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Welcome to our Library Catalog!

The library catalog is accessible to students through Nations College’s online college management system, Populi. Students, staff, and faculty may renew or place holds on books, write reviews and recommendations, see what has been checked out, and access our digital collection. In keeping with the mission of Nations College, the Library is committed to providing a strong base of information. This will further literacy skills, provide research services, as well as the professional support necessary to equip students to be thoroughly prepared and equipped servant-leaders for this generation.

JOURNAL DATABASES
ONLINE BOOKS
ONLINE MAGAZINES/JOURNALS
ATLASES
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES & WORKS

JOURNAL DATABASES

CHRISTIAN HISTORY INSTITUTE
OPEN ACCESS DIGITAL LIBRARY

OADL contains multiple open access online books, journals and databases.

DOAJ (DIRECTORY OF OPEN-ACCESS JOURNALS)

DOAJ is an online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals and articles. Easily search articles or journals by subject, title, author or keyword. Contains access to over 17,000 journals and 6 million articles.

GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Access to scholarly resources through Google

PUBLIC ERIC DATABASE

The ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) Institute of Education Sciences offers a limited open-access public site for research within their database.

PENTECOSTAL ARCHIVES

This amazing resource allows you to search several historically Pentecostal articles, journals, minutes and magazines.

RELIGION ONLINE

Religion Online is designed to assist teachers, scholars and general “seekers” who are interested in exploring religious issues. The aim is to develop an extensive library of resources, representing many different points of view, but all written from the perspective of sound scholarship. While the initial orientation has been to seek material written primarily from a Christian perspective, the ultimate aim is to broaden the scope to include material on all the world’s major religions.

ONLINE BOOKS AND ARTICLES

ARCHIVES: INTERNET LIBRARY

The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format.

ASBURY SEMINARY ePLACE

A digital collection of research and writing produced by the faculty, staff, and students of Asbury Theological Seminary. Managed by the B.L. Fisher Library, ePlace is designed to promote the open access of material from the Wesleyan and Holiness traditions to be shared with a global audience. It also serves as a place to preserve rare and difficult to locate material, and encourage academic research and ongoing dialog between scholars in the field.

CHRISTIAN CLASSICS ETHEREAL LIBRARY

The mission of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) is to build up the church by making classic Christian literature widely available and promoting its use for edification and study by interested Christians, seekers and scholars. The CCEL accomplishes this by selecting, collecting, distributing, and promoting valuable literature through the World Wide Web and other media.

DOAB (DIRECTORY OF OPEN-ACCESS BOOKS)

DOAB is a community-driven discovery service that indexes and provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books, and helps users to find trusted open access book publishers. All DOAB services are free of charge and all data is freely available. Free access to over 46,000 academic peer-reviewed books and chapters.

EVANGELICAL CHURCH LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

A great place for Christian book reviews.

GOOGLE BOOKS

Search the latest index of the world’s books, many of which you can preview or read for free.

GUTENBERG PROJECT

The Gutenberg Project provides free access to 50,000+ ebooks available for download.

HATHITRUST DIGITAL LIBRARY

HathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.

OAPEN (OPEN-ACCESS PUBLISHING IN EUROPEAN NETWORKS)

The OAPEN Library contains freely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of humanities and social sciences. OAPEN works with publishers to build a quality controlled collection of open access books, and provides services for publishers, libraries and research funders in the areas of deposit, quality assurance, dissemination, and digital preservation.

VIRTUAL THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY PROJECT/NTSLIBRARY

NTSLibrary – Online Christian Library is regularly updated and is non-denominational, representing a diverse selection of theological positions. The purpose for this is to provide the reader with information on different positions which may challenge one’s thinking on an existing position. The desired result is to thereby lead, through study, to a more educated understanding.

WESLEYAN HOLINESS DIGITAL LIBRARY

The Wesleyan Holiness Digital Library provides free access to journal articles, essays, dissertations and thesis and other creative works.

THEOLOGICAL COMMONS

The Theological Commons is a digital library of over 150,000 resources on theology and religion. Developed in partnership with the Internet Archive it contains books, journals, audio recordings, photographs, manuscripts, and other formats dating from 975 C.E. to the present.

YALE LIBRARY OPEN ACCESS

This website has access to free online articles and books. When searching for a book, the website will redirect you to the login screen. From there, one can bypass the login screen by going directly to the website. There you may download and view free articles and books.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY OPEN RESOURCES

IUScholarWorks is an open access repository service provided by the IU Libraries for disseminating and preserving the intellectual output of Indiana University scholars. The repository is designed to hold and deliver scholarly materials in digital form (text, data, image, etc.) that will not change over time and that are adequately described with standard keywords and descriptors.

ONLINE MAGAZINES/JOURNALS

ASIAN JOURNAL OF PENTECOSTAL STUDIES

Asia Pacific Theological Seminary is a cooperative ministry of the Assemblies of God National Churches of Asia, Pacific Oceania, and the Assemblies of God World Missions-USA. A multi-national Board of Directors representing these various entities governs the school. The faculty and administration of APTS are also multi-national.

RELEVANT MAGAZINE

Seems more contemporary than academic. Articles are free and contain a wide array of viewpoints and cultural, political and religious thoughts.

WORLD MAG

WORLD offers hard-hitting, truth-telling, uniquely Christian worldview reporting that stands in stark contrast to the mainstream media in these confusing, chaotic days.

FREE JOURNALS ONLINE

This incredibly comprehensive list of open access journals is made possible through John Jaeger and DBU Vance Memorial Library. One can search for a wide variety of journals based on specific topics as outlined in the compiled list.

