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The library provides a number of ongoing services:
On Site Use of Library Resources
- If you have access to the campus, you are welcome to use our print and online resources in the library.
Access to Bethel's Digital Library
- This includes past Clarion issues, yearbooks, study abroad photos and more.
Borrowing Privileges
Alumni may register for a free library card at our library that will allow them to check out up to 10 items from the Bethel University Library including Main Collection books, Lounge Display books, DVDs, Great Courses, and Audiobooks (some exclusions may apply).
Alumni can secure a card in the following ways:
- In person at our Check Out Desk.
- Alumni library cards can be secured by filling out the Alumni Library Card Request Form.
- Additional benefits are available from the University Library with a Friends of the Library membership.
Retirees may check out up to 25 items from the Bethel University Library including Main Collection books, Lounge Display books, DVDs (limit 5), Great Courses, and Audiobooks (some exclusions may apply).
Access to RefWorks
- RefWorks is an online citation and bibliographic management tool. Your account username and password carries over from your time at Bethel. If you are asked for a group code, please contact the research assistance desk.
Research Help
- Click on the Get Help link on any page to contact the library. Librarians are available to assist you in your use of our resources.
ATLASerials® for Alumni
- Seminary Graduates have access to the ATLASerials® for Alumni Database. Other databases are available for use on site in the library.
Proctoring Services
- Bethel University Librarians provide proctoring services for students affiliated with Bethel University. See our Proctoring Policy for more information.
Resources Beyond Bethel
Minnesota residents: Your Minnesota public library card provides one-stop access to following statewide library services:
- Find books, CDs, DVDs, articles and more through the MnLink Gateway and have them delivered to your local library.
- Search trusted information resources at eLibraryMN to find articles and ebooks on a wide range of topics.
- Discover photos, documents and maps related to Minnesota history through Minnesota Reflections.
- Get real-time answers from a library 24/7 at AskMN.
Free Online Resources
- Find full-text, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals through the Directory of Open Access Journals.
- ERIC contains more that 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials.
- Google Scholar is a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature on a wide range of topics.
- PubMed has over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals starting in the 1950s.
- JSTOR - While the library's full JSTOR subscription is not available to alumni, JSTOR provides free, read-online access to a portion of its content for everyone (over five million open access journal articles, ebooks, and images). Must register for a free MyJSTOR account.