Latourette Library

Welcome to Kenneth Scott Latourette Library. With a primary focus of international development, the library has many resources for culture studies, some of which are not commonly found in other libraries. Some of these resources are password-protected, and available only to WCIU faculty, staff, and students. If you are a member of the WCIU community but do not have a password, please send an email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to receive one. We hope our resources will be of help to you.

Getting Started on Research

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Library News and Research Tips

Find Books

Latourette Library’s Catalog: Catalog and all e-books
To find cataloged open-access books (free for anyone to read), type “open” into the location field. To find all e-books (password-protected and open-access), type “web” into the location field.

Latourette Library houses the following collections:

WorldCat (search for an item near you)

Fuller Theological Seminary’s Catalog

Google Book Search (find electronic books) 

Digital Book Index (find electronic books)

Find Articles

ATLA/ATLAS Religion Journals
(password protected for WCIU faculty, staff and students)

First Search
(password protected for WCIU faculty, staff and students)
FirstSearch is a Web-based information system for searching online databases. A database is a collection of related resources on a specific topic or from a specific source. Some databases, such as WilsonSelectPlus, provide the full-text of articles. Other databases may only provide abstracts and bibliographic information for articles. If you are unable to retrieve the full-text version of an article, you may email the article information to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), and we will request a copy of the article for you through InterLibrary Loan.

ABC-Clio History Databases
(password protected for WCIU faculty, staff and students)

Encyclopedia Britannica
(password protected for WCIU faculty, staff and students)  For others using our site, please check the list under Encyclopedias: General and Encyclopedias: Specialized on our reference page.

Global Road Warrior (Countries and Cultures)
(password protected for WCIU faculty, staff and students)

Theological Journals Search
(open-access, free for anyone to read)

Google Advanced Scholar Search

Faculty Lectures/Writings
(password protected for WCIU faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends)

Additional Links

WCIU Web Links Database
This database contains directs links to international development research resources on the “deep web.”