Bridging the Gap: Theological Research - Resources and Terminology

Introduction Myth: “Everything is freely available on the Internet” Fact: Many (most) scholarly resources are found either in print or through subscription-based databases

Agenda About the Library Highlight - Reference research resources Library website Catalogue searching Internet resources (not journals) Journal articles (very brief) UBC Library

About the (JRA) Allison Library Membership Reciprocal borrowing privileges Loan periods Returning items Renewals Recalled items Fees Hours

Reference research tools: in Print Atlases (Bible) Book Reviews etc. [ See theoreference.ca] Bible (versions, interlinear, parallel) Commentaries (devotional / exegetical) Concordances Dictionaries & Encyclopedia Handbooks (manuals, almanacs)

Routledge Religion (JRA) UBC Library (Encyclopedia of Religion) Other Internet sources – Theological Links Reference research tools: Electronic/Online

Boolean operators: And, Or, Not Arian AND Heresy AND NARROWS the search Arian OR Heresy OR BROADENS the search Arian NOT Heresy NOT LIMITS the search Use NOT with caution

Combining Boolean Operators Refine a search by grouping synonyms 1. Christian AND (justice OR ethics) 2. (Christian OR Mennonite) AND (justice OR ethics)

Search strategies: Wildcards & Truncation Atheism and reform* * = wild card for any letters after the “m” will search for... –Reforms –Reformed –Reformation –Reforming Women, Woman, Womyn Use “?” as a wild card e.g. Wom?n

Search results page for Atheism as a Subject

Results page – following Atheism link

Item Record page – note subjects list

Keywords: atheism Europe history

Sample / example

Questions about tools and/or using the catalogue?

Journals (scholarly aka peer-reviewed vs popular) Journal Indexes & Databases Print Electronic – Citations (source only: author, title etc.) – Abstracts (short comment on articles contents) – Full Text (hardcopy, PDF or HTML) Journal articles: Indexes & Databases

EBSCO databases (five): ATLA Serials New Testament Abstracts (NTA) Old Testament Abstracts (OTA) Catholic Periodical Literature Index (COLI) Christian Periodical Index (CPI) ProQuest Religion: Smaller database than ATLA but full text Religious and Theological Abstracts (RTA) Some overlap with above sources Cambridge, Sage, Oxford Journals (some) Routledge Relgion Reference Online TREN (Theological Research Exchange Network) Theses and Dissertations Allison Library subscribes to:

eResources eBooks Journals Indexes Databases

NEW! A – Z = A to Z

Remote Access: Ezproxy

UBC Journal & Indexes Access X

IF you have an Article title and Journal title AND the article is NOT available in full text through our databases THEN does UBC have full-text access? Go to UBC Library > Advanced Search UBC Library: article finding tool Allison Library Fall 2014 EG Faith myth and politics in Jewish Quarterly Review

FIRST check the Allison, VST, & St. Marks libraries (Theolog) UBC Library: Interlibrary Loans Library.ubc.ca > Borrowing services > Borrowing from non-UBC Libraries

Research Information Sessions "Search Strategies for Journal Articles“ –Wednesday, September 24, 1-2 pm in Room 010 OR –Thursday, October 2, 1-2 pm in Room 013 Zotero: A Citation Management Tool –Thursday, September 25, 1-2 pm in Room 013

Questions?

Additional help Reference Librarian –In person at the reference desk –By phone: –By –By Skype: richard.matiachuk-jra –Follow on