services and resources for students at the samuel dewitt proctor school of theology
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Services and Resources for students at the
Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology
Wilder Library
The Library website is your entry to our resources
To Find Books WALNET our online catalog
http://vauu.sirsi.net/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/x/0/49/
Where to find books: Collections
Reference (Reference reading room)Reserves (Periodicals reading room service desk)(the above books are library-use only)
General circulating collection (in “the stacks”)African-American Studies (also in the stacks)E-books (online)(these books you can check out)
“Helpful tips”
To check out books or to print you must register with the library.
Must have your student ID or a photo ID to check out books.
Graduate students may check out up to 20 items.
We offer free faxing 2 times a day and scanning to a VUU email address is free.
To Find articles
DatabasesOn campus
Databases Off-Campus
Off-Campus Access to Databases
Sign in with your VUU email username and VUU email password.
Religion Databases: ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials
a small sample of other databases
EBSCOhost Religion and Philosophy Collection
Project Muse
JSTOR ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text
Issues & Controversies
3 tips for searching databases
For most databases, to keep phrases together use double quotation marks.Example: “database searching”
Use the keywords of your main concept
Use “limiters” or search options to keep your results to a manageable number.
Another way to articles and other electronic resources: Electronic Journals
Online Research assistanceLibGuides @ http://vuu.libguides.com/
Additional Resources
Inter-library Loan
Washington Theological Consortium Passat the Periodicals service desk
RALC Pass (Richmond Academic Library Consortium) also at the Periodicals service desk
Archives
Archives onlinehttp://vuuarchives.omeka.net/
Feel free to contact me for [email protected]