CHRISTIAN HISTORY MAGAZINE

Helpful resource that enables one to search for a wide variety of content in church history. Archived magazines available going back to 1982.

CHRISTIANITY TODAY

Full text access is given to back-dated editions of Christianity Today, Books & Culture, Christian History & Biography, Leadership Journal, and Regeneration Quarterly. Full text access is also given to full volume titles through LeadershipBooks, a collection of over 50 high-quality volumes from seven major Leadership book series.

BIBLE ATLAS ONLINE

Search a wide variety of Bible maps from both the Old and New Testament eras.

BIBLICAL MAPS/ATLASES

Readers of the Bible quickly recognize that the number of place names and locations mentioned in the text — most of them unfamiliar — is stupefying. The geographical references range eastward as far as India and westward to Spain. Between these limits, the Middle East itself contains numerous states, cities, villages, mountains, rivers … Many of the names have changed from century to century. Thus, in order to have a grasp of what is happening in a particular text, it is extremely helpful to have a set of maps, so that you can follow the narrative in your mind’s eye.

CAMPUS TARGET

Half a world away there are millions of university students who have never heard of Jesus. That’s a problem! Join our team, live in a major Asian city, make new friends, and share the gospel with university students. Be the solution.

DUOLINGO

Free language-building app

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION

The International Studies Association is one of the oldest interdisciplinary associations dedicated to understanding international, transnational and global affairs. Founded in 1959, its more than 7,000 members span the globe – comprising academics, practitioners, policy experts, private sector workers and independent researchers, among others. The Association has long served as a central hub for the exchange of ideas and for networking. Also for programmatic initiatives among those involved in the study, teaching and practice of International Studies.

LANGUAGE ZEN

Free language-building app

MISSION NEXUS

Mission Nexus engages people who serve within the Great Commission with ideas, events, and resources which propel the gospel around the world.

VOICE OF THE MARTYRS

The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) is a nonprofit, interdenominational missions organization, that offers practical and spiritual help to persecuted Christians around the world. https://www.mnnonline.org/mission_groups/voice-of-the-martyrs-usa/

WORLD HOPE INTERNATIONAL

World Hope International is a Christian relief and development organization working with vulnerable and exploited communities to alleviate poverty, suffering and injustice.

BIBLE HELPS
WRITING & RESEARCH AIDS
STATISTICAL RESOURCES
SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCES
RESUMES
AUDIO RESOURCES

BIBLE COMMENTARIES
Over 50 different Bible commentaries are available.

BIBLE DICTIONARIES

Access to six different Bible dictionaries.

BIBLE HUB

Bible Hub Online Parallel Bible, search and study tools including parallel texts, cross references, Treasury of Scripture, and commentaries. This site provides quick access to topical studies, interlinear resources, sermons, Strong’s and many more resources.

BLUE LETTER BIBLE

Dig deep into the Word using commentaries, encyclopedias, maps/images and much more. One of our most used tools is the Lexicon search, which gives users immediate access to the original Hebrew and Greek words.

BRYAN COLLEGE

Bible Study Resources built by Bryan College.

CONCORDANCE USE

A brief tutorial on how to use a concordance.

CONCORDANCE AND LEXICON
E-SWORD

This link to a basic and free database installation includes the King James Version, King James Version w/ Strong’s numbers, Strong’s dictionary, and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge cross-references.

AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY

Contains a wealth of knowledge on diverse biblical topics.

GOT QUESTIONS?

With over 5,400 answers to frequently asked Bible questions published online, approximately 80% of the questions asked already have answers available to you instantly. Several options are offered for finding the answers to your questions.

GREEK NEW TESTAMENT

The SBL edition is available as a download.

SPANISH-LANGUAGE THEOLOGICAL RESOURCES
ETURABIAN

For easy formation of footnotes and bibliographies, use eturabian. For even easier use, be sure to have the ISBN available.

BOOLEAN AND GOOGLE SEARCH OPERATORS

You can use search operators and other punctuation to get more specific search results.

DICTIONARY-THESAURUS-GRAMMAR
TURABIAN VIDEO LESSON

View this presentation of Turabian formatting by Luther Rice College and Seminary.

TURABIAN FORMATTING GUIDE

Turabian formatting helps.

GRAMMARLY

Grammarly is a powerful grammar, vocabulary, and spelling checker. Be sure to download it on Chrome and choose the extension option so that all your writing (papers, emails, etc.) are seamlessly double-checked.

TURABIAN CITATION ASSISTANCE

This website is intended to assist you in properly citing resources. According to Kate L. Turabian, it is a: “Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations,” 8th and 7th editions, a “Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association,” 6th edition and “MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers,” 7th edition. It is not intended to serve as a substitute for these manuals.

WEB-LITERACY

This is an unabashedly practical guide for the student fact-checker. It supplements generic information literacy with the specific web-based techniques that can get you closer to the truth on the web more quickly.

ZOTERO

A free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources.

SUMMIT WORLDVIEW DICTIONARY

Contains a vast dictionary of theological and biblical terms.

BARNA

Barna Group provides spiritual influencers with credible knowledge and clear thinking, enabling them to navigate a complex and changing culture.

PEW REPORT

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. They conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research.

STATISTICS VOCABULARY OVERVIEW
WORLD MAP

Curious about the religious make-up of the world? Check out the latest color-coded demographics here.

WORLD RELIGIONS CHART
WORLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION
EARLY CHRISTIAN WRITINGS

Browse by range of dating or by category: New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, Church Fathers

SERMON AUDIO

Find access to numerous sermon audio files from a vast array of preachers.

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