1. Introduction to Drew Library
2. Transitions
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- Print to electronic
- A free online scholarly book (also in print)
3. Research Process: from Topic to Question to Thesis
- 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
4. Styles of Research by Area: Bible, Historical Studies, Theology/Philosophy, Religion & Society, Liturgical Studies
5. Tools of the Trade: Encyclopedias, Bibliographies, Library catalogs, Periodical databases, Internet
6. Subject EncyclopediasVs.
- Versus general encyclopedias (especially Wikipeida)
- What they supply: encirclements, names, open questions, bibliographies (key texts)
- Online
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- Finding the most useful, on-topic encyclopedias
- Reference Universe
- Searching the catalog
- Evaluating encyclopedias (example: Encyclopedia of the Reformation)
7. Bibliography
- As genre: monograph, bibliographic essay
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- 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
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- , bibliographic notes, reference lists
- Finding them
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Religious Studies Review
8. Library catalogs
- Drew's Catalog
- Author and/or title searching
- Subject searching (LCSH)
- Worldcat
- Deeper searches of Drew Library
- Interlibrary loan
9. Online Books
10. Evaluating Books
- Contemporary Authors
- Google Books and Google Scholar
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index
- Publisher webpages, e.g. Baker Academicand Ashgate
- Book reviews, in databases, and via Amazon