How to use TREN e-Docs

Trinity now pays for our students to download free .pdf copies of M.A. theses, D.Min. projects, and Evangelical Theological Society conference papers from TREN, the Theological Research Exchange Network.

To download .pdf documents from TREN e-Docs:

1. Go to http://www.tiu.edu/library

2. Click on the link "Find journal articles"

3. Click on the link "Databases by name"

4. Click on the link "TREN eDocs" (note: it must be TREN e-Docs, not the TREN link above it)

5. From on campus you will go straight into the database. From off campus, the proxy server page will come up and ask you for your username and password. This is the same as your GroupWise (email) username and password as provided by the IT department. Click on "Login." If you do not know your GroupWise username and password, send an email to gwhelp@tiu.edu and request yours. Include your student ID number, your full name, the last 4 digits of your social security number, and your birthdate in your request.

6. Search using title keywords, author, school, etc.

7. When you find the document you wish to download, click on the link "Add to your TREN Subscription" (ignore the purchase price to the right of that link)

8. Click on the link "DOWNLOAD NOW!"

9. Note where the file is being downloaded to, for example, Temporary Files or Desktop.

10. Before you can open the file, it will ask you for the password. It is always the same password: "teds" (without the quotation marks)

11. After you open the file you can use "Save as" from the "File" drop-down menu and save it with the title and in the folder of your choosing.

For more assistance, contact a Reference Librarian.