MUSC 405: Bible in Story & Song
RELG 270: Stories of the Bible
Research Guide
Winter 2007
Professor: John Pfautz, Rachel Magdalene
Online Databases
Reference Books
Circulating Books
Below is a list of resources to help
you complete the research assignment.
Online Databases
Religion Research
ATLA Religion Index
Created by the American Theological Library Association, this database contains citations and full text to more than 1,100 scholarly
journals, essays, and publications in religion and related fields.
Old Testament Abstracts
This database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs,
multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. Content from
over 450 journals is covered. All abstracts are in English, regardless of the
language of the original work. Topics covered include antiquities, archaeology,
biblical theology, philology and much more. Coverage in the database dates back
to 1978.
Drama/Theater Research
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Start here. Find out as much as you can about the opera, the composer,
librettist, and productions of the work. Look at the bibliography at the ends of
articles to gather more resources. Search for books in
ALiCat
that you found mentioned in Grove. Or do a fresh search on the
opera, composer, etc.
Online Databases:
You will find articles in magazines, newspapers, and academic journals, as well
as essays in books in these online databases. You might look for reviews of
productions as well as critical appraisals of the drama.
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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
A multi-disciplinary database, ASP provides access to popular magazine articles
as well as academic journals. A good place to find recent material, reviews, and
critical appraisals.
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LexisNexis Academic Universe
Full text access to newspapers across the country and around the world, and
articles in magazines and journals. Great place for contemporary reviews and
discussions of dramas as they were being received by the critics and the public.
• New York Times Online
http://www.nytimes.com/
The Times on the web provides free access to articles from 1987 to the present.
You can search older articles and get the full text on our microfilm copies of
the newspaper.
• New York Times Index
REF AI21 .N4
Access to the New York Times prior to the early 1980s is limited electronically.
You can search for articles in the archives online (see above) or you can search
our very cool hard cover indexes to the Times in the reference collection. Each
volume covers one year.
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JSTOR Journal Archive
This database provides full text access to the complete files of a good number
of academic journals in music. JSTOR does not, however, include the most recent
2 to 5 years of journal articles.
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RILM Abstracts
RILM is devoted to indexing music in journals and other academic writings and
provides coverage back to 1967. Limited full text.
Reference Books
Bible Commentaries
The following commentaries provide a well-researched analysis of biblical texts:
Anchor Bible Series
REF BS 192.2 .A1
Once you know where in the bible to find your story, these books provide
excellent commentary on the texts. NOTE: for students researching the
Susanna story, use the yellow book entitled Daniel, Esther, and
Jeremiah: The Additions, as this text is from the Apocrypha.
Interpretation
REF
BS 491.2 .I68
JPS Torah Commentary
REF
BS 1225.3 .J78
New International
Commentary of the Old Testament
REF
BS 1151.2 .N48
New Interpreter's Bible
REF
BS 491.2 .N484 1994
Bible Dictionaries
Anchor Bible Dictionary
REF BS 440 .A54 1992
This multi-volume dictionary provides information on different people, place,
events, and concepts from
the bible. Includes a bibliography for nearly every entry.
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Opera on Screen
REF ML 102 .O6 W55 2004
A reference resource providing background on operas that have been adapted for
television or motion pictures.
Encyclopedia of Christianity
REF BR 95 .E8913 1999
Excellent resource, though incomplete: the encyclopedia is being translated from
German volume by volume, and our collection ends with the letter "S".
Encyclopedia Judaica
REF DS 102.8 .E496 2007
This scholarly encyclopedia covers topics in theology and history from a Jewish perspective.
Encyclopedia of Religion
REF BL 31 .E46 2005
The most comprehensive religion encyclopedia in our collection.
New Catholic Encyclopedia
REF BX 841 .N44 2003
This reference work provides scholarly articles on biblical topics from a Roman
Catholic perspective.
Circulating Books
ALiCat
Thomas Tredway Library's online book catalog. For this assignment, search for
materials by either using "Boolean Search" (using and, or, not; putting phrases
in quotes), or "Browse Subject" (some terms to use: Bible and feminism; Bible.
O.T. [name of book].) Other useful terms to use in your search:
[name of book] and commentaries; criticism, bible, etc.
I-Share
A direct link to the combined catalogs of Augustana and 71 other
university and college libraries in Illinois. The I-Share catalog makes available over 30
million records, most of which are available to you (at no cost!) through
interlibrary loan.
Last updated December 14, 2007.
Created by Brent Etzel, and
Margi Rogal, Reference Librarians.
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