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Library resources are searched by keywords, not sentences or questions. It is a good idea to start your research by brainstorming some alternate words or synonyms that represent the concepts in your research question. Here is a simple method for brainstorming keywords:
Unlike Google, most library resources are subscription products which are not available to the general public. These resources are sometimes referred to as the "hidden web," because the information is only accessible to those with the proper credentials. These tools are also designed to facilitate research, by allowing you to limit your results by time period, type of source and subject-matter.
Library databases contain articles from scholarly journals on every part of your exegesis research, including the historical, cultural and literary context, as well as interpretation and application. Listed below are several databases we recommend for this purpose.
Atla RDB® indexes journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion, to provide 3.4 million+ records covering: Bible, archaeology, and antiquities; human culture and society; church history, missions, and ecumenism; pastoral ministry; world religions and religious studies; theology, philosophy, and ethics, representing major religions, faiths, denominations, and languages..
Also includes ATLASerials® (ATLAS®) and Atlas Plus, an online full-text collection of 670+ major religion and theology journals.
L’Année philologique, published by the Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique, is a specialized bibliographic database of scholarly works relating to all aspects of Ancient Greek and Roman civilizations.
Oxford Scholarship Online provides easy access to thousands of books from the world-renowned scholarly list of Oxford University Press. New books are added to the collection every month, spanning subjects across almost every area of academia,