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About this Research Guide
This Research Guide is designed to assist you in completing the assigments for the courses in this focus area:
- LIM-G870 Foundations of Youth and Young Adult Miistry
- LIM-G876 Youth and Young Adults: Spirituality and Methods of Faith Development
Please see below for required texts for these courses that are available as ebooks through the Monroe Library of Loyola University New Orleans.
Required Text for LIM-G870 Foundations of Youth and Young Adult Ministry Available as an Ebook
Big Questions, Worthy Dreams by
Full citation (italicize title and database):
Parks, Sharon Daloz. Big Questions, Worthy Dreams: Mentoring Emerging Adults in Their Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Faith. Revised edition, Jossey-Bass, 2011. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), Monroe Library of Loyola U New Orleans.
ISBN: 9780470903797Publication Date: 2011-10-11
Required Text for LIM-G876 Youth and Young Adult Spirituality and Methods of Faith Development Available as an Ebook
Navigating Toward Adulthood: A Theology of Ministry with Adolescents by
Full citation (italicize title and database):
O'Keefe, Theresa A. Navigating toward Adulthood: A Theology of Ministry with Adolescents. Paulist Press, 2018. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), Monroe Library of Loyola U New Orleans.
ISBN: 9780809153985Publication Date: 2018-11-06
Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation by ISBN: 9780807006313Publication Date: 2007-12-01
Databases
- Academic Search CompleteFind articles in all subject areas in over 9000 journals and magazines, with full text for about 6100. Updated daily. Dates vary, some as early as 1865 to present.
- ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials (ATLAS)Find scholarly and non-scholarly journal and magazine articles on religion.
- Catholic Periodical and Literature IndexThis database offers citations to articles published in Roman Catholic periodicals, Papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers, and you can find some articles that are found in full-text online.
Journals
- Journal of Youth MinistryActs as a medium through which professional youth ministry educators may share with, encourage, & challenge each other through our various academic & practical disciplines related to youth ministry education.
- Journal of Youth StudiesDevoted to a theoretical & empirical understanding of young people's experiences & life contexts.
- International Journal of Children's SpiritualityProvides an international inter-disciplinary & multi-cultural forum for those involved in research & development of children's & young people's spirituality, within which this debate can be addressed & widened.
Catalogs
- Online catalogThe library’s online catalog contains information about the books, e-books, music scores, videos (both DVD and VHS), and sound recordings that the library owns. The catalog also contains detailed information about the print journal and magazine titles that the library owns, but it does not contain citations for individual articles. For more help in using the catalog, ask a librarian, review our FAQs. The books listed below are a few of the many that can be found in the library's stacks.
How to Get Help
- Research Handouts and TutorialsA wide variety of handouts and video tutorials about general research, subject specific research, and technology help are available you in the Get Help section of the library's website; click this link to browse them.
- Email the Monroe LibraryYou may email the Outreach Librarians; when emailing, be sure to indicate that you are a LIM onsite (extension) or online student.
- Email Librarian Laurie PhillipsYou may email Laurie Phillips, the librarian who is the liaison for the Institute for Minsitry. When emailing, be sure to indicate that you are a LIM onsite (extension) or online student.