Library Workshop for REL 2232 Biblical Theology: New Testament

Searching Journal Articles : Using ATLA Religion Database

February 2008

one-stop shopping for religious studies resources

Information Scenario Exercise:

Scenario #1: you want to know about Martin Luther’s “Two Kingdoms Theory”

Scenario #2: you want information that discusses the critique on Martin Luther’s “Two Kingdoms Theory”

Information Scenario Exercise:

Scenario #1: you want to know about Martin Luther’s “Two Kingdoms Theory”

Scenario #2: you want information that discusses the critique on Martin Luther’s “Two Kingdoms Theory”

Searching Tool: Lib. Catalogue

Searching Tool: Databases

Keyword Search Skills

TruncationTruncation– Useful to find words in variant forms– Search all words that start with the same characters– Represent multiple characters– Placement of truncation symbol is significant

Phrase searchPhrase search– To search multiple keywords as an exact phrase

• E.g. holy war, original sin– With limitations

e.g. “the betrayal of god” CANNOT find titles with “Jesus Christ Betrayal”, “betrayal of Jesus”, “Betraying Jesus”, etc.

WildcardWildcard– Useful to find words in different spelling, singular/plural form– Represent zero or a single character

Combining the use of AND, OR, AND NOTCombining the use of AND, OR, AND NOT– Useful to narrow down, expand your

search – To exclude unwanted concepts– Use brackets to set search priority

Relig* VS Reli*

Relig* VS Reli*

Behavio?r Wom?n

Behavio?r Wom?n

crucif* AND (God OR Jesus) AND NOT (cross)

crucif* AND (God OR Jesus) AND NOT (cross)

Search Techniques – A Summary

Search Techniques – Field Search

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Subject is irrelevant to Paul, the Apostle

Subject is irrelevant to Paul, the Apostle

2

Subject is relevantto Paul, the Apostle

Subject is relevantto Paul, the Apostle

Keyword Search VS Subject Headings:Keyword Search VS Subject Headings:

Search Techniques – A Summary

Subject Headings:

Bible. N.T. Jude – Commentaries (20 records)

Bible. N.T. Jude – Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. N.T. Jude – Criticism, Textual

Bible. N.T. Jude – Language, style

Keyword Search:

Epistle of Jude (4 records)

Keyword search: Paul AND Apostle

What are the subject headings found in the records?

Keyword search: Paul AND Apostle

What are the subject headings found in the records?

Keyword search: Gospel of Luke

What are the subject headings found in the records?

Keyword search: Gospel of Luke

What are the subject headings found in the records?

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Field Search– To search the keyword in a particular field– Example: s=subject, t=title, a=author

E.g. Subject: Bible – N.T. --<Name of the book>E.g. Subject: 聖經 – 新約 --<xxx 書 >

Bible N.T. or Bible O.T. BiographiesE.g. (s:bible) AND s:biography

E.g. Subject: 聖經 – 人物 – 研究

CommentariesE.g. bible AND s: commentaries

E.g. new testament AND s:commentaries AND s:john Quotations

E.g. s:(speeches or quotations or 格言 or 語錄 or 演講集 ) AND s: (bible)

Chronology/ 年表

E.g. bible AND s:critic*

E.g. new testament AND s:critic* AND s:john

Criticism, Interpretation

E.g. (bible OR 基督教 ) and s:(chronology OR 年表 )

E.g. (bible OR theology OR evangelis*) AND s:dictionar*

E.g. Subject: Bible – Dictionaries; 聖經 – 辭典

Dictionaries

Applications

Research on: the theological issues generated in the exegesis of the “Sermon on the

Mount”

Research on: the theological issues generated in the exegesis of the “Sermon on the

Mount”Identify the

mainconcepts

List possibleSearch terms

Combine yoursearch termsappropriately

Formulate a Search Strategy

Theological issues

exegesis

Moral or ethic*

(a)Sermon on the mount AND (exegesis or interpret* or critic*) AND (Matthew)(b)Sermon on the mount AND (exegesis or interpret* or critic*) AND (moral or ethic*)

