Electronic Resources and the Walther Library

Access Paths

Software and Databases with Access to Full Text

  1. Amazon Search (transparent full text search with context display)
  2. BibleWorks
  3. Brepolis Library of Latin Texts Online
  4. Christian Cyclopedia
  5. CONTENTdm
  6. EBSCOHost
  7. Encyclopedia Britannica Online
  8. FirstSearch (ATLA filtered)
  9. FirstSearch (Global)
  10. FirstSearch (State filtered)
  11. Google
  12. Google Print
  13. Google Scholar
  14. LCMS Website
  15. Libronix
  16. Libronix Books (Walther Library)
  17. MetaLib
  18. NetLibrary
  19. Oxford Reference Online
  20. PALNI Consortium Union Catalog (GUI)
  21. PALNI Consortium Union Catalog (Web Concordia Reserve Room)
  22. PALNI Consortium Union Catalog (Web OPAC)
  23. Pro Bono Ecclesiae
  24. Project Gutenberg
  25. Project Wittenberg
  26. SFX
  27. Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
  28. Walther Electronic Resources Server

Bibliographic Databases (Metadata only)

  1. Firstsearch (Per Search Indexes)
  2. Lutheran Historical Conference Bibliography Online (in Beta testing)
  3. TREN

Digital Object Attributes

Digital Object Formats

  1. GIF
  2. HTML
  3. JPG
  4. Libronix
  5. PDF
  6. Text
  7. TIFF

Archival Strategies

Archival Methods

  1. Outsource to CD-ROM, DVD-ROM producer
  2. Post to Web Server
  3. Print to archival paper
  4. Save to CD-R
  5. Save to network with tape back up

Storage Media

  1. Archival Paper
  2. CD-R
  3. CD-R Master
  4. Server Backup Tape
  5. Computer Hard Drive

Current Production Objectives and Goals

LCMS Journals, Magazines and Newsletters

  1. Add subject headings for CTQ entries at Pro Bono Ecclesiae
  2. Convert Springfielder articles to PDF and add to Pro Bono Ecclesiae.
  3. Finish conversion of For the Life of the World articles to Libronix format.

CTCR Documents and Other LCMS Literature

  1. Finish conversion of Dr. Barry’s “What About…” pamphlets to Libronix format.
  2. Convert CTCR documents previously assigned as CTS class readings to Libronix Format:
  3. Admission to the Lord’s Supper
  4. Church discipline in the Christian congregation
  5. End times:a study on eschatology and millennialism
  6. Guidelines for participation in civic events.
  7. Inspiration of Scripture
  8. Joint declaration on the doctrine of justification in confessional Lutheran perspective.
  9. Lutheran understanding of church fellowship(assigned)
  10. Ministry : offices, procedures, and nomenclature
  11. Prophecy and Typology (posted)
  12. Theology and practice of "the Divine call"
  13. Theology and practice of the Lord’s Supper
  14. What child is this? : Marriage, family, and human cloning.
  15. LCMS Theological Statement of Mission(Posted)
  16. Report on Dissent from A Statement… (Posted)

Saarinen's Village - The Concordia Campus through Time

  1. Develop an overview of the campus history
  2. Develop a copyright statement for the users
  3. Contact photographers for permissions

Concordia Electronic Books

  1. Complete and post 19th Century Bondage of the Will Translation

Project Wittenberg