Indexes and Abstracts

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Indexes and Abstracts

• Then, 2 years of research for Ph.D. dissertation.
• Now, one afternoon with two coffee breaks.
• Why do I need them?
• Information literacyI need to be aware of the
  contributions in the field.
• My research time will be reduced considerably.

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Indexes, Abstracts Bibliographies
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Indexes and Abstracts

• Index---a more or less detailed alphabetical
  listing of names, places, and topics along with
  the numbers of the pages on which they are
  mentioned or discussed. Random House
  Dictionary
• Specialized Indexdeal with a general topice.g.,
  Religionand in an alphabetically arranged
  subject index list those journal articles or
  essays that pertain to the topic.

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Indexes and Abstracts

• Abstract---similar to an index.
• Lists articles and essays under specific subject
  headings.
• Basic difference is that a work like Religious
  and Theological Abstracts provides a brief
  summary of the article or essay.
• This synopsis is designed to help you determine
  whether the article in question is sufficiently
  relevant to your research to be worth locating.

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Indexes and Abstracts

• Religion Index One Periodicals
• (1949-present), a semiannual index with annual
  cumulations.
• Long regarded as one of most important resource
  tools for theological research.
• RIO published by American Theological Library
  Association (ATLA)
• ATLA originally published the Index to Religious
  Periodical Literature (1949-1976).
• From 31 to 58 journals 1955-1956 and to 203 by
  1975-6.

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Indexes and Abstracts

• Religion Index One Periodicals
• ATLA then revised, expanded, augmented and
  renamed IRPL became Religion Index One
  Periodicals.
• By 1999 RIO was annually indexing more than
  12,000 articles in and related to the field of
  religion from 575 fully and selectively indexed
  journals and 100 scanned journals.
• Articles dealing with church history, theology,
  Bible, missions, ministry, philosophy, and
  religious studies are given a prominent place.

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Indexes and Abstracts

• Religion Index One Periodicals
• RIO volumes are divided into 3 sections
• Subject Index (adheres closely to the approved
  subject headings of the Library of Congress)
• Author Index
• Scripture Index

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Indexes and Abstracts

• Religion Index One Periodicals
• Journal articles on different books of the Bible
  (or parts of books) are arranged under the Bible
  (O.T.) or Bible (N.T.)
• For an article on Pauls thought in Romans
  512-21 would need to check the entries in RIO
  under Bible (N.T.) Romans 58
• After locating that section, it is relatively
  easy to find those articles dealing with chap. 5.
• A list of abbreviations of names of journals is
  found inside the front cover.

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Indexes and Abstracts

• Religion Index Two Multi-Author Works
• (1960-present) annually indexes essays (chapters
  in books) from edited or multi-author works
• RIT volumes are accessed by searching the Subject
  Index, Author and Editor Index, or the Scripture
  Index.

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Indexes and Abstracts

• ATLA Religion Database
• Provides electronic access to the combined
  contents of RIO and RIT.
• It also includes Index to Book Reviews in
  Religion (1949-present), Research in Ministry An
  Index to D.Min. Project Reports and Theses
  (1981-1998), and Methodist Reviews Index
  (1818-1985).
• The Standard Search screen allows searching of
  the entire database through 16 searchable fields.

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Indexes and Abstracts

• ATLA Religion Database
• Boolean searching of the database may be
  facilitated by using more than one searchable
  field at a time.
• Subject headings can also be found in the printed
  Religion Indexes Thesaurus (1994)
• Internet access to the ATLA Religion database is
  available through FirstSearch, SilverPlatter,
  Ovid, and EBSCO.
• Faulkner students Go to FaulknergtNichols
  LibrarygtDatabases.

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Indexes and Abstracts

• Biblica?Elenchus Bibliographicus
  Biblicus?Elenchus of Biblica
• (1919-present) a continuous bibliography
• Published by the Pontifical Biblical Institute in
  Rome.
• Of greatest importance to doctoral students.
• Few biases are evident but there is a time lag
  between publication of articles and appearance of
  these indicesca. 3 yrs.

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Indexes and Abstracts

• Religious and Theological Abstracts
• (1958-present), published quarterly.
• Covers about 378 primarily English-language
  journals and arranges material under 4 broad
  divisions Biblical, Theological, Historical,
  Practical.
• What it lacks in quantity it attempts to make up
  for in quality.
• RTA indexes about 80 journals that are not
  indexed in RIO and provides abstracts for all
  articles.
• On CD-ROM annually.

