Bethel University Library: A Brief Guide for Faculty

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 to find books, articles, videos, and more held in the Bethel University Library and our partner libraries.
• Physical materials can be delivered to the Anderson Center or to your home by specifying the location in the LibSearch request form.
• 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.

• 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 
• Connect Google Scholar to Bethel University Library's resources

• Note: Articles in journals to which the BU Library does not subscribe can be requested from other libraries and delivered digitally via interlibrary loan as per these instructions. It's free, convenient, and really fast! 

• For searching assistance, contact the Research Assistance Desk (651.638.6224) or the Library Liaison for your Department / Program

• 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

LibKey Nomad is a browser extension for Google Chrome, Brave, Edge, Vivaldi, Safari, and Firefox that provides instant links to full text content as you do research on the web. Nomad works with your library to figure out the fastest path to content across thousands of publisher websites. Special enhancement is also performed in-line on sites like PubMed and Wikipedia.

Installing LibKey Nomad

LibKey Nomad in Action

Explore our library's journals with BrowZine

View top journals from your field in the BrowZine Scholarly Journal Room! BrowZine is a browsable newsstand of the library’s top journals. Easily discover, read, and monitor the key journals in your field.

Would you like to better organize the citations that you gather during research?

Would you like assistance with creating in-text citations and reference lists so that they are in the correct citation style?

Try RefWorks!

RefWorks Instructional Guide

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!

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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