Selected Resources in
WRIT 101—Blessed are the Peacemakers
September 29, 2005
Gail Egbers
535-8869  egbersgl@plu.edu


FINDING BOOKS: Our computerized catalog provides access to the materials in our library.  Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings (large red books) to identify the best subject headings for your topic. You will be most successful using specific headings.  Subject headings relevant to your topic include:
 
 

Sermon on the mount
Beatitudes
Peace--Religious aspects
Peace Movements
Nonviolence
King, Martin Luther, 1929-1968




FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Periodical indexes and abstracts provide the most efficient subject access to journals and periodicals.

ATLA, (via PLU Library Home page) Indexes international periodicals, multi-author books, and reviews in religion, from 1949 to present.   Includes some full-text.

Catholic Periodical and Literature Index,  (via EBSCO) Indexes journals and newspapers from the Catholic press.

EBSCO (via PLU Library Home Page)A multi-disciplinary database that indexes roughly 4,500 journals, magazines, and newspapers with 3,600 titles in full text. Of those, nearly 2,600 titles are full text scholarly (peer reviewed) publications. This academic database provides full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas - including social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, and education.

Philosophers’ Index (via PLU Library Home Page) Provides "indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language

Religion and Philosophy Collection (via EBSCO)  This database provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.

Religious & Theological Abstracts Provides summaries of scholarly journal articles. Lists a wide variety literature, including Christian, Jewish, and other world religions. Coverage also includes policy issues in areas such as aging, violence, abuse and neglect, crisis intervention, urban development, and development policy. Off-campus access requires PLU ePass username and password.
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hintDo not stop at the first articles that come up in a search.  Look at many of the articles and evaluate them.  Pick at least twice as many articles as you think you will need.  Which articles are the best ones for your project?   Who are the authors?  Are the articles peer reviewed? Are the articles primary or secondary research? Do the journals have a political or religious slant?

 
LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Periodicals are arranged according to the Library of Congress classification system.  Use Journals at PLU to identify the call number of the journal you need.  Current issues of journals are shelved on the first floor.  Older issues (bound volumes and microfilm) are interfiled with the books in the main collection on the second (J- Z) and third (A- H) floors.  Journals at PLU also identifies any journals we have available fulltext online.


REFERENCE MATERIALS

Abingdon Bible Handbook  (ref BS475.2.B5)
Anchor Bible Dictionary (ref BS440.A54 1992)
Atlas of the Bible (ref BS620.R6 1985)
Atlas of the Biblical World (ref BS630.B337 1971)
Biblical World (ref BS622.P4)
Complete Literary Guide to the Bible (ref BS535.C56 1993)
Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels (ref.BS440.H3 1906)
Dictionary of the Bible (ref.BS440.B73 1996)
Eerdmans Bible Dictionary (ref BS440.G7613 1987)
Encyclopedia of violence, peace & conflict (ref. HM886.E53 1999)
Harper’s Bible Dictionary (ref BS440.H237 1985)
Illustrated Dictionary & Concordance of the Bible (ref BS440.I36 1986)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ref BS440.I6 1979)
Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (ref BS440.I63)
Jesus and his world: an archaeological and cultural dictionary (ref.BR130.5.R68 1995)
The Literary Guide to the Bible (ref BS511.2.L58 1987)
Lives Of Jesus: A History And Bibliography (ref.BT301.9.K57 1985)
Macmillan Bible Atlas (ref G2230.A2 1993)
New Atlas of the Bible (ref BS621.N4413 1969a)
New Bible Dictionary (ref BS440.N48x 1982)
New Interpreter's Bible (ref.BS491.2.N484 1994)
New Jerome Biblical Commentary (ref.BS491.2.N485 1990)
New Westminster Dictionary of the Bible (ref BS440.G4)
Oxford Bible Atlas (ref BS630.O96 1984)
Parables Of Jesus: A History Of Interpretation And Bibliography (ref.BT375.2.K56)
Roget’s Thesaurus of the Bible (ref BS432.D34)
World encyclopedia of peace (ref. JX1944.W67 1986)
 

INTERNET RESOURCES

Bible Gateway (http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?)
Fellowship of Reconciliation (http://www.forusa.org/)
M.K. Gandhi Institute (http://www.gandhiinstitute.org/)
Nobel Peace Prize (http://www.nobel.se/peace/)
Nonviolence Web (http://www.nonviolence.org/)
Pax Christi USA (http://www.paxchristiusa.org/)
Religion-online.org (http://www. religion-online.org)
War Resisters’ League (http://www.warresisters.org/)
 

BEYOND PLU

PLU's library may not own all of the materials you want to use.  You may either order them from Interlibrary Loan or go to a local library personally.  We are part of a consortium of libraries that includes: Northwest University, St. Martin's College, University of Puget Sound, Seattle Pacific University, and Seattle University.  You may use your PLU ID card to check out materials from these libraries.  If you wish to order from Interlibrary Loan, be sure to allow sufficient time for the materials to arrive.
 
 
If you have questions while doing library research, ask for help at the reference desk or make an appointment with me for personal research assistance.

 
 
 

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