THEO352 (Church History: Apostolic Era to the Eve of the Reformation): Find Books

If you're interested in finding books on various Christian denominations, click on the following links. Look for the 'History' subheading if you want to learn about the history of the denomination. To learn about what a particular denomination believes, look for the 'Doctrines' subheading.

The following items are all available in the APU collection. Click on the book title link to access the record in the library catalog and click on the image to into Amazon.

Having a hard time using the library catalog? You might want to take a look at the instructions in the How to Search the Catalog box below, or you might want to try the links below. These will take you into the library catalog right to a list of resources.

Search Tip:

• Once you've clicked on one of the links below and you're in the library catalog, click on the LINK+ button   to the right to see similar books available in LINK+ libraries.
• If you're writing about a particular person, be sure to look for them as author (to find their writings), and as subject (to find books written about him/her).

LINK+ is a library catalog for the holdings of 60+ libraries, including APU Libraries. APU faculty, staff and students may request for free anything in LINK+ that has the status of "Available." Allow 3-4 business days for delivery. For more information, go to the LINK+ section of the library website.

APU Libraries has a variety of ebooks on through two main vendors: Ebrary and EBSCO eBook Collection. To find ebooks on the topics that you see in the Searches To Get You Started box below, follow these instructions:

1. Click on a link of interest in the Searches To Get You Started box located below this box.
2. In the View Entire Collection drop-down menu, select Ebooks.
3. Click the Search button.
4. Click on one of the subjects to get to the title list for that subject (if you already see a title list, go to step 5).
5. Click on a title that you're interested in.
6. Click on the View Electronic Book link to access the book.

For information on using ebooks in the Ebrary and EBSCO eBook Collection environments, use the following guide:

How to Use EBSCO and Ebrary Ebooks

To find library resources on your topic, follow the steps below.

Step One: Go to the Basic Search in the APU catalog, and enter one or two terms, or a phrase (see below). Click 'Submit' and follow the rest of the steps below.

Step Two: Skim through your results and look for a book that seems relevant to your topic. Click on the title of the book so that you can see the full record.

Step Three: Look in the 'Subject' section, and click on any subject that has something to do with your topic. If there are no relevant subjects, go back to your original results list and repeat step two.

Step Four: When you click on a subject link, you should be taken to a list of subjects where you can either choose the same subject, or choose a different one. Click on the subject link of choice. You can see the number of items for each subject off to the right. Clicking on the subject link will give you the list of titles for that subject (in the graphic below, you will get a list of 135 titles for the subject 'Philosophical anthropology').

Step Five: After clicking on the subject link to get the title list, click on the first title link at the top of your new results list (in the example above, all your results will have 'Philosophical anthropology' as a subject, as well as other subjects that could be useful). Go through this list by using the 'Previous record' and 'Next record' links in the upper right of the screen. You are trying to identify other subjects that are related to your topic. Once you find another subject of interest, click on the link for a new list of titles. You can repeat steps four and five until you feel that you've exhausted the relevant subjects used in the catalog.
 

TIPS:

• Enter simple words or phrases - you cannot enter entire sentences and expect to get any results
• You can use this procedure in LINK+ and the journal article databases
• Jot down the subjects you find in the catalog - you will likely be able to use these as subject searches (instead of keyword searches) in the journal article databases.