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A process of brainstorming and then grouping ideas together by relationship. StickySorter software (free) enables you to create, sort and group sticky notes.
Sample concept map of "Salvation"
Wisemapping
VUE
SpiderScribe
MindNode for Mac
MindMaple
Mindomo
Can download software to your computer and save your maps there.
Cmap
Free. Use to show processes, causality & other relationships between concepts.
Connected Mind
bubbl.us
Create your map online then export as an image file and save to your computer.
See Chapter 5, "Planning Your Argument", in Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. There is a copy in the Reference Collection (LB2369 .T8 2007).
Argunet
Argumentative
Convince Me
See Turabian, pp 32-35. (Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 7th ed. 2007)
Citation searching is the process of finding articles in which a specific publication has been cited. Some article databases, such as Academic Search Premier, have this capability.
Publish or Perish is a free downloadable software program that searches for citations in the Google Scholar database.
Citation searching in PubMed
PubMed is a free database provided by the National Institutes of Health that includes articles on behavioral sciences, counseling, pastoral/spiritual care, chaplaincy, etc. Go to http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed.
PubMed Single Citation Matcher
PubMed home
Citation searching in Academic Search Premier
Citation search engine for Google Scholar
Advantages/disadvantages of citation searching in Google Scholar
Video tutorial on citation searching within Google Scholar
Why do a citation search?
To find more articles on a topic
To determine how many times your own article has been cited
To investigate the influence of an article
Using the EBSCOhost result list
Creating search alerts in EBSCOhost
Setting up & using a personal folder in EBSCOhhost
Using the Advanced Search in EBSCOhost databases
Useful LC subheadings
Subject headings from Library of Congress web site
Finding subject headings in library catalog records
Finding subject headings in WorldCat
One way to identify your search terms is to look in the Preferred Subject Headings. On the WorldCat
Advanced Search, click on the Subjects button, and then enter a word or concept. You'll get back a list of terms related to the one you entered. If you "expand" a word or concept, you'll be presented a list of related, broader and narrower subject headings to choose from.
Click a term of interest to select the heading of your choice and search results are returned for that subject heading.
Another useful feature is the "Related Subjects" feature. Once you've done a search and have a list of records, click on the Related Subjects button. This will give you the topic subjects from the first 50 records, and may help you identify additional subjects to search, e.g., broader geographic areas such as counties and townships, or neighboring locations.
The Oxford Guide to Library Research
Read chapters 2 and 4 of this book by Thomas Mann. It's in the Reference Collection (Ref Z710 .M266 2005).
Tutorial on using subject headings
Free Ebooklet: "Understanding & Using Library of Congress Subject Headings
Overview of the LC Subject Heading system
Boolean Operators
Also includes information on using parentheses and truncation.
Boolean Searching Basics
Searching for sacred texts in ATLAReligion
Using the scripture index in ATLAReligion
Using the scripture citation tool in ATLAReligion
Finding general material
LC Subject headings
Academic connections
Professional organizations
Associations
Search engines
Visual search engines
The invisible web
Internet subject directories
Meta-search engines
News searching
Comparison of features
Primary sources on the web
Click on the BibleWorks icon on any computer in the Taylor Library Computer Center. Go to the "Help" menu and select "BibleWorks Video Demo Library."
Here you'll find a number of instructional videos on how to use the software to search for phrases or multiple keywords, how to display multiple versions of the text, including Hebrew and Greek texts, how to search in Greek or Hebrew, how to determine the morphology of a word (root, gender, number, case, etc. of nouns; tense, gender, number, root, etc. of verbs).
The Reference Librarian will also be happy to assist you in using BibleWorks.
Search the library catalog with the subject heading "Bibliography" plus additional terms specific to your topic to find books listing resources by subtopics.
Check "Help" pages in individual databases for information and tips for searching.
Library of Congress Subject Headings (see below)
Many databases, including ATLAReligion and Academic Search Premier, have indexing systems based on the Library of Congress Subject Heading system. Thus you can enter identified subject headings in search boxes of these databases as subject terms.
You can also search subject indexes in these databases to identify more subject headings.
One word of caution: article databases may add some words to their indexes that aren't yet assigned LOC subject headings. Why? Because new concepts appear first in articles. The Library of Congress adds headings only after a critical mass of books are published on a new concept.
Databases
Databases at DU
Penrose Library at the University of Denver has scores of specialized databases in the areas of history, philosophy, psychology, sociology, archaeology, literature, and other disciplines related to religion and theology,
JSTOR
Indexing and full-text articles in religion and the humanities.
Religious & Theological Abstracts
Provides abstracts of articles from scholarly religious and theological journals, including English-language abstracts of articles published in Hebrew, Afrikaans, and major European languages. There is some overlap with ATLAReligion but also many different entries.
Go to the my.Iliff home page and log in. Click on the Library tab. If you're off campus, log in.
Now look on the left side of the screen and click on either the "On Campus Databases" button or the "Off Campus Databases" button.
