Books
The codex vs. microform vs. the digital book
Multiple formats, multiple locations in physical & virtual space
Editions may differ, e.g.: Encyclopedia of Religion and Society
Library Catalogs
Drew's Catalog
Boolean searching
Cross-field searching
Phrase searching
Authority termsvs. keywords
Browse vs. keyword searching
Saving and emailing citations
Recalling books
Worldcat
Broadening the search to other libraries
ILL
Deepening the search of Drew's catalog
Online Books
Google Books
Oxford Scholarship Online
Dissertations and Theses
Tools for 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
Academic Writing and Citation
* *Some tips on writing
From the University of Wisconsin
From Purdue University
From printed sources
The Seminary Student Writes, by Deborah Core
Writing Theology Well: A Rhetoric for Theological and Biblical Writers, by Lucretia Yaghjian
First We Read, Then We Write: Emerson on the Creative Process, by Robert Richardson
And remember Drew's Writing Center
Some quick points and distinctions:
"With the right words, everything could change"--Barak Obama (New York Times, 1/19/09)
Argument vs. Metaphor
The Rule of Three (from Deborah Core)
Grace, Struggle Despair
Intimate, Personal, Subjective
Planning, Writing, Rewriting
Introduction, Body, Conclusion
Summary, Critique, Incorporation
Paper, Paragraph, Sentence
Grammar, Punctuation, Style
Avoiding plagiarism
Some guidance from Purdue
Some guidance from Indiana
From Drew Theo School
A plagiarism test
A plagiarism tutorial
Some guides to Chicago style
From Wisconsin-Madison
From Wisconsin-Parkside
Citing books
In bibliographies
In footnotes
Citing encyclopedia entries
In bibliographies
In footnotes
From Bridgewater State University and Turabian
From the online Chicago Manual of Style
And from the Manual of Style Q&A page
A sample look for a Chicago-style research paper: pp. 227-230 of Hacker, A Pocket Style Manual, 5th ed.
Converting from citations in library catalogs and databases to Chicago style
The Art of Annotation
* *Abstracts vs. Annotations
Critical reading
Identifying the thesis
Summarizing
Critiquing
Some guidance from
University of Toronto
Purdue
Earlham
University of Minnesota