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Introduction and Orientation

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Introduction & Orientation

 

  1. Introduction & Orientation
    1. What Is It?
    2. The Development of the SBTS Research Guide
    3. Purposes
      1. A Starting Point for Theological Research
      2. Dynamically Updated and Current
      3. A Broad Overview
    4. How Do I Use It?
  2. Library Classes

 

What Is It?

This research bibliography and guide intends to cover the major areas of study in The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and to provide a broad overview of the materials available for research in those fields. Using this guide will help you start your research by focusing your attention on major reference and research tools.

 

The Development of the SBTS Research Guide

In the past, this guide was updated as the students of the Doctoral Research Seminar surveyed, reviewed, and appraised the primary reference works in their respective fields of specialization.

 

Purposes

A Starting Point for Theological Research

 

We have no desire for this to be a one-stop clearing house for theological research. Rather, we hope this guide is comprehensive enough to help you begin your research and focus your future research more directly and efficiently, but still cursory enough to be manageable and navigable without too much confusion or difficulty.

 

Dynamically Updated and Current

 

Each semester at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, new doctoral students are required to take the Doctoral Research Seminar. As one aspect of that seminar, the library is invited to present an introduction to library research. The traditional assignment has been for these students to prepare an annotated bibliography of the major reference works in their respective fields of specialization and to offer recommendations for new works which have yet to be added to the guide. This result was a static and semiannually updated Research Guide.

 

This new format is indicative of the Boyce Centennial Library's desire to embrace emerging technologies as we endeavor to transform the library from a static silo of information into a participatory and dynamically involved resource for the seminary community.

 

A Broad Overview

 

Because this guide covers research tools corresponding to all the primary departments of the Seminary's School of Theology, the task of collating a comprehensive guide would simply be prohibitively monumental. Undoubtedly, this guide will grow with use and its purpose as a "broad overview" will need redefinition. For the present, however, we invite you to use this guide with the understanding that it is not comprehensive.

 

How Do I Use It?

 

To view any part of this guide, just click the link in the sidebar. This sidebar is visible on every page of this guide and includes the major sections of the guide. "Hidden" pages are accessible through the AllPages link in the sidebar. From the front page (the page you are viewing now) you may also click on any of the links listed above.

 

 

To add content to this site, you must be registered student in the Doctoral Research Seminar at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. For those of you who qualify, please get a feel for how a wiki works by playing in the SandBox before editing information in this guide.

 

 

If you have other recommendations for this guide, please contact the Reference Librarian, Paul W. Roberts.

 

Library Classes

  • The Stacks: An Introduction to Library Research
  • PhD Research Seminar
  • DMin Project Methodology
  • Twice the Research, Half the Time: Using Online Databases
  • Online Searching: Tips Google Doesn't Want You to Know
  • Fodder for your Fire: Using the Reference Collection for Sermon Preparation
  • Out of Style? Using Online Tools for Academic Writing
  • Using the James P. Boyce Library for Research in New Testament
  • Using the James P. Boyce Library for Research in Old Testament
  • Using the James P. Boyce Library for Research in Church History

 

 

 

(c)2006 The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2825 Lexington Road, Louisville KY 40280, 800.626.5525

Initially compiled by Dr. E. Woodson Brewer

Edited and revised by Paul W. Roberts

 

 

 

 

 

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