RELG 270: Stories of the Bible
Research Guide
Spring 2008
Instructor: Barbara Melaas-Swanson
Librarian: Brent Etzel
Online Databases
Reference Books
Circulating Books
Below is a list of resources to help
you complete the assignment.
Online Databases
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.
New Testament Abstracts
New Testament Abstracts Online is a product of a partnership between ATLA and
the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. The database has become an indispensable
research and bibliographic aid for scholars, librarians, clergy and students of
the New Testament and its historical milieu. The database contains more than
38,000 article abstracts, 1,200 review abstracts, 13,500 book abstracts, and 50
software abstracts.
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.
Reference Books
Bible Concordances
The following books (and other bible concordances) serve
as indexes to the individual words contained in a bible
NRSV Concordance Unabridged
REF BS 425 .K645 1991
Nelson’s Complete Concordance
to the New American Bible
REF BS 425 .H27
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. For simpler,
one-volume dictionaries, see the following:
Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
REF BS 440 .E44 2000
HarperCollins' Bible Dictionary
REF BS 440 .H235 1996
Bible Commentaries
The following commentaries provide a well-researched analysis of biblical texts:
Interpretation
REF
BS 491.2 .I68
JPS Torah Commentary
REF
BS 1225.3 .J78
New International
Commentary of the New Testament
REF
BS 2341 .N49
New International
Commentary of the Old Testament
REF
BS 1151.2 .N48
New Interpreter's Bible
REF
BS 491.2 .N484 1994
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 March 18, 2008.
Created by Brent Etzel, Reference Librarian.
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