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Thanksgiving hours

The library will close at 5 PM on Wednesday, November 25 and will re-open at 7:30 AM on Monday, November 30.  We wish you a happy Thanksgiving!

Posted November 22nd, 2009 by Tracy Powell
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Gobble Gobble!

Wondering about the origins of the traditional Thanksgiving story? Looking for prayers for that ecumenical service? Need a children’s play for the season? Check out our Seasonal Resources Research Guide for Thanksgiving. It includes links to books, articles, and sermons, including our online collection of Nineteenth Century American Thanksgiving Day Sermons. We’ve got everything you might want to know about the holiday—except recipes for turkey stuffing and cranberry sauce!

Posted November 16th, 2009 by Bill Shepherd
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Print from your laptop to the library’s lab printer

You can now print from your laptop to the printer on the top floor of the Theology library using your EmoryCard.  Each copy costs $.08.  To do so, download and install this small file:  for PC or for Mac.  Full instructions, as well as other locations on campus where you can utilize this feature, are here.  If you have a Mac, you will need to set up Pharos printing manually by following these instructions.  Students can add more money to their EmoryCards using OPUS, and staff and faculty can use the Web Form.  You can also add more money by visiting one of the EmoryCard machines located on campus.  When you choose to print, you will be asked to enter a user ID and a name for your file.  When you swipe your EmoryCard in the reader by the printer, you will be able to select which of your files you would like to print.

Posted November 12th, 2009 by Tracy Powell
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Theological Research for Beginners

Have you been wondering …

  • Am I getting the most out of my class reading?
  • What are the best dictionaries in theology and biblical studies?
  • How do I find books and articles for my class papers?
  • How do I organize my research and cite sources?

… then take a look at the Theological Research Guide for Beginners. It’s everything a theology student needs to know about how to study. Here you can find resources on:

  • How to read a book (seriously!)
  • How to search the library catalog and use the Library of Congress classification system to your advantage
  • How to find articles about scriptural passages and theological subjects in online databases
  • When (and when not) to use Google and Wikipedia
  • How to structure and write a class paper
  • How to use EndNote and Zotero to cite sources

The Theological Research Guide for Beginners has been created by the Pitts Theology Library reference staff to answer the kind of questions most often asked by new theology students—and the questions they should ask. Find it under “Research Guides” on the library’s home page, or visit it directly at http://guides.theology.library.emory.edu/beginners.

Posted November 9th, 2009 by Bill Shepherd
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Woodcut Exhibit: The Rich Man and Lazarus

Now on display in the Durham Reference Room: woodcuts depicting the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31).

This vivid story was featured prominently in many Christian Bibles, prayer books, and lectionary books from the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, by means of woodcuts—images carved on blocks of wood or pieces of metal, then printed alongside the text. The woodcuts demonstrate both the commonality and variations among interpretations of the parable across time and place.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. It complements our current exhibition of texts from the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection: “Education and Reformation in 16th Century Germany.”

Posted October 29th, 2009 by Bill Shepherd
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BibleWorks Training is Coming

Pitts Theology Library is pleased to offer three training sessions in BibleWorks computer software, one of which is completely free.

The free session is part of our weekly Wednesday Workshops series, October 28, 12:00 noon in CST room 447. Mark Cannon, technical staff specialist for BibleWorks, will introduce the most commonly used search techniques and resources in BibleWorks 8 to make your biblical research more efficient and effective. Sign up on the Candler Calendar.

On Thursday, Mark will lead The BibleWorks 8 Essentials workshop, a three-hour introduction to the basic tools and search methods available in the program for the study and analysis of English and original language texts. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop with BibleWorks 8 installed, as the workshop will include hands-on practice. This workshop will be held at the Glenn Memorial Church Sunday school building, room 422, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Cost is $30.00; Sign up directly with BibleWorks.

On Thursday afternoon beginning at 1:00 p.m., Mark will offer the BibleWorks 8 Intermediate workshop, which demonstrates tools for in-depth analysis and comparison of texts, words and verses within a general exegetical framework. Participants should have a basic working knowledge of BibleWorks, or attend the morning workshop. Cost for this session is also $30.00; Sign up directly with BibleWorks.

Posted October 21st, 2009 by Bill Shepherd
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Reformation Day is Tuesday, October 20

“Luther and the Education of Youth” is the topic for this year’s events.  Lecturers include Christopher B. Brown of Boston University speaking on “Luther and the Reformation of Pedagogy”, Jonathan Strom of Emory University speaking on “Luther, Learning, and Literacy”, and Jean Bethke Elshtain of the University of Chicago asking “Does Luther Make Sense?”  The day will end with a concert featuring the Emory University Concert Choir, Soloists, and Orchestra.   All events are free and open to the public.  The full schedule is available here.

Posted October 19th, 2009 by Tracy Powell
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Boo!

See our new Halloween page on our Seasonal Resources Research Guide — if you dare!

Posted October 13th, 2009 by Bill Shepherd
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Scan and Email Articles with the Periodicals Room Photocopier

Are you looking for a cost effective and environmentally friendly option for saving a copy of an article for your research?  You can now scan and email articles to yourself for free using the photocopier in the Periodicals Room.  Instructions are posted near the machine.  Please contact a reference librarian if you have any questions.

Posted September 29th, 2009 by Tracy Powell
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Two New Databases from Brill: New Jacoby and New Pauly

Anyone interested in digging into the ancient world will appreciate these new full-text offerings, based on classic reference works. Brill’s New Jacoby collects commentary on the fragments of 856 Greek historians, each with Greek text, English translation, new critical commentary, a brief encyclopedia-style entry, and a select bibliography. This database builds on F. Jacoby’s Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker, and contains much new information, plus some new authors (though the old numbering system is retained for easy reference). The database can be browsed alphabetically by name, as well as searched by itself or in conjunction with other Brill databases; all articles include a formatted bibliographic citation. If you ever need to know everything there is to know about Androsthenes of Thasos, this is the place to look.

Brill’s New Pauly includes full-text articles, maps, site plans, genealogical tables, and black-and white photographs, covering all aspects of the ancient world, including persons, places, institutions, events, artifacts, technical terms, ideas and concepts, and the interaction of the Greeks and Romans with Semitic, Celtic, Germanic, and other cultures. You can browse the database—which contains the entire text of Metzler’s Der Neue Pauly and also all of the English translation New Pauly—in two sections, Antiquity and the Classical Tradition, and you can easily switch back and forth between English and German (the German section is more complete, as the translation is still in progress). Or (like Brill’s New Jacoby) you can search the database both by itself and in conjunction with other Brill databases. Again, all articles include a formatted bibliographic citation. Wondering where the tradition about the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow came from? Look up the article on the Celtic “Rainbow cup” in the Antiquities section.

Brill’s New Jacoby and Brill’s New Pauly can be accessed by title search in the catalog, by clicking on the Databases @ Emory link on the Pitts home page, or by using the direct links below.

http://libcat1.cc.emory.edu:32888/DB=newjcby

http://libcat1.cc.emory.edu:32888/DB=newpauly


Posted September 21st, 2009 by Bill Shepherd
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