LIBRARY
DAVIS LIBRARY ASSISTANCE
For library questions or research assistance, please contact Mrs. Shelley Byron.
Email: sbyron@davisny.edu
Phone: 814-503-0038
Research Tips!
- Read the assignment instructions, then read them again.
- Is there a rubric? If so, read through that to see what you will be graded on.
- Some solid reference sources:
- Strong’s Bible Concordance
- IVP Bible Dictionary set
- IVP Bible Atlas
- Word Biblical Commentary (WBC) series
- New International Commentary on the Old Testament/New Testament (NICOT/NICNT) series
- NIV Application Commentary (NIVAC) series
- Cite your sources according to the requested style. If it was not your idea, tell the reader where you found the information.
- When searching databases for articles, be sure to use the filter feature to choose peer-reviewed articles. The full-text option will get you articles that you can read all online.
- Public and church libraries may have quality resources you can use.
RESOURCES BY TYPE
MAIN CAMPUS LIBRARY
- Word of Life Library – NY: Find books from our online database of tens of thousands of books to aid you in your studies. These books are located in the Word of Life Library at Davis College’s Main Campus.
ARTICLES
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): The Directory of Open Access Journals provides full-text access to a growing number of peer-reviewed journals.
- EBSCO Academic Search Elite: Use your Davis Credentials to log in. Academic Search Elite encompasses a selection of academic disciplines, offering access to 1,329 active full-text journals, along with abstracted and indexed journals.
- EBSCO GreenFILE: Use your Davis Credentials to log in. GreenFILE covers the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
- EBSCO Library, Information Science& Technology Abstracts: Use your Davis Credentials to log in. Not full-text.
- EBSCO Literary Reference Source: Use your Davis Credentials to log in.
- Open Access Digital Theological Library: Collects high quality content in religious studies and related disciplines from publisher websites, institutional repositories, and stable public domain collections.
- Research in Ministry: Research in Ministry (RIM) provides online indexes and abstracts of project reports and theses from over 50 national Doctor of Ministry and Doctor of Missiology programs.
- Serials@Atla Open Press:
BOOKS
(E-BOOKS)
- Atla Institutional Repository: A collaborative resource featuring the output of Atla Member Libraries and other partners, including faculty and student scholarly research in religion and theology, institutional records such as yearbooks and course catalogs, recordings of sermons and other lectures, and much more.
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library: makes classic Christian literature widely available and promotes its use for edification and study by interested Christians, seekers, and scholars.
- EBSCO eBook Collection: Use your Davis Credentials to log in. Search roughly 3,800 full-text eBooks; 349 Religion, 89 Christianity. Includes The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature, and the Encyclopedia of Linguistics.
- EBSCO Literary Reference Source eBooks: Use your Davis Credentials to log in.
- Google Books: offers portions of published books in full text. There may be parts of the book you need available.
- Open Access Digital Theological Library: Collects high quality content in religious studies and related disciplines from publisher websites, institutional repositories, and stable public domain collections.
CONCORDANCES, DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS
- Best Commentaries: found a resource you want to use for a paper? Check it’s ranking here.
- Google Books: offers portions of published books in full text. There may be parts of the book you need available.
- Open Access Digital Theological Library: Collects high quality content in religious studies and related disciplines from publisher websites, institutional repositories, and stable public domain collections.
- Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance: complete, easy-to-use, and understandable concordance for studying the original languages of the Bible. Available for King James Version and New American Standard Bibles.
MORE RESOURCES
- The Association of Religion Data Archives: provides the latest tools to explore religious data from around the world.
- Atla Digital Library: Find archival, historical, and special collections in religion and theology from libraries, religious institutions, and archives worldwide.
- Atla Institutional Repository: A collaborative resource featuring the output of Atla Member Libraries and other partners, including faculty and student scholarly research in religion and theology, institutional records such as yearbooks and course catalogs, recordings of sermons and other lectures, and much more.
- Binghamton University (SUNY) Library
- Books@Atla Open Press: publishes open access academic and professional works on subjects at the intersection of librarianship and religious and theological studies that potentially impact libraries.
- Broome County Public Library (NY) Catalog
- Clinton-Essex-Franklin (NY) Library System Catalog
- HathiTrust Digital Library: home to millions of digitized books and publications. Our team works diligently alongside research institutions to preserve and grow this collection while providing lawful access to visitors around the world.
- Library of Congress
- Mohawk Valley and Southern Adirondack (NY) Library Systems Catalog
- SUNY Broome Community College Library
- Torrey’s: Research Pages for Biblical Studies
- Word of Life Library – FL: Find books from our online database of tens of thousands of books to aid you in your studies. These books are located in the Word of Life Library at WOL’s Florida Campus.
- WorldCat
RESOURCES BY TOPIC
GENERAL
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): The Directory of Open Access Journals provides full-text access to a growing number of peer-reviewed journals.
- EBSCO Academic Search Elite: Use your Davis Credentials to log in. Academic Search Elite encompasses a selection of academic disciplines, offering access to 1,329 active full-text journals, along with abstracted and indexed journals.
- EBSCO eBook Collection: Use your Davis Credentials to log in. Search roughly 3,800 full-text eBooks; 349 Religion, 89 Christianity. Includes The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature, and the Encyclopedia of Linguistics.
- Open Access Digital Theological Library: Collects high quality content in religious studies and related disciplines from publisher websites, institutional repositories, and stable public domain collections. More than theology!
ARTS
- EBSCO Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts: Use your Davis Credentials to log in.
- EBSCO Literary Reference Source: Use your Davis Credentials to log in.
BIBLICAL STUDIES
- Atla Digital Library: Find archival, historical, and special collections in religion and theology from libraries, religious institutions, and archives worldwide.
- Atla Institutional Repository: A collaborative resource featuring the output of Atla Member Libraries and other partners, including faculty and student scholarly research in religion and theology, institutional records such as yearbooks and course catalogs, recordings of sermons and other lectures, and much more.
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library: makes classic Christian literature widely available and promotes its use for edification and study by interested Christians, seekers, and scholars.
- EBSCO Library, Information Science& Technology Abstracts: Use your Davis Credentials to log in.
- EBSCO Literary Reference Source: Use your Davis Credentials to log in.
- Research in Ministry: Research in Ministry (RIM) provides online indexes and abstracts of project reports and theses from over 50 national Doctor of Ministry and Doctor of Missiology programs.
- Open Access Digital Theological Library: Collects high quality content in religious studies and related disciplines from publisher websites, institutional repositories, and stable public domain collections. More than theology!
EDUCATION
- EBSCO GreenFILE: Use your Davis Credentials to log in. GreenFILE covers the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
- EBSCO Library, Information Science& Technology Abstracts: Use your Davis Credentials to log in.
- EBSCO Literary Reference Source: Use your Davis Credentials to log in.
SCIENCE
- EBSCO GreenFILE: Use your Davis Credentials to log in. GreenFILE covers the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
RESEARCH HELP
AVOIDING PLAGIARISM
- Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): Avoiding Plagiarism
FINDING QUALITY SOURCES
- Evaluating Information – Applying the CRAAP Test (California State University, Chico, Meriam Library)
- Lateral Reading and the SIFT Method: From Central Michigan University Libraries, learn how to find the best websites for your research.
BIBLIOGRAPHY COMPOSERS
- MyBib: Generate formatted bibliographies, citations, and works cited
- Zotero: A free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, and share research.
- ZoteroBib: A free service that a helps you quickly create a bibliography in any citation style.
CITATION STYLE GUIDES
- Citation Style Guide: From the Writers’ Workshop at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
- Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): APA Style Guide
- Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): MLA Style Guide
COPYRIGHT GUIDELINES
- Fair Use and Copyright Overview provides a comprehensive source of information on the proper use of materials and other fundamental items of copyright law. From the Copyright & Fair Use section of Stanford University Libraries’ website.
