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• Dewey to LC
• Print to electronic
  • A free online scholarly book (also in print)
  • A purchased book in print and electronic form
  • A free online-only scholarly journal
  • An online-only subscription journal

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• Versus general encyclopedias (especially Wikipeida)
• What they supply: encirclements, names, open questions, bibliographies (key texts)
• Online
  • Oxford Reference Online
  • Credo reference library
  • Gale reference library
  • Oxford African American Studies Center
• Finding the most useful, on-topic encyclopedias
  • Reference Universe
  • Searching the catalog
• Evaluating encyclopedias (example: Encyclopedia of the Reformation)

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• As genre: monograph, 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.
• As addendum, bibliographic notes, reference lists
• Finding them
  • Religion Compass
  • 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

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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
  • Religious Studies Review
  • via ATLA
  • Amazon

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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