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. We hope our resources will be of help to you.

Getting Started on Research

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Library News and Research Tips

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Find Books

Latourette Library’s Catalog (How do I use this?)
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:
Community Development collection (open to general patrons)
Student Volunteer Movement collection (available only to special researchers)
Donald G. McGavran collection (available only to special researchers)
Ralph D. Winter special collection (available only to special researchers)

Fuller Theological Seminary’s Catalog

WorldCat (search for an item near you)

Google Book Search (find electronic books)

Digital Book Index (find electronic books)

Find Articles

First Search Electronic Journals (Opening a .pdf document)
(password protected for WCIU faculty, staff and students) (ATLAS and WilsonSelectPlus are full-text databases, where you can read all the articles online. Other databases may only list bibliographic information. You may email article information to library@wciu.edu by clicking on the appropriate link. We will request the article through InterLibrary Loan.)

EBSCO/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 Scholar

Faculty Lectures/Writings
(password protected for WCIU faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends)
Request a password: Services@wciu.edu

Additional Journal Links

Latourette's Print Periodicals

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