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Databases

Academic Search Premier
ASP provides unmatched full text coverage in many areas of scholarly research and information.

ARDA
The Association of Religion Data Archives provides the latest tools to explore religious data from around the world.

Christian Classics Ethereal Library
The Christian Classics Ethereal Library makes classic Christian literature widely available and promotes its use for edification and study by interested Christians, seekers, and scholars.

Digital Resources for the Study of Religion
DRI provides access to thousands of digital images in various areas of Christian art, architecture, and iconography.

DOAJ
The Directory of Open Access Journals provides full-text access to a growing number of peer-reviewed journals.

EBSCO
A comprehensive listing of the Library’s subscription databases.

FirstSearch
The FirstSearch database contains material from over 4,000 electronic journals as well as articles from 9,000 full-text journals.

Open Access Digital Theological Library
Collects high quality content in religious studies and related disciplines from publisher websites, institutional repositories, and stable public domain collections.

Research in Ministry
Research in Ministry (RIM) provides online indexes and abstracts of project reports and theses from over 50 national Doctor of Ministry and Doctor of Missiology programs.

Borrowing from Another Library

Interlibrary Loan is available to Davis students and employees.
You may find something like this while you are searching our databases:

Clicking this link will open a form that is pre-filled with the article information. Just add your personal information so the librarian knows where to send the article.

If you want to borrow a book that Alice E. Chatlos Library does not own, email the librarian at librarian@davisny.edu. In the email, provide your name, and the title, author, and ISBN of the book you would like to borrow.

The librarian will send you a notification email when your items are ready for pickup.

Digital articles may take anywhere from 2 hours to 7 days to come in.

Because they come via USPS, books may take up to two weeks to arrive at the library.

Email

library@davisny.edu

Research Help

Citation Style Guides

Citation Style Guide: From the Writers’ Workshop at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
MLA: Citing Internet Sources: From “Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources” by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger (Bedford/St. Martins, 2003).
Print version in the Library: MLA Handbook for writers of research papers, 6th edition (2003). New York: Modern Language Association (001.4 G437m). Updates for the MLA 7th edition can be found at the Online Writing Lab (OWL – Purdue University).

Bibliography Composers

KnightCite – A bibliography composer from Calvin College that creates citations in the MLA, APA, and Chicago styles through an easy-to-use web form.
Extensive MLA style guide (PDF, Trocaire College)

Copyright Guidelines

Fair Use and Copyright Overview provides a comprehensive source of information on the proper use of materials and other fundamental items of copyright law. From the Copyright & Fair Use section of Stanford University Libraries’ website.

Avoiding Plagiarism

Evaluating Information – Applying the CRAAP Test (California State University, Chico, Meriam Library)
Evaluate Your Sources (Colorado State University Libraries)
Oops, I Plagiarized (University of California, Los Angeles Library)