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Indexes and Abstracts

• New Testament Abstracts (1956-present)
• Published 3 times a year.
• Indexes of principal Scripture passages, separate
  indexes authors, book reviews and book notices.
• Covers about 400 journals.
• Product of Roman Catholic scholarship.
• CD-ROM version first published in 1999.

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Indexes and Abstracts

• Old Testament Abstracts (1978-present)
• 3 times a year.
• Indexes about 330 journals.
• Concise abstract following each entry valuable.
• The Catholic Biblical Association of America, in
  partnership with ATLA, publishes an annual CD-ROM
  version of OTA.

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Indexes and Abstracts

• Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses
• By U. of Louvain, Belgium.
• Indexes both articles and books.
• Published irregularly.
• Roman Catholic bias in some pre-Vatican II
  volumes.
• Useful as theological resource.
• Lacks proper subject index.
• Time lag for index.

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Indexes and Abstracts

• Christian Periodical Index (1956-present)
• Published quarterly with annual cumulations.
• Citations to evangelical articles in magazines
  and journals that have not be covered by the
  other indexing and abstracting agencies.
• 100 journals indexed 67 are not covered in RIO.
• Internet versionno Faulkner access.

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Indexes and Abstracts

• Catholic Periodical and Literature Index
• (1967/68-present) most current popular index of
  Roman Catholic publications.
• Successor to other indexes.
• CD-ROM version covering 1981-present.

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Indexes and Abstracts

• Index to Jewish Periodical Literature
• (1963-present)
• Included are articles on their feasts,
  involvement in politics and relief work, together
  with studies of Biblical texts.

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Bibliographies

• Though databases have made searching much easier,
  you need to be aware of sources of information
  that will enable you to move beyond the latest
  research and the most current data.
• This is especially true in Biblical studies and
  theology.
• Whereas research in the arts and sciences dates
  quickly, the opposite is often true in Biblical
  studies and theology.

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Bibliographies

• That which is old is often preferable to what in
  time will be shown to be just another current fad.

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Bibliographies (General)

• Bibliographic Index A Cumulative Bibliography of
  Bibliographies (1938-present)
• Compilation of bibliographies that have been
  published separately in books or journal
  articles.
• Regularly examines 2,600 periodicals for
  substantial bibliographies and selects those that
  contain at least 50 citations.

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Bibliographies (General)

• Bibliographic Index A Cumulative Bibliography of
  Bibliographies (1938-present)
• BI has been published semiannually since 1965,
  with annual cumulations.
• The arrangement is alphabetical by subject only.
• All subjects are covered as well as secular
  sources of information.
• Not available online.

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Bibliographies (Special)

• Bible
• Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Commenting and
  Commentaries (1876/1989)
• Covers resources from Puritans to 19th c.
• 1437 entries covering works on the Bible (or
  parts of it) as well as commentaries.
• Each entry annotated and the highly recommended
  items are printed in heavy type.

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Bibliographies (Special)

• Bible
• James E. Rosscup, Commentaries for Biblical
  Expositors (1993)
• Devoted exclusively to commentaries.
• Divides commentaries into 3 divisions
• Detailed exegetical
• Expositional survey
• Devotional flavor
• Annotated.

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Bibliographies (Special)

• Bible
• James E. Rosscup, Commentaries for Biblical
  Expositors (1993)
• Replaces former reliance on
• Brevard S. Child, Old Testament Books for Pastor
  and Teacher (1977)
• Ralph P. Martin, New Testament Books for Pastor
  and Teacher (1984)

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Bibliographies (Special)

• Bible
• Cyril J. Barber, The Ministers Library
• Ongoing and up-to-date in supplements.
• Annotated listings from the late 19th c. to the
  present.
• Includes several categories in Biblical Studies,
  but a primary emphasis on Bible commentaries for
  ministers.

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Bibliographies (Special)

• Bible
• David R. Bauer, An Annotated Guide to Biblical
  Resources for Ministry
• Up-to-date (2003)
• Lists tools on the whole Bible and Judaism.
• Lists bibliographic helps and all kinds of tools
  for both Old and New Testaments.

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Bibliographies (Special)

• Old Testament
• Society for Old Testament Study (SOTS)
• Book List (1945-present)
• Purpose to keep scholars appraised of the later
  publications relating to the OT.
• The society has also published other
  bibliographic tools.

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Bibliographies (Special)

• Old Testament
• William G. Hupper, An Index to English Periodical
  Literature on the Old Testament and Ancient Near
  East (1987-)
• 6 vols. to present.
• Focuses on more than 600 journals.
• Coverage from 1793-1969-70.
• Material arranged in chronological order.

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Bibliographies (Special)

• Old Testament
• Classified Bibliography to the Septuagint (1973)
• Covers period 1860-1969.
• 200 sources consulted.
• Arrangement is under specific subject headings.
• Comprehensive table of contents and index of
  authors.
• Material published after 1969 can be traced
  through Religion Index One.

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Bibliographies (Special)

• New Testament
• Index to Periodical Literature on Christ and the
  Gospels (1966)
• Index to Periodical Literature on the Apostle
  Paul (1970)
• Bruce Metzger the prime mover.
• Supplements RIO because it lists essays from the
  19th c. and 1st half of 20th c.
• Entries arranged alphabetically by author under a
  comprehensive list of subjects.

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Bibliographies (Special)

• New Testament
• A. J. and M. B. Mattill, Classified Bibliography
  of Literature on the Acts of the Apostles
• Serves as a companion volume to works by Metzger.
• Well-indexed, 6,646 entries, references to 180
  periodicals in all major European languages.

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Bibliographies (Special)

• New Testament
• Watson E. Mills, Bibliography of the Periodical
  Literature on the Acts of the Apostles, 1962-1984
  in 1986.
• Brings Mattill/Mattill up-to-date.
• Material arranged alphabetically.
• The indexing to the periodical literature is
  impressive.

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Bibliographies (Special)

• Church History
• James E. Bradley and Richard A. Muller, Church
  History An Introduction to Research, Reference
  Works, and Methods (1995).
• Coverage of the different eras and facts of
  history.
• Abundance of informationmeets needs of most
  researchers all the way through to their doctoral
  studies.

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Bibliographies (Special)

• Church History (Early)
• Bruce M. Metzger, Index of Articles on the New
  Testament and the Early Church Published in
  Festschriften (1951) (Supplemented 1955)
• W. Schallmelcher, Bibloographia Patristica
  Internationale Patristische Bibliographies
  (1959-present)
• Information from 900 journals.
• Also references dissertations and encyclopedic
  articles.

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Bibliographies (Special)

• Church History (Medieval)
• Dictionary Catalog of the Library of the
  Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies,
• St. Michaels College, Toronto (5 vols.)
• Access to a wide variety of sources.

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Bibliographies (Special)

• Missions
• Dictionary Catalog of the Missionary research
  Library (17 vols., 1968)
• Accumulated by the Missionary Research Library in
  New York.
• Located since 1929 on campus of Union Theological
  Seminary, New York.
• 100,000 entries and author, title, subject
  indexes.
• Others by continent or world region, Barber, pp.
  142-3.

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Bibliographies (Special)

• Pastoral Theology (Homiletics)
• W. Toohey and W. D. Thompson, Recent Homiletic
  Thought A bibliography, 1935-1965
• Surveys 10 different areas of the preachers
  role.
• Comprehensive list of theses and dissertations in
  the area of sermon preparation and delivery at
  the end.
• Vol. 2 covers 1966-1979.

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Bibliographies (Special)

• Pastoral Theology (Ministry of Education)
• The Ministers Library
• ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
  (online)
• DeWitte Campbell Wyckoff, Suggested Bibliography
  in Christian Education for Seminary and College
  Libraries
• Supplement thru 1993.
• The most extensive bibliography in field.

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Bibliographies (Special)

• Pastoral Theology (Counseling)
• Gary R. Collins, Resources in Christian
  Counseling (1986-1991)
• 30-volume set.
• Wide variety of topics.

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Bibliographies (Special)

• Pastoral Theology (Counseling)
• Counseling and Spiritual Values A Bibliography
• Issued in 1992 by the Association for Religious
  and Value Issues for Counseling.
• 170 pages.

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Bibliographies (Special)

• Pastoral Theology (Counseling)
• Family Research A Source Book, Analysis, and
  Guide to Federal Funding (1979)
• 2 vols., by Wakefield Washington Associates, Inc.
• Catalogs the kind of work being done by Federal
  agencies.
• Barber says it is suggestive of many areas of
  investigation for students in marriage and family
  ministries.

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Bibliographies

• Are bibliographies on nearly every subject
  imaginable.
• The Library of Congress approved subject heading
  will be followed by a dash and the word
  bibliography.
• MARRIAGEBIBLIOGRAPHY
• SINGLE ADULTSBIBLIOGRAPHY
• YOUTH--BIBLIOGRAPHY