Library Catalog

Use broad keywords and subjects that identify your topic(s). Search a variety of fields. For example, try the following searches:

  • eschatology and 21st century (basic keyword search)
    Advanced searches:
  • eschatology AND Bible (in the subject field)
  • David Hebert (in the author field) AND eschatology (in the keyword field)

Limit your results to J.D. McKean Library. To limit your results to ebooks, Mark the box in front of eBook under the Format options. Ebook titles are included in the library catalog along with links to the full-text ebook.

Ebook Databases

To access or create a bookshelf, click Bookshelf or Sign In, then enter your network login. Provides apps (iPad, iPhone, iPod touch) and Download options.
Use a variety of search options as shown in the examples below:

  • Chrisitanity AND ethics
  • Christianity AND eschatology
  • "Chrisitan ethics" (Use quotes around words to search for an exact phrase.)
  • "Practical theology"
  • "Pastoral counseling"

Save books in your EBSCO folder for later access and use.
Search examples:

  • "Church History"
  • "Church history" AND (Bible or Christian*) (Using quotations marks around terms searches them as a phrase.)
  • Church history AND (Bible or Christian*) (Note: Without a boolean operator between terms or quotation marks around terms, the search will perform a proximity of 5. That is, results will have the terms within a 5-word word range in any order.)