LibGuides: Bethel University Library: A Brief Guide for Faculty: Resources

Online Guides & Tutorials

Would you like to know what resources are available for research in a certain subject area?

Would you like assistance with a specific online index/ database?

Looking for a place to direct your students for citation and writing assistance?

Check out the BU Library's Subject & Research Guides

Accessing Books, eBooks, Audiobooks, Videos, & Music

Use LibSearch

Lists books, eBooks, audiobooks, videos, music recordings, music scores, theses and dissertations, and more
held in the Bethel University Library and other partner libraries

Items not held in the Bethel University Library or other member libraries can be found and requested via LibSearch by using the Search Beyond Bethel Libraries link at the top of your search results. More details about this process may be found here.

Accessing Reference Materials

The BU Library provides online access to a number of encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference titles such as:
- Encyclopedia of Leadership
- Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
- Dictionary of Business
- and more!

Examples of resources providing such access:
- Credo Reference
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale eBooks)
- Oxford Reference Online
Great resources for locating background information on a topic, or defining a term or concept!

Accessing Periodical Articles

The Bethel Libraries subscribe to numerous online indexes/databases (indexing primarily journals, magazines, and newspapers) covering a variety of subject areas

Many journal articles are full text

Examples of online indexes/databases:
- Academic Search Premier
- Access World News
- Business Source Premier
- CINAHL Plus with Fulltext (Nursing & Allied Health)
- Communication & Mass Media Complete
- ERIC (EBSCOhost)
- PsycINFO
- ProQuest US Newsstream
- Scopus

Complete list of online indexes/databases

Complete list of journals to which the BU Library subscribes
Browse journals by subject via BrowZine
- Instructions for using the companion tool, LibKey Nomad, to connect to Bethel's journal subscriptions when doing research on the Web
For searching assistance, contact the Research Assistance Desk (651.638.6224) or the Library Liaison for your Department / Program

Articles in journals to which the BU Library does not subscribe can be requested from other libraries via interlibrary loan

NOTE: It is crucial that faculty are familiar with the resources in their field so that they can direct their students to the best resources, as well as efficiently conduct their own research

Accessing Videos

The following resources are great places to start:

Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Provides ~ 68,000+ streaming videos spanning most subject areas and many genres, including documentaries, interviews, feature films, performances, news programs and newsreels, demonstrations, and raw footage.

Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Curriculum-focused streaming videos grouped into subject-specific categories such as: Humanities & Sciences, Business & Economics, Science & Mathematics, and Health & Medicine

LinkedIn Learning This link opens in a new window
LinkedIn Learning is an online educational platform that helps you discover and develop business, technology-related, and creative skills through expert-led course videos. **Formerly known as Lynda.com.
If you learned a lot from Lynda, LinkedIn Learning offers a new look and also still offers the same expert-led, quality instructional videos. For additional background and help, see: https://confluence.bethel.edu/display/TLT/LinkedIn+Learning

Kanopy Videostreaming This link opens in a new window
Kanopy has more than 26,000 films in its collection - including leading producers such as Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, New Day Films, California Newsreel, Kino Lorber, PBS, BBC, First Run Features, The Video Project, Media Education Foundation, Documentary Education Resources - on every topic imaginable.

Kanopy Changes: Due to rising costs, we need to prioritize curricular over recreational use of this collection. If you find that a video you want is not immediately accessible, please fill out the form provided to express your interest. Someone will be in touch with you shortly to gather additional information.
You can easily share films, create clips or teaching playlists, and embed them into the course system. Most films have closed captions and transcripts.
Psychotherapy.net This link opens in a new window
A streaming video collection providing access to training videos in the field of counseling, psychotherapy, psychology, and addiction.

Open Educational Resources

Looking for free educational resources you can use to engage your students and enhance your instruction?

Check out a this guide providing information about these great open resources!

Posting Links to Articles in Moodle

Need assistance with posting links to articles in Moodle?

Check out this guide to locating and using persistent links / permalinks!

Reminder: When you use persistent links (or permalinks) to articles found in one of the Library's research databases, you usually don't need to deal with copyright permission!

Alerting Services

Would you like to be alerted when a new issue of your favorite journal has been published?

Would you like a research database to let you know when it's found articles on a specific topic?

Check out the BU Library's Alerting Services information!

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