Bethel Library
On-site use of library resources
You are welcome to use our print and online resources in the library.
Note: Due to license agreements, off-campus access to the library’s online resources—such as journals, databases, and eBooks—is limited to current students, faculty, and staff.
Borrowing privileges
You may register for a library card to check out items from the Bethel University Library. Check out periods and available collections vary based on the type of library card you have.
Library card types
- Alumni—Free; Check out up to 10 items at a time
- Basic guest card—$15/year; Check out up to 15 items at a time
- Royal guest card—$25/year; Check out up to 25 items at a time
- ATLA reciprocal borrowing—Free to students and faculty at participating ATLA institutions; Check out up to 10 items at a time
- Bethel retiree—Free; Check out up to 25 items at a time
- New Perspective Founders Club—Free; Check out up to 10 items at a time
Research help
Librarians are available to assist you in your use of our resources.
Resources beyond Bethel
Minnesota residents
Your Minnesota public library card provides one-stop access to following statewide library services:
- MnLink —Find books, CDs, DVDs, articles and more and have them delivered to your local library.
- eLibraryMN—Search trusted information resources to find articles and ebooks on a wide range of topics.
- Minnesota Digital Library—Discover photos, documents and maps related to Minnesota history.
- AskMN—Get real-time answers from a library 24/7.
Free online resources
- Directory of open access journals—Find full-text, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
- ERIC—Contains more that 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials.
- Google Scholar—A simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature on a wide range of topics.
- PubMed—Over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals starting in the 1950s.