Database Manuals and Tutorials

For exercises and homework assignments designed to help you develop search skills, see assignments.

Connecting to Databases

• BIBLOS connection and configuration info
• Database connection and configuration info

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.
• 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!
• 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