests is about 7 working days. There are generally no fees for this service; however, late fine charges for ILL books are $.50 per day.

• Journal Article Reprints: If a journal is unavailable at TNU a reprint of it can be ordered using the online form off the web site.  There is no cost. Allow 7 days for delivery of the article.

Call Numbers: include but are not limited to:

    Photocopies can be made of needed text. Some titles have duplicates in the stacks; it will be noted on the PAC record as a copy. This abbreviated list of sources is used for quick information. Photocopies can be made, as reference books are not available for check out.

Searching for scholarly journal articles

    Online account information is provided exclusively for Trevecca Nazarene University. Our licensure agreements permit use of databases only by Trevecca faculty and students.  Please help us maintain the integrity of our licensure agreements by not sharing access with family, coworkers, and friends.

If you know the journal title: 

From the library homepage, enter the name of the journal in the search box near the top. 

Change the tag to read “Journal Title” then enter.  If your journal is full text in one of our databases the result will include a link to the database where you can access the full text.  If there were no hits you can complete online an ILL form requesting a journal article reprint. Allow 7 days for receipt of the reprint.  http://library.trevecca.edu

 If you are searching by subject: 

Search MetaFind: on the menu from the library homepage, will search all databases the library subscribes to with one search statement.  It takes a bit of time to process, if you are using a phone connection as your Internet access,you may want to just go directly to a database.  http://library.trevecca.edu

Electronic Resources Link: You can choose a general database or scroll down to see a list of Internet sites and subscriber databases in your field of study.  Accessing databases off campus access requires you to provide your name and the 11 digit ID number from your student ID.   http://library.trevecca.edu/screens/internet.html

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials®  The premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. More than 600 journals are indexed annually.

Christian Periodical Index Online®    Provides citations with some abstracts of article in religious periodicals. It is a companion to ATLASerials.  Use the 'Journal Title' search in the library catalog to locate the full text of the article.
Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative [CDRI] access to digital resources for the study of religion such as manuscripts, papyri, woodcuts, sermons, shape-note tune books, architecture & iconongraphy. Link is located in the School of Religion topic list,  Electronic Resources page. 

InfoTrac Religion and Philosophy ®     features a selection of more than 250 magazines and academic journals covering religion, philosophy and the related areas of archaeology and anthropology. Part of the TEL.

ProQuest Religion®      You can limit your online search to peer reviewed journals only that provide you with a result list of scholarly and more relevant articles.

PsycARTICLES®     Can be accessed online to search and view at this time 40 full-text APA periodicals.

PsycINFO®     Provides online citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines. Forty indexed titles have links to full text articles.

    When accessing databases from off campus, you will be asked to verify your Trevecca status with your name

    and the 11 digit barcode number from your student I.D.

ATLA will be your primary database for locating scholarly journal articles in the field of religion.  It is hosted by EBSCO and includes journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. More than 600 journals are indexed annually. The database includes more than 1.3 million bibliographic records for journal articles, more than 200,000 essay citations, and more than 400,000 book review citations. Links are provided to 100,000 full text articles from more than fifty journals. This database is produced by the American Theological Library Association. You can search by Keyword, Publication, and Scripture reference.  Below is a screen capture searching in 'Advanced Search', notice the lengthy list of tags you can place on the words/phrases you are researching.

More than one search term may be entered into a search field by combining the search term with Boolean operators such as AND, OR, and NOT. You can increase the number of records found by changing where a term is truncated. To do this, type in the symbol "*" after typing in part of the word for which you want to receive all suffix endings, e.g. type Bap* or Bapt* or Baptis*.
                                                                
You can search for a specific scripture, or book, chapter, and/or range of verses. Multiple Biblical books require that the number of the book being searched be spelled out prior to the name of the book.

Example: Genesis 1: 1-20
Result: Returns records discussing the first chapter of the book Genesis, verses one
through twenty.

Example: Matthew-John
Result: All records discussing the book Matthew through & including the book of John.

Example: First Kings 2-7
Result: Returns all records discussing the first book of Kings, verses two through seven.

The results list includes all the publications types and provides links to any available full text. For those articles that do not indicate full text, click on the WebBridge link for additional options.

Religion & Philosophy Collection, part of InfoTrac Databases or Tennessee Electronic Library

The Tennessee Electronic Library is a collection of InfoTrac databases that provide a significant number of full text articles.  Access is through the library Web site “Electronic Resources” page.  The Professional Collection searches education related articles.  Below is a screen capture using 'Advanced search' and limiting results to 'refereed publications.'

ProQuest Religion

This database searches a comprehensive collection of journals covering religious issues and perspectives, including religious news and information, commentary on topics of general interest from the perspective of a particular religion, and formal theological studies.  You can search by Keyword, Subject, Publication name, and Title.  Limiters include 'Scholarly Journals' and 'Full Text.'

