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Surveys
of Biblical and Theological Resources
Glynn,
John. Commentary & Reference Survey : a Comprehensive
Guide to Biblical and Theological Resources. 10th ed., fully rev. and updated. Grand Rapids,
MI : Kregel Academic & Professional, 2007. Check
location and availability
Stewart,
David R. The Literature of Theology : a Guide for Students
and Pastors. Louisville, KY : Westminster John Knox
Press, 2003. Check
location and availability
Listed
below are the steps to doing research on a Biblical text
or topic. The list includes resources available at
Bethel Seminary Library.
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2. Search
the Library Catalog
Bethel's
holdings of print and non-print materials may be identified
by searching the CLICnet
library catalog. The catalog contains holdings information
for Bethel Seminary's St. Paul, San Diego, and Seminary of
the East campus libraries, Bethel University Library, and
the other CLIC libraries.
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3.
Find Articles
Suggested
Databases
Off-campus access to the following
databases is available only to Bethel Seminary students,
faculty and staff (Instructions
for off-campus access)
Academic
Search Premier (Full-Text)
This database contains indexing for nearly 8,050 publications,
with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles.
PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well
over one hundred journals, and searchable references
are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Academic Search
Premier contains full text coverage in biology, chemistry,
education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology,
religion and theology, sociology, etc. Updated daily.
Click
here for information on exporting
records from EBSCO to RefWorks.
The
ATLA Religion Database (includes
some Full-Text)
The ATLA Religion Database is a comprehensive database
designed to support religious and theological scholarship
in graduate education and faculty research. The databasecontains
citations from international titles and 13,000 multi-author
works in and related to the field of religion. It also
includes a full range of index citations to journal
articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews.
Though coverage is from 1949 to the present, not all
publications begin in 1949.
Click
here for information on exporting
records from EBSCO to RefWorks.
Catholic
Periodical & Literature Index (includes
some Full-Text)
The database covers all aspects of the Catholic faith
and lifestyle, and includes over 380,000 index citations
of articles and reviews published in Roman Catholic
periodicals, Papal documents, church promulgations,
and books about the Catholic faith that are authored
by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers.
Click
here for information
on exporting records from
EBSCO to RefWorks.
Christian Periodical Index
The Christian Periodical Index (CPI) indexes over 130 publications providing access to articles and reviews written from an
evangelical Christian perspective or of interest to the evangelical community
Encyclopedia
Judaica (full-text)
Updated edition of this work on Judaism features more than 21,000 entries
on Jewish life, culture, history, and religion, written by Israeli, American
and European subject specialists
New
Testament Abstracts (some
full-text)
Coverage: 1985 - present, updated annually
The database contains abstracts for study of the New Testament and its
historical milieu.
Click
here for information
on exporting records from EBSCO to RefWorks.
Old
Testament Abstracts (some
full-text)
Coverage: 1978 - present, updated annually
The database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs,
multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies.
Click
here for information
on exporting records from EBSCO to RefWorks.
Oxford
Reference Online : Religion and Philosophy Collection (full-text)
Provides subject reference works in a single cross-searchable resource.
RefWorks
A Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create
your own personal database by importing references from text files or
online databases. You can use these references in writing papers and automatically
format the paper and the bibliography. To create an account from off-campus,
you will need the RefWorks Group Code.
Click here for RefWorks
Tutorial
Religious
& Theological Abstracts
Coverage: 1978 - present, updated annually
Provides summaries of articles appearing in scholarly journals in the
fields of Religion and Theology.
Southern
Baptist Periodical Index
Coverage: 1985 - 2002
A cumulative index of approximately 50 periodicals issued each year by
historically Southern Baptist Convention-related agencies, institutions,
and associations.
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