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Introductions to historical research
        Bradley, James E. and Richard A Muller.  _Church History: An Introduction to Research_
_            Reference Works, and Methods. _ Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1995 \[Ref. 270.072 B811c\]
        Danto, Elizabeth Ann.  _Historical Research. _ Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods.
            New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. \[Ref. HM 571 .D36\]
Primary vs Secondary sources
        Primary source: "A document, datum, or artifact that belongs to the era under examination
                                and that offers the most direct access to the person or issues being studied"
                                --James Bradley and Richard Muller, _Church History: An Introduction_
_                                to Research, Reference Works, and Methods_ (Grand Rapids, Mich.: 
                                Eerdmans, 1995), 39.
        Secondary sources:  "Offer information about an event but stand removed from it either in
                                time or by a process of transmission of information."  +Ibid{+}+, 41.+
Critical editions
        In patristics
            _Corpus Christianorum: Series Latina/Graeca_
_            Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum_
            _Patrologia Latina, Graeca_ \[281.1 M635 and [online|http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/1815-1875,_Migne,_Patrologia_Latina_01._Rerum_Conspectus_Pro_Tomis_Ordinatus,_MLT.html]\]
            [Thesaurus Linguae Gracae|http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-title.aspx]
        In American (religious) history, e.g...
            _The Works of Jonathan Edwards _(Yale) \[BX7117 .E3; see esp. v. 1, "Note on the text," p. 118\]
            _The Works of George Santayana _(MIT) \[see especially catalog record, _The Last Puritan_\]            
Translations (Patristics, Medieval Studies)
        A guide to choosing
            Bibliographies in [Encyclopedia of Religion|http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-title.aspx]           
            Essays in The Cambridge Companion to .... \[e.g. Augustine, Dante, etc\]
        Examples in series
            Loeb Classical Library \[Philo, Josephus, Clement, Tertullian, Augustine, etc\] 
            [Ante-Nicene FathersNicene Fathers; Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers|http://www.ccel.org/fathers.html]   
            Fathers of the Church (CUA Press) \[Clement, Tertullian, Augustine, etc\]
            Classics of Western Spirituality \[Origen, Augustine, Hildegard, Julien, etc\]
            Library of Christian Classics \[Clement, Origin, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, etc)
Online primary sources fulltext:
         [Christian Classics Ethereal Library|http://www.ccel.org/]
         [Thesaurus Linguae Graecae|http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-title.aspx]
         [Monumenta Germaniae Historica|http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-title.aspx](MGH)
         [Google Books|http://books.google.com/bkshp?hl=en&tab=wp]
         [African American Newspapers: The 19th Century|http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-title.aspx]
         [America's Historical Newspapers|http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-title.aspx]
         [New York Times Historical|http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-title.aspx]
        And see: [LibraryAmerican GuideHistory: toPrimary primary sources in U.S. history online|httpSources Online|https://wwwuknow.drew.edu/confluence/display/depts/library.aspx?id=2976Library/American+History-+Primary+Sources+Online ]
Encyclopedias
         [Online|http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-subject.aspx?category=E-Reference%20Books]
              _Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church_ \[Ref 230.003 O98o\]
              _Oxford Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages_ \[Ref 909.0703 E56dE\]
              _Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation_ \[Ref 270.603 O98o\]
              _Encyclopedia of Religion in America_ \[Ref. B2520 E52\]
              Credo Reference
         Print: finding them
              _New Westminster Dictionary of Church History_, 2008\- \[Ref BR95 .W496\]        
              _Encyclopedia of the Early Church_, 1992 \[Ref. 270.103 D622dE\]
              _Patrology_, by Johannes Quasten, 1984-2006 \[Ref. 281.109 Q1p\]
              _Dictionary of the Middle Ages_, 1982-1989 \[Ref. 909.07 D554d\]
              _Women and Gender in Medieval Europe_, 2006 \[Ref. 305.409403 W872w\]
              _New Catholic Encyclopedia_, 1st and 2nd eds, 1967 and 2003 \[Ref 282.03 E92eE\]
              _Encyclopedia of Protestantism_, 2004 \[Ref 280.403 E56eE\]
              _Encyclopedia of American Religious History_, 3rd ed., 2009 \[Ref BL2525 .Q44\]
              _Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience_, 1988 \[Ref. 291.0973 E56e\]
              \_Encyclopedia of Religion in America, _2010 \[Ref. B2520 E52 2010\]
              _New Dictionary of the History of Ideas_, 2005 \[Ref 903 N532n\]
Bibliography
Printed Concordances
         _Biblia Patristica_ \[Ref. 281.102 U58b\]
         _Complete Concordance to Flavius Josephus_ \[Ref. 933 J83Z R412c\]
         _The Philo Index_: _A Complete Greek Word Index..._ \[181.3 P565Z B732p\]
Key journals
         _Church History_
  _       Journal of Early Christian Studies_
  _       Methodist History_
 _        Religion and American Culture_
  _       Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies_
[Library catalog|https://catalog.drew.edu/]
         Browse searching for geographic and period breakdowns
              Church History Primitive and Early Church, ca 30-600
              United States Church History To 1775
         Social History
               Christianity and Justice--History
               Christian Sociology--History
               su Social History and .... \[e.g. monasticism\]
               su Social Ethics and  ....  \[e.g. Martin Luther King\]
               su Social Aspects \[or Social Conditions\] and .... \[e.g. women and England\]     
Periodical Databases
         [L'anne philologique|http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-title.aspx]
         [International Medieval Bibliography|http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-title.aspx]
         [Feminae|http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html]
         [Historical Abstracts|http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-title.aspx]
         [America: History and Life|http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-title.aspx] 
         [Readers Guide Retrospective|http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-title.aspx]
Other humanities and general databases
         [JSTOR|http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-title.aspx]        
        [Project Muse|http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-title.aspx]
        [Academic Search Premier|http://www.drew.edu/depts/library.aspx?id=2976]
Recommended [websites in church history|http://delicious.com/DrewULib/religion_theologysites+church_history]