Kansas Christian College Library Resources
Watkins Memorial Library’s purpose is to offer appropriate research materials to support the curriculum and provide materials for recreational reading in a variety of formats. Wi-Fi networking is available throughout the facility, which is designed for individual study and as a collaborative space.
Library Hours: Daily 8:00 am-4:00 pm, Monday-Friday
Evening hours available upon request
Head Librarian: Susan Rice–available for reference questions at susan.rice@kansaschristian.edu.
Research Tools
The library’s OPAC Catalog is available online, and library users may check their library accounts to see when their items are due and may search for needed resources.
Academic Databases
Use your Kansas State Library card to access.
Password is birthdate in format MM/DD/YYYY
Local Libraries
Reciprocal borrowing has been established between the Mabee Library of MidAmerica Nazarene University (MNU) and KCC’s Watkins Memorial Library. KCC students may use the reference department and computers at the Mabee Library and can borrow books and materials. KCC extends this same courtesy to the students of MNU.
The reference department of the William Broadhurst Library of the Nazarene Theological Seminary may also be used by KCC students. Some resources are available at the digital link.
Johnson County Library offers KCC students a library card that allows use of digital and physical items or an eCard that allows access to digital items only.
Kansas City Public Library If you live in metropolitan Kansas City (Missouri or Kansas), you enjoy full access to KC Library services with a KC Public Library card.
Digital Library Access
Library of Congress–use the largest library in the world online.
Open Access Digital Theological Library–The mission of (OADTL) is to curate high-quality content in religious studies and related disciplines from publisher websites, institutional repositories, scholarly societies, archives, and stable public domain collections.
Princeton Theological Seminary Theological Commons–a freely accessible digital library of over 165,000 resources on theology and religion.
The New York Public Library–explore 1,067,870 items digitized from The New York Public Library’s collections.
The NTSLibrary– A Christian Online Referral Services Library Project offered by Northwestern Theological Seminary and Northwestern Christian University.
The Internet Archive: Digital Library is a non-profit library of millions of free texts, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
Wesleyan-Holiness Digital Library–An interdenominational project created by the Global Church of the Nazarene, it provides free access to resources for ministerial preparation, education, spiritual development, and lifelong learning.
Digital Magazines
Accent Magazine–a magazine published monthly by MidAmerica Nazarene University.
Christian History Magazine–provides careful research, thought-provoking editorial, and engaging images to Christian history enthusiasts around the world.
God’s Revivalist–a magazine published monthly by God’s Bible School & College.
Liberty Magazine–a resource for matters of religious freedom.
Relevant Magazine–featuring daily devotionals, new content newsletters, and daily video content.
Worship Leader Magazine–where generations learn to lead in spirit & in truth.
Digital Resources
Watkins Memorial Library Bibliography of Open Ed. Resources
The Fundamental Wesleyan Society–A society dedicated to the spread of biblical Wesleyan theology.
Project Gutenberg–Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world’s great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired.
Digital Writing Tools
APA Style–The Mastering APA Style Student Workbook is an online and interactive workbook for teaching and learning seventh edition APA Style.
Georgetown University Library–academic integrity tipsheet.
Calvin University’s Hekman Library Knight Cite–a citation generator for APA 7 and MLA 9.
MidAmerica Nazarene University–LibGuide: Citation Help-APA.
MLA Style Center–the only authorized Web site on MLA style, provides free resources on research, writing, and documentation.
Purdue OWL–Online Writing Lab–help with both APA and MLA format.
Academic Search Engines
Google Scholar–It’s the power of Google searches applied to research papers and patents. It not only lets you find research papers for all academic disciplines for free but also often provides links to full-text PDF files.
BASE–hosted at Bielefeld University in Germany. That is also where its name stems from (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine).
CORE–The world’s largest collection of open access research papers.
Science.gov–bundles and offers free access to search results from more than 15 U.S. federal agencies.
Study Tools
Khan Academy–Learn with millions of people worldwide by exploring videos, tackling practice problems and getting AI-powered support.
Ted Talks–Ideas change everything.
Quizlet–Master whatever you’re learning with Quizlet’s interactive flashcards, practice tests, and study activities.
Denominational Resources
Church of God (Holiness)–the COGH is an association of autonomous congregations, numbering about 120, with which Kansas Christian College is associated.
Church of God (Holiness) World Missions–World Missions is spreading this good news in at least 8 languages in several countries.
Church of God (Holiness) Home Missions–Home Missions’ mission is to exalt Christ, equip the Church, and evangelize the world.
Harmony Hill Ministries–The purpose of this organization is to minister to the needs of young people and to aid them in spiritual development.
