This web site is for students of St. John's Seminary, whether on site or taking courses off campus.  In short, anyone who needs instruction in how to do library research will benefit from these exercises. Once you complete the tutorials, you will know how to search the library catalog and the major databases used in the study of  theology, as well as how to make the best use of the internet.

• How to find books

• How to search the following databases to find articles or essays:

                  American Theological Library Association database

                  EBSCO databases:
                      Catholic Periodical and Literature Index
                      Old Testament Abstracts
                      New Testament Abstracts
                      Philosophy and Religion Collection

                  Humanities Fulltext

                  Philosopher's Index

                  Religious and Theological Abstracts

• Searching E-books
            Cambridge Collections Online
            Oxford Scholarship Online
            Google Book Search

• Searching (not surfing) the internet

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