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Wiki Markup Bradley, James E. and Richard A Muller. _Church History: An Introduction to Research{_}_, Reference Works, and Methods. _ Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1995 \[Ref. 270.072 B811c\]Wiki Markup 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 (from Bradley and Muller, above)
- 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 ..., p_," p. 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., p. 41. _
Critical editions
- In the works of antiquity and Middle Ages
- Corpus Christianorum: Series Latina/Graeca
- Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum
Wiki Markup _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
Wiki Markup Consult the "Clavis" volumes in the Corpus Christianorum series for guidance to critical editions of biblical and medieval apocyrypha & pseudepigrapha, and the Greek and Latin fathers \[Search the [catalog|https://librarycat.drew.edu] with the key words Corpus and Clavis to turn these up\]
- In American religious history, e.g....
Wiki Markup _The Works of Jonathan Edwards _(Yale) \[BX7117 .E3; see esp. v. 1, "[Note on the text|http://edwards.yale.edu/archive?path=aHR0cDovL2Vkd2FyZHMueWFsZS5lZHUvY2dpLWJpbi9uZXdwaGlsby9uYXZpZ2F0ZS5wbD93amVvLjA=]," p. 118\]
- The Whitehead Research Project
Wiki Markup _The Works of George Santayana _(MIT) \[see especially catalog record, _The Last Puritan_\]
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