Database Manuals and Tutorials
For exercises and homework assignments designed to help you develop search skills, see assignments.
Connecting to Databases
BIBLOS
- BIBLOS (basics). Summary of search operators and the basics in extremely compressed and incomplete form. For the impatient.
- BIBLOS (detail). The Long Guide to BIBLOS. Also an approximate pdf version as of March 2007.
- BIBLOS assignments to help you develop search skills
- Browser search box. How to customize the search bar in Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7 to search BIBLOS anytime without logging in or going to the library website.
EBSCO databases
- Bare Bones Basics of Searching EBSCO databases . Introduction. Overview.
- ATLA/ATLAS tips. Assumes you already know how to use EBSCO databases.
- Practice searching ATLA (displays questions in one frame, and allows live searches of ATLA in another frame; answers appear on demand).
- ATLA assignments to help you develop search skills
- OTA/NTA tips. Old Testament Abstracts and New Testament Abstracts. Assumes you already know how to use EBSCO databases.
- EBSCO databases manuals. Detailed user guides/manuals. Also available searching, browsing, print/email as MS Word files, but perhaps not most recent versions.
- EBSCO databases. Online help.
- PsycINFO tips (Not yet available)
OCLC FirstSearch databases
- Introduction to FirstSearch databases. OCLC documentation. Brief.
- FirstSearch databases.
SeminaryLibrary.com ebooks
- SeminaryLibrary accounts. How to connect. How to create a personal account.
- SeminaryLibrary.com tips. Miscelleous tips for those unfamiliar with this resource.
- Turpin Library Role in SeminaryLibrary.com. The beginning.
Other Databases/Systems
- Religious and Theological Abstracts.
- Index Theologicus. Very current!
- Elenchus of ETL . Elenchus of Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses. Theology in general.
- Perseus. Greco-Roman literature in Greek, Latin and English translation.
- TLG Online. Nearly exhaustive corpus of ancient Greek literature.
- Searchable Greek Inscriptions. All the Greek inscriptions formerly on the PHI cd-rom (but not the PHI papyri). NOT included in TLG.
- Communication Abstracts.
- eJournal List. How to use this resource to determine if the article you want is available online. You must already have a specific article citation; this tool does not let you search by subject.
- NetLibrary accounts. How to connect to NetLibrary. How to create a personal NetLibrary account.
- Library Materials in Google Scholar. How to use Google Scholar to identify relevant books and identify which library near you owns the book