Resource Guides

We are happy to provide resource guides on a variety of subjects with customized information about our church library’s collection. Guides currently available are:

• UMW Reading Program
• United Methodism

Each guide is organized with the following sections:

• Introduction of the topic
• Scope of the resources presented in the guide
• Key search terms, for use with our catalog or a web search engine like Google
• Subject headings and related call numbers, for browsing in the church library
• Overview sources – those materials in the church library that offer a broad overview of the topic
• Key works – those materials in the church library that are essential or primary to the topic
• Related areas – those materials in the church library that are related to the topic
• Magazines and newsletters about the topic
• Indexes, abstracts and databases that are available at nearby libraries for locating additional information about the topic
• Websites – a collection of links to websites on the topic
• Professional associations and conferences – contact information for groups that are related to the topic