Graduate Studies in Leadership (MA & PhD)

• Powerful and effective leaders serve to the glory of God. At Taylor University, we believe servant-leaders are at their best when they are strategic, humble, and care about the people and initiatives they lead. In the leadership roles you will hold throughout your career, Taylor’s graduate programs in Leadership will prepare you to lead as a beacon for Christ.
• Leadership is a calling—and a blessing to all who benefit from the vision and culture that values-based leaders create.

(Modified from the Taylor University Webpage)

If you are a distance learner and need help with resources, please email zondervanlibrary@taylor.edu.

Reciprocal Borrowing

There are many options for obtaining resources in libraries. If you do not live near the Upland campus, utilize your local public library or local public and private colleges and universities. In Indiana, the Evergreen system through the public library allows residents of Indiana to access resources from around the state. The PALNI (Private Academic Library Network of Indiana) consortium in Indiana allows for reciprocal borrowing between private academic institutions. If you live outside of Indiana, check with your local public or academic library to find out about available collaborations and consortia.

Borrowing eBooks

When dealing with eBooks, the ability to download an entire eBook varies greatly. Some vendors only permit reading the eBook online in a web browser. Some permit downloading individual chapters of an eBook as PDF files, but the entire eBook is not available as a single file. There are very few (usually only found in ProQuest's EBook Central database) that permit an entire eBook download in the EPub format. Please be aware that eBook downloads are similar to checking out a physical book. Some are available for seven days, some for fourteen days. After the checkout period, your access expires; no titles can permanently reside on your computer or e-reader. (modified from: https://ask.lib.uiowa.edu/faq/167713)

Interlibrary loan is a great resource for students to access materials that Zondervan Library does not own. Items such as books and articles can be requested through interlibrary loan, and students receive those items through the Zondervan Library. (For more detailed Interlibrary Loan procedures see 'Zondervan Library Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad) Procedures' below.)

• Articles can be requested by any student and are delivered electronically.
• Physical resources (such as print books) are available to those students who live near enough to the Upland campus to pick up and return the physical item to the Zondervan Library.
• eBooks cannot be requested at any time through interlibrary loan due to license agreements with vendors.
• If you are a distance student, please see the previous "Reciprocal Borrowing" section of this page to understand your options for access to print materials.

Zondervan Library Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad) Procedures

If you discover an article that is not accessible through our databases, before putting in an ILLiad request through, check for open access availability through Google Scholar.

ILLiad Timeframe

• Please allow 2-3 weeks for ILLiad article requests to be fulfilled.
• Requests are first processed internally, which may take 2-3 business days.
• External libraries then process requests, which can take 4 days to 3 weeks per library.
• To ensure timely access, we recoomend planning ahead for ILLiad requests.

Student Request Limits

• PhD Students may have up to 25 active item (book or article) requests at a time. Once an item is delivered it is no longer considered active.
• MA Students may have up to 15 active item (book or article) requests at a time.

Print Material Requests

• Print material requests are only available to students residing near the Upland campus who can pick up and return materials in person at the Zondervan Library.

Legal Restrictions

• eBooks cannot be requested through ILLiad.
• Only 1 article per journal issue can be requested. If you need more than 1 per issue, you should consider purchasing the journal issue for access.
• A maximum of 5 articles per journal title per calendar year per patron can be requested.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation with these procedures. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Zondervan Library has acquired unlimited digital access to the following books used in graduate leadership courses: