BOOKS:  Our computerized catalog provides access to the materials in our library.  Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings to identify the best subject headings for your topic.  Some relevant topics include:

PERIODICALS:
Periodical indexes provide the most efficient subject access to journals, magazines, and newspapers.  Following are some indexes you might want to use for this project:

• ATLA (via EBSCO)
• EBSCO (via PLU Library home page)
• Catholic Periodical and Literature Index,  (via EBSCO )
• Old Testament Abstracts, (1978+ ref BS410.O4)
• Religion and Philosophy Collection  (via EBSCO)
• Religious & Theological Abstracts (via PLU Library website)

LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:   Use Journals at PLU to identify the call number of the journal you need. Journals at PLU  also gives access to any full-text journals we have online.

RESEARCH SOURCES

Routledge Religious Reference Resources Online (via PLU Library website)

§ Dictionaries

Anchor Bible Dictionary (ref BS440.A54 1992). The most comprehensive of the modern dictionaries
Dictionary of the Bible (ref.BS440.B73 1996)
Eerdmans Bible Dictionary (ref BS440.G7613 1987)
Harper’s Bible Dictionary (ref BS440.H237 1985)
Illustrated Dictionary & Concordance of the Bible (ref BS440.I36 1986)
Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (vol. 1-4: ref BS440.I63; supplement: BS440.I63 Supp.)
Mercer Dictionary of the Bible (ref BS440 .M429 1990)


More specific:
Ancient Near Eastern texts relating to the Old Testament  (ref BS1180 .P83 1969)
Ancient Near East in pictures relating to the Old Testament  (BS1180. P833 1969)
Archaeological encyclopedia of the Holy Land (ref. DS111.A2A73 2001)
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East (DS57 .C55 1995)
Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation (ref BS500 .D5 1999) Useful background essays
Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period (BM 50 D525 1996)
Encyclopedia Judaica (ref DS 102.8 E496)

§ Atlases

Atlas of the Bible (ref BS620.R6 1985) 
Harper Atlas of the Bible (ref G2230 .H47 1987)


§ Commentaries

Series
Anchor Bible (ref. BS192.2.A1 1964.G3 )
New Interpreter's Bible (ref.BS491.2.N484 1994)
Word Biblical Commentary (BS491.2.W67 1982)

One Volume:
New Jerome Biblical Commentary (ref.BS491.2.N485 1990)
The Literary Guide to the Bible (ref BS511.2.L58 1987)
Complete Literary Guide to the Bible (ref BS535.C56 1993)
The HarperCollins Bible Commentary (ref BS491.2.H37 2000)
Women’s Bible Commentary (BS491.2.W66 1992)


§ Word study tools:

The NRSV Concordance (ref BS425 .K645 1991)
NIV Complete Concordance (ref. BS 425 .G6)
Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament (ref BS440.B5713) Essays on interpretation of words


INTERNET: 

Use the Internet only for supplemental information.  Read the handout "Evaluating Information from the Internet”  (http://www.plu.edu/~egbersgl/evalinternet.html).

 
ABZU (http://www.etana.org/abzu)

Biblical Studies Resources (http://web.infoave.net/~jwest/)

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 University
• University of Puget Sound
• Seattle Pacific University
• 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.   My office hours  are Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:00-5:00.

 




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