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Doctor of Ministry: Research Resources

Dissertation Abstracts

Research in Ministry® (RIM®) is a free thesis and dissertation abstract database where users can search for and share the outcomes of research conducted in graduate programs of study related to ministry, theology and religion. Atla maintains this database which contains over 15,000 records.


The Atla Institutional Repository is a collaborative resource featuring the output of Atla Member Libraries and other partners, including faculty and student scholarly research in religion and theology, institutional records such as yearbooks and course catalogs, recordings of sermons and other lectures, and much more.


ProQuest Platform provides open-access dissertations and theses which can be downloaded.

Databases and Online Collections

The library offers research databases and eBook collections which allow patrons to filter search results for full-text, scholarly peer-reviewed articles, images, video, eBooks, and more. Links to library resources include:

Searching Morgan Discovery for LPTS DMin Projects

In the search box for the on-line catalog, Morgan Discovery.

Search "Thesis, Dissertation"

Choose "Thesis, Dissertation" on the left side under Format in the Book section.

This will display a list of Doctor of Ministry projects completed at LPTS.

To see records on specific topics select from the list of terms on the left side of the results screen under "Subject."