Scroll down to the link to Religious & Theological Abstracts.
EBSCOhost databases
Regional Business News
This database provides comprehensive full-text coverage for regional business publications. It incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States
TOPICSearch
TOPICsearch contains full text for over 60,000 articles from 399 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO's unparalleled collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.
MasterFILE Premier
This multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,700 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & flags.
Newspaper Source
Provides cover-to-cover full text articles for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, text television & radio news transcripts are provided.
GreenFILE
This collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Indexing, abstracts and some full-text articles.
Articles not provided online may be found in Penrose Library at the University of Denver.
Business Source Premier
Includes indexing and some full-text articles on non-profit management.
Articles that are not provided online can often be found at Penrose Library at the University of Denver.
Academic Search Premier
Covers almost all academic disciplines. Covers some religion periodicals not covered by ATLAReligion. Many full-text articles.
Articles that are not provided online can often be found in our bound periodicals collection on the main floor of Taylor Library or at the Penrose Library at the University of Denver.
Catholic Periodical & Literature Index
Covers all aspects of the Catholic faith and lifestyle, including over 380,000 index citations of articles and reviews published in Roman Catholic periodicals, Papal documents, church promulgations, or produced by Catholic publishers.
Articles that are not provided online can often be found in our bound periodicals collection on the main floor of Taylor Library or at the Cardinal Staffrd Library at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary (Steele St. @ Mississippi).
Old & New Testament Abstracts
Indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to biblical studies. Many of these articles can be found in our bound periodical collectioin on the main floor of Taylor Library.
ATLAReligion
Includes a full range of index citations to articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews from over 1,550 religious and theological journals, including international titles. It spans over 50 years with selected records dating back to 1818.
Includes many full-text articles. Articles that are not provided online can often be found in our bound periodicals collection on the main floor of Taylor Library.
Scripture citation search
3 strategies for searching by scripture citation (with pros and cons of each): http://www.covenantseminary.edu/academics/library/guides/scripture_searching/
Combining scripture citation with topic: http://www.pitts.emory.edu/services/tools/pdfs/citations.pdf
Search by scripture index: http://libguides.marquette.edu/content.php?pid=30742&sid=1225399. If the video won't play, scroll down and read through the short tutorial.
How to's
Online tutorials
Help pages
Special features
Wildcard & truncation symbols
Visual search
This is an easy way to sort a long list of results.
Search history
Copy & paste your search history into your Research Journal to keep a record of your searches!
How to access
Go to the my.Iliff home page and log in. Click on the Library tab. If you're off campus, log in.
Now look on the left side of the screen and click on either the "On Campus Databases" button or the "Off Campus Databases" button. Then click on the link to the EBSCOhost databases.
Denver Seminary
St. John Vianney Library
WorldCat
To access from off campus, go to myIliff and login. Select the "Library" tab. In the toolbar on the left, click on "Off campus databases".
Prospector (CO libraries)
Univ. of Denver catalog
Iliff catalog
Online
Religion & theology
Online encyclopedias
Taylor Library Select Sites
Librarians Index to the Internet
How to find in online catalog
"Floating" subject headings according to type of work
Limit to "Reference Collection"
Types
Directories
Conference Journals
Historical timelines
Bibliographies
Style manuals
Handbooks
Atlases
Concordances
Commentaries
Dictionaries
Specialized encyclopedias
Magazine articles
Biographies
Reference works
Scholarly research article
Memoirs, autobiographies
Photographs
Sermons, speeches
Newspaper reporting
Correspondence
Diaries, journals
Meanings of the terms thesis, argument, premise, claim, etc., are somewhat fluid, which can lead to confusion. Determine how each author of information on this topic is using the terms.
The answer to your research question is your thesis statement. Draft a preliminary thesis statement based on what you think the answer will be. Then revise the statement or completely reformulate it as you go along and learn more about your topic.
One way to get at a research question is to complete this sentence: "What I really want to know is...." Then turn your answer into a question.
See also Chapter 2, "Moving from a Topic to a Question to a Working Hypothesis," in Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. There is a copy in the Reference Collection (LB2369 .T8 2007)
Make notes about additional resources you may want to use, questions you want to answer in the course of your research, new ideas that you may want to pursue, names of people to talk with, etc.
See also "Organization of information - LC Subject Headings".
See also "Concept mapping".
Concept blocking
Write down 3 keywords from your topic at the top of 3 columns. Underneath each keyword, write synonyms or related terms you think of.
Example: My topic is "Ancient religious concepts of wisdom".
ancient religious wisdom
civilizations spiritual knowledge
Greece pagan Sophia
Rome Christian learned
old Jewish Proverbs
pre-modern Islamic wisdom literature
pre-medieval Buddhist Ecclesiastes
China Hindu
indigenous
Inspiration!
Use a thesaurus
Note keywords used in lectures & discussions
Note keywords in your reading
Free association
See "Concept mapping"
Portions of this excellent book are available for free on the author's web page. Click on the link.
