This page contains information about the Research Library. Information about how to access and use it as well as what it contains are detailed below.
When viewing an item, you can select the menu in the top right of your screen to expand options like search, favorites, bookmarks, print, bin, etc. To utilize most of these, you will need to log in or create a free account.
*Your Ministry Matters account will not integrate with your library account. You will only have access through Ministry Matters and will need to log in to view.
Ministry Matters is discoverable through USearch and is listed among the religion databases. Once you log in with your NetID, your browser will open to homepage. To navigate to the Research Library, select the link at the top of your page.
Once you have selected this link, the Research Library will open. The main tabs should appear, with plus signs to the left of each one. To view the items that are within these tabs, simply click the plus sign or the title.
The tab will then expand to reveal the available items.
To view an item, click on the title. A new window will appear where you can view the item. Most of the items will include clickable links within the contents to view the desired sections.
To view additional pages within a volume, you may need to click the title at the top or use the arrows at the bottom of the page.
To save items, you will need to print them or print them to PDF. To do this, you can either right click on the view window or use the print option in the Menu to the top right. You cannot save items; however, you can place items in a bin to possibly view later. To learn how to create/use a bin, see the Features & Tools tab within this guide.
The Research Library contains many promising resources. Here are a few popular ones.