Missions Week -- Go Global

Here's some recently added books on missions.

Ott, Craig and Harold A. Netland, eds. Globalizing theology : belief and practice in an era of world Christianity. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2006. 230.01 G562t

The mission of an evangelist : Amsterdam 2000. Minneapolis, MN : World Wide Publications, c2001. 269.2 M678e

Andrew, Brother and Al Janssen. Secret believers : what happens when Muslims believe in Christ. Grand Rapids, MI : Fleming H. Revell, 2007. 266.297 A561s

Bessenecker, Scott A. The new friars : the emerging movement serving the world's poor. Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, c2006. 261.8325 B558n

Bridges, Erich and Jerry Rankin. Lives given, not taken : 21st century Southern Baptist martyrs. Richmond, Va. : International Mission Board, SBC, c2005. 272.9 B851l

Beyond the gates of splendor [videorecording]. Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2005. DVD 266.9866 H251b

Hesselgrave, David J. Paradigms in conflict : 10 key questions in Christian missions today. Grand Rapids, MI : Kregel Publications, c2005. 266 H587p

Livermore, David A. Serving with eyes wide open : doing short-term missions with cultural intelligence. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, c2006. 266.023 L784s

Moore, Grant H. On the wings of a dove : an African missionary odyssey. San Diego, CA : Aventine Press, c2006. 266.96 M822Go

Stone, Bryan P. Evangelism after Christendom : the theology and practice of Christian witness. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, c2007. 269.2 S877e

Williamson, Nancy S. 52 ways to teach missions : easy-to-do activities for ages 4- 12. San Diego, Calif. : Rainbow Publishers, c2006. X 266.007 W731f

Wright, Christopher J.H. The mission of God : unlocking the Bible's grand narrative. Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2006. 266.001 W948m

Books about Martin Luther King

Today we honor Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement. The library has several recent books on the topic.

Going down Jericho Road : the Memphis strike, Martin Luther King's last campaign. by Michael K Honey. 2007.

Disarming manhood : roots of ethical resistance. by David A J Richards. 2005.

King came preaching : the pulpit power of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Mervyn A. Warren. 2001.

Blessed are the peacemakers : Martin Luther King, Jr., eight white religious leaders, and the "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by S. Jonathan Bass. 2001.

ATLASerials & Full Text

ATLASerials (EBSCOhost) has changed the full-text options – it now supports .pdf!

If you have ever tried to print or email the full text of an article in ATLASerials in the past, you know that it was a detailed process (html located on a separate server).

ATLA just completed the scanning process and now the full text of articles is available on EBSCO servers in the .pdf format. Now you can print, email or save the full text with relative ease.

ASP’s new Visual Search

Academic Search Premier has changed the Visual Search to display results in by grouping the results by subject and displaying those results in either columns or blocks.

A tutorial for the enhanced search feature is embedded in the search screen.

New History Databases

The library has added two new databases to support the History & Social Science department. They are offered through EBSCOhost so if you are familiar with Academic Search Premier you should be able to search these databases with ease. One cool search feature is the ability to limit by historical period. Both of these databases provide indexing and abstracts. If full-text is available, it is being linked from another EBSCOhost database (most likely Academic Search Premier). Don't forget to check the Article Linker to see if the full text is available in our print collection or another database.

Historical Abstracts
Historical Abstracts is an exceptional resource that covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more - essential for libraries supporting upper-division and graduate research. This authoritative database provides indexing of more than 1,700 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955. History and social science researchers have used Historical Abstracts to discover significant and groundbreaking work for more than 50 years.

America: History & Life
America: History and Life is the definitive index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present, this database is without question the most important bibliographic reference tool for students and scholars of U.S. and Canadian history. The database also includes citations and links to book and media reviews. Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages.