Research Help
Ask (for help) and Ye Shall Receive
- Contact us any time at libraryiq@austinseminary.edu with any questions.
- For help with off-campus access to library resources, see Off-campus Access to Library Resources
- Find guidance all things Citations (including the Chicago Manual of Style) here.
- For additional help with writing for Seminary classes, see Theological Writing Resources (portal login required)
Guides on the Research Process
Research Overview
- Research 101 (PDF)
- The Research Quest: Thesis (PDF) (or PowerPoint)
- Video: Creating a Research Plan (off campus access requires login)
- Video: How to Narrow Your Topic (off campus access requires login)
- Video: Thesis Statements (off campus access requires login)
- Video: Anatomy of a Research Paper (off campus access requires login)
- Video: In-Depth Research, Outlining and Writing (off campus access requires login)
Sources
- The Research Quest: Types of Sources and How to Find Them (PDF) (or PowerPoint)
- The Research Quest: Using Sources (PDF) (or PowerPoint)
- Video: Primary Sources (off campus access requires login)
- Video: Secondary Sources (off campus access requires login)
- Video: Tertiary Sources (off campus access requires login)
- Video: Refining Search Results (off campus access requires login)
- Video: Evaluating Sources (off campus access requires login)
- Video: Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Quoting (off campus access requires login)
- Theological Writing Resources (portal login required)
Guides on Using Specific Research Tools
- Sophi Search: Books, e-books, articles, and more
- Atla Religion Database (the most important tool for finding scholarly journal articles on the Bible, religion, theology, etc.)
- Bible Software
- Credo Reference
Sophi Search: Books, e-books, articles, and more
Sophi Search
Books
- Library maps
- Understanding Stitt Library locations and call numbers (PDF)
- How to find books in other libraries (PDF)
- Borrowing and renewing books (on the Using the Library page)
- Link to page with information on ILL?
e-books
Atla Religion Database (the most important tool for finding scholarly journal articles on the Bible, religion, theology, etc.)
Bible Software
Accordance Bible Software (available on select computers)
Accordance Bible software draws together a panoply of texts and sophisticated tools necessary for in-depth study of Biblical texts, both original language texts and translations, in a clean, intuitive interface.
- Accordance Bible Software Overview and Guide (Southern Methodist University)
- Accordance Basics for Exegesis (MP4) (Southern Methodist University)
- New Testament Word Studies Using Accordance Mark 4.35-41 (PDF)
Bibleworks (available on select computers)
BibleWorks is a Bible research software package that allows you to access over 190 Bible translations, 35 original language texts and morphology databases, 29 lexical-grammatical references, and many other practical reference works.
Credo Reference
Other Helpful Guides
Helpful handouts
- Finding and using the Chicago Manual of Style (PDF)
- Finding and Accessing Austin Seminary DMin Projects (PDF)
- Finding Sermons in the Stitt collections (PDF)
- FullText@AustinSeminary: Linking your Google Scholar account to Stitt Library (PDF)
- Finding free-to-use images for presentations and papers (PDF)
- Finding articles in newspapers and popular magazines (PDF)
- Copyright and Fair Use (PDF)