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2. Transitions
- Dewey to LC
- Print to electronic
- A free online scholarly book (also in print)
- A purchased book in print and electronic form [e.g. Ecospirit]
- A free online-only scholarly journal
- An online-only subscription journal
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- A one-page overview
- Print guides
- Badke, Bill. Research Strategies: Finding Your Way Through the Information Fog. New York: iUniverse, 2011.
- Pazmino, Robert W. Doing Theological Research. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2009.
- Vyhmeister, Nancy Jean. Quality Research Papers, for Students of Religion and Theology.Zondervan, 2008 , 2008
- Core, Deborah. The Seminary Student Writes. St. Louis: Chalice, 2000.
- Writing Center
4. Styles of Research by Area: Bible, Historical Studies, Theology/Philosophy, Religion & Society, Liturgical Studies
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- Versus general encyclopedias (especially Wikipeida)
- What they supply: encirclements, names, open questions, bibliographies (key texts)
- Online
- Finding the most useful, on-topic encyclopedias
- Reference Universe
- Searching the catalog
- Evaluating encyclopedias (example: Encyclopedia of the Reformation)
7. Bibliography
- As genre: monograph, annotated bibliography, bibliographic essay
- Example of bibliographic essay:
- Evans, Christopher H. "Selected Bibliography." In Liberalism without Illusions:
Renewing an American Christian Tradition. Waco, Texas:Baylor University Press, 2010.
- Evans, Christopher H. "Selected Bibliography." In Liberalism without Illusions:
- As addendum, bibliographic notes, reference lists
- Finding them
- Religion Compass
- via ATLA
- Chronicle of Higher EducationReligious Studies Review
8. Library catalogs
- Drew's Catalog
- Author and/or title searching
- Subject searching (LCSH)
- Worldcat
- Deeper searches of Drew Library
- Interlibrary loan
- Summon
9. Online Books
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- Contemporary Authors
- Google Books and Google Scholar
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index
- Publisher webpages, e.g. Baker Academic and Ashgate
- Book reviews, in databases, and via
11. Citing Books
- Chicago Manual of Style and the Manual of Style Q&A page
- Some guides to Chicago style
- From Wisconsin-Madison
- From Wisconsin-Parkside
- From Bridgewater State University and Turabian
- A sample look for a Chicago-style research paper: pp. 239-242 of Hacker, A Pocket Style Manual, 6th ed.
- Converting from citations in library catalogs and databases to Chicago style
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