(a)Sermon on the mount AND (exegesis or interpret* or critic*) AND (Matthew)(b)Sermon on the mount AND (exegesis or interpret* or critic*) AND (moral or ethic*)

Sermon on the mount AND (exegesis orinterpret* or critic*)

Sermon on the mount AND (exegesis orinterpret* or critic*)

1. Identify the main

concepts

2. List possibleSearch terms

3. Combine yoursearch termsappropriately

Formulate a Search Strategy

Sermon on the mount

Interpret*Critic*

Sermon on the mount

Research on: the theological issues generated in the exegesis of the “Sermon on the

Mount”

Research on: the theological issues generated in the exegesis of the “Sermon on the

Mount”

Any specific?

In a particular gospel?

Electronic Resources: Databases

Major Electronic Resources in REL & Phil.

Subject Related ATLA Religion Database ProQuest Religion 中國期刊網 - 文史哲專輯 (1994-) 中文期刊篇目索引影像系統 (formerly 中華民

國期刊論文索引影像系統 ) (1991-) 基督教中文期刊論文索引

( 台 - 中華基督神學院 ) http://wwwtoc.ces.org.tw/toc/default.html

The Biblegateway http://www.biblegateway.com/

* ATLA Religion Database

covers Biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religious perspectives on

social issues from 1949.

Scriptures Search Search subject name personal

* 中國期刊網 Useful tool to obtain

Chinese articles for China studies

1994 年至今的国内公开出版的 6100 种核心期刊与专业特色期刊的全文。

* 基督教中文期刊論文索引 Useful tool to obtain

Chinese articles for religious studies

* The Biblegateway Search the full text of a bible

by passage and keywords.

Other Electronic Resources

E-Journals Project Muse JSTOR

* Project Muse

About 8 e-journals in “Religion”

Full-text

* JSTOR

The earliest back issue dated back to 1876

Historical study of a subject

E-Reference Tools Oxford Reference Online Encyclopedia Britannica Online

* Oxford Reference Online

Biographies

Dictionaries & Encyclopedia

Quotations Library Digital Projects HKBU Honours Project Db. Christianity in Contemporary Chin

a Clippings Db. China through the Eyes of CIM Mi

ssionaries

* Library Digital Projects

HKBU Honours Project Db. Contains records of Honours Proje

cts undertaken by HKBU final-year students.

Christianity in Contemporary China Clippings Db. Provides indexes and full-text imag

es of newspaper and periodical clippings pertaining to the development of Christianity and government policies in China from 1950 to 1976

China through the Eyes of CIM Missionaries Includes images of portraits, landsc

apes, architecture inChina Documenting social conditions and

economic activities of China from 1900s to 1930s.

Format: in lantern slides, glass plates, plastic negatives

Research Support

How to Create your Bibliography?

: Campus-wide Web-based Bibliographic

Management Tool

Functions:• Import references directly from major databases available through the Library homepage and the Library Catalogue or from text files, or enter references manually.• Create personal folders and organize references into folders for different topics• Format in-text citations• Create bibliographies in a variety of citation styles including APA, MLA, and Chicago.

• Access your references from any location via the Web

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Unit 2.2: Citing Information Resources @Library Tutorials

Apply for a JULAC Reader Card– HK$50 per application– expires at the end of the academic year (i.e. 31st July)

and renew it in a new academic year– endorsement from supervisor

Request books that our Library does not hold or that have been checked out, but that are held by other libraries with the status "AVAILABLE" through Hong Kong Academic Library Link (HKALL)

Online Interlibrary Loan Request– First 20 articles per academic year free of charge– Web-based HKBU ILL System

• First-time user registration• Keep track of the status of requests online• Retrieve electronic articles on desktop• HK$5 charge for each additional article filled by local libraries.

Access to Resources Beyond HKBU Library –Final-Year