Biblical Studies in the Library and on the Internet
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Many library resources and services are available from any location at any time via MUSE. This guide will help you find the library and Internet resources you need to study biblical studies.
To find books, the best place to start is Star, the library catalogue.
There are a number of sites which hold material of interest to staff and students in the Department of Biblical Studies. Books mainly aimed at undergraduates and postgraduate taught course students can be found in the Information Commons. Other material, including journals, can be found in the Western Bank Library.
For current information and the latest research you need to use journals. Increasingly these are available online, and Find It @ Sheffield provides access to subscribed content and scholarly open access titles. Some journals are still available only in printed form, and you should check the library catalogue for these.
To find journal articles by topic, you need to search using databases. Some databases provide access to full text articles electronically, in addition to citations (bibliographic details of articles) and abstracts.
Ebooks are electronic versions of printed books. They differ in that they may be searchable, enable electronic bookmarking, and/or have an online dictionary. All ebooks are on Star, the library catalogue.
Information found on the Web is not always of a good academic standard. For good ‘quality-assured’ links to information suitable for academic use, choose the appropriate subject gateway for your topic
It is very important that you develop the necessary skills to find information relevant to your studies. There are various online tutorials to help you.
Clare Scott, based at the Western Bank Library, is the Faculty Librarian for this subject area, and can be contacted for assistance in finding information and resources for this subject.