• Bible Gateway    http://bible.gospelcom.net/
• KJV Holy Bible    http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/kjv.browse.html
• Matthew Henrys Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible http://www.ccel.org/h/henry/mhc2/MHC00000.HTM
• New Testament Gateway http://www.ntgateway.com/featured/

   

  Online Books

• Catholic Encyclopedia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/
• Church of the Nazarene - Manuals online
• Easy English Info -  http://www.easyenglish.info  - This website is produced by Wycliffe Associates UK and contains over 100 books written especially for the Internet, including verse-by-verse commentaries on many books of the Bible.  They include aids to translation of the bible and explanatory notes on the Bible in a format geared for those who speak English as a second language.
  
• Holiness and Missions (1940 book on-line by Susan Fitkin) http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert.fs/holiness.- Contains the full text of Fitkin’s book, and includes links to other doctrinal and resource pages of the Church of the Nazarene
• Institute of Biblical Greek, exegetical links http://www.biblicalgreek.org/links/exegesis.php

• Internet Sacred Texts - http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm
  

• Persus Texts and Translations  http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Texts.html

• Wesley Center on-line and Holiness Classics Library  http://wesley.nnu.edu/wesleyctr/index.htm   - Contains an extensive index of holiness authors and their publications

Online Journals

• Didache: Faithful Teaching is an interdisciplinary academic journal offered on-line that explores the intersections of Christian conviction, culture and education for the Church of the Nazarene & other international Wesleyan communities in higher education. http://didache.nts.edu

• Preacher’s Magazine  http://www.preachersmagazine.org - A preaching resource in the Wesleyan tradition published by the Church of the Nazarene

• Wesleyan Theological Journal  http://wesley.nnu.edu/wts/journal.htm The 1996 through 1999 volumes of the Journal have been published, but will not be available on the Internet until 2001- 2004.

Professional Resources

• Asbury Online Institute  http://www.aoi.edu - A professional development&  continuing education resource.
  

• Wesleyan/Holiness Women Clergy International  http://www.messiah.edu/whwc - Contains useful links about various conferences, booklets, and articles affilitated with this organization.
  

   

• Wynkoop Center for Women in Ministry  http://www.wynkoopcenter.org - Includes links to Bible studies and worship resources for use in local church and campus ministries.

• Strunk’s Elements of Style http://www.bartleby.com/141/

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• Author's name

• Title of document, in quotation marks

• Title of complete work (if relevant), in italics or underlined

• Date of publication or last revision date

• URL, in angle brackets

• Date of access, in parentheses

Sample citations of Internet resources cited according to Chicago/Turabian Style:

Personal site

    1. Joseph Pellegrino, "Homepage," 12 May 1999,
    <http://www.english.eku.edu/pellegrino/default.htm> (12 June 1999).

Professional site

    1. Gail Mortimer, The William Faulkner Society Home Page, 16 September 1999, <http://www.utep.edu/mortimer/faulkner/main faulkner.htm> (19 November 1997).

    2. National Association of Investors Corporation, NAIC Online, 20 September 1999,     <http://www.better-investing.org> (1 October 1999).

Book: An online book may be the electronic text of part or all of the printed book, or a book length document available only on the Internet (e.g., a work of hyperfiction).

    1. Peter J. Bryant, "The Age of Mammals," in Biodiversity and Conservation April 1999,   <http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/bio65/index.html> (11 May 1999).

Government publication

    1. George Bush, "Principles of Ethical Conduct for Government Officers and Employees," Executive Order 12674, 12 April 1989, pt. 1, <http://www.usoge.gov/exorders/eo12674.html> (30 October 1997).

Material from a subscription service like ATLASerials or ProQuest: to document an article or other material accessed through a library or institutional subscription service such as ProQuest or ATLASerials, provide the following information:

· Publication information for the source
· Name of database, in italics or underlined
· Name of subscription service
· Date of access, in parenthesis

    1. Robin M. Kowalski, "Whining, griping, and complaining: Positivity in the negativity," Journal of Clinical Psychology, 58, no. 9 (2002): 1023. Academic Search Premier Database, EBSCOhost (19 December 2002).

Email Message: to document an email message, provide the following information:

• Author's name

• Subject line, in quotation marks

• Date of sending

• Type of communication (personal email, distribution list, office communication)

• Date of access, in parentheses

    1. Norman Franke, "SoundApp 2.0.2," 29 April 1996, personal email (3 May1996).
    2. Danny Robinette, "Epiphany Project," 30 April 1999, office communication (29 May 1999).

Waggoner Library Contact Information

Reference Desk - 615.248.1570

Circulation Desk - 615.248.1214

IRC Desk - 615.248.1205

E-mail questions to: library@trevecca.edu

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School of Religion Homepage:

 http://www.trevecca.edu/schools/religion/religion.philosophy/index.html

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