Arts and Worship in the Church

Welcome to the research guide for your course, Arts and Worship in the Church!

In the PHC Library catalog, you can search a variety of resources by title, author, keyword, or phrase, linking you to journal articles, ebooks, and print books in the on-campus collection. The more specific your search terms, the more specific the results will be.  For our Distance Learning (DL) students, excerpts from print items held in the on campus library can be provided on request.

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Databases

• Christian Classics Ethereal Library 

Identiying scholarly, authoritative sources for your project

College-level research projects require excellent authoritative and scholarly sources. How do you determine if a source is scholarly and authoritative? Ask yourself...

• Who is the author? Is the author a credentialed expert on the subject? 
• Who is the publisher? Is the publishing company a recognized academic publisher?  Is the journal "peer reviewed," meaning other experts have evaluated the article before publishing? 
• Cite your sources using Turabian/ Chicago citation style, the style preferred by your professor. Citing your sources ensure that you give appropriate legal and ethical credit for the creative, intellectual property of another.