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

• 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

• Books not held in the Bethel University Library or other member libraries can often be located in WorldCat and requested from other libraries via interlibrary loan

• 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!

• 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

The following resources are great places to start:

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!

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!

• Preventing Plagiarism  (Purdue OWL)
  • Avoiding Plagiarism
• Plagiarism: What It Is and How To Recognize and Avoid It

Looking for assignment ideas that encourage research and critical thinking?

Check out these Suggestions for Assignments!

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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