The William Broadhurst Library houses more than 90,000 titles and over 30 periodicals with significant resources in the areas of the Wesleyan doctrine of holiness and on the history of the Church of the Nazarene. We also now have more than 520,000 electronic books that our students can access via our online card catalog from anywhere. Questions? Please contact the library at: 816-268-5471 or at library@nts.edu.
The NTS Library welcomes
students, ministers and researchers.
Others by appointment only
Spring Hours
Jan. 18-May 1, 2025
Monday-Thursday: 8am – 4:30pm
Friday: Closed
Saturday: Noon-4pm
Sunday: Closed
Contact
Debra Bradshaw
Associate Professor of Theological Bibliography & Director of Library Services
816.268.5471
dlbradshaw@nts.edu
Searchable Databases
ATLA Ebsco Database Search (by subject) (journals) – ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials, Religion and Philosophy Collection, Christian Periodical Index, and Ebsco ebooks
Writing Helps
Turabian Style Guide – Guide and helps for writing academic papers using the Turabian style
Zotero – Research organization and assistance tools
Easybib – Online bibliography and citation tool
Recommended Resources
Christian Classics Ethereal Library – Writings of the Early Church
Google Scholar Search – A search engine for scholar
NNU Wesley Center – Selective, annotated guide to online sources related to theology in the Wesleyan tradition
Project Gutenberg – Online full text of religious writings
Wesleyan Holiness Digital Library
– The Wesleyan-Holiness Digital Library is a free, multidisciplinary, open access, digital resource of books, literature, multimedia, and archives collected into a single institutional repository.
Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition — develops and provides access to outstanding research resources for students and scholars of the broad Wesleyan tradition.
Research in Ministry – Abstracts of Doctor of Ministry Projects from ATS seminaries
Religion Online – Includes a number of contemporary writings
Religious Studies Web Guide – Focuses on free internet resources of use to researchers involved in the academic study of religion
WorldCat – Find resources in a library near you
