Please visit our course reserves page to see textbooks and course readings.
Surviving and Thriving in Seminary : An Academic and Spiritual Handbook by 
Reading, Writing, and Discussing at the Graduate Level : A Guidebook for International Students by 
College Study Hacks : 101 Ways to Study Easier and Faster by 
Writing Theologically by Reading, Writing, and Discussing at the Graduate Level : A Guidebook for International Students by 
Qualitative Research : a guide to design and implementation by 
Transformational Leadership Research: Issues and Implications by Handbook of Research on Crisis Leadership in Organizations by 
Researching Practice in Mission and Ministry by 
Practical Theology and Qualitative Research - Second Edition by 
The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research by 
Behind the Academic Curtain : How to Find Success and Happiness with a PhD by 
Cracking a Ph. D.: Revelation of 5 Stages in Doctoral Journey by 
The Phdictionary : A Glossary of Things You Don't Know (but Should) about Doctoral and Faculty Life by BU STH doctoral students are strongly encouraged to use free citation managers like Zotero or Mendeley to organize their citations and their research.
Citation managers gather citation data (title, author, publisher, date, etc.) from our library catalog and databases. You can organize these citations in folders by class, project, etc. and with keyword tags. Both Zotero and Mendeley have Microsoft Word integration that allow you to easily generate footnote citations and a bibliography at the end of your papers in the proper citation format. This saves you time and energy! They both also store .pdf and .doc files now within a free storage cloud. This allows you to keep article scans and book notes with your citations, streamlining your research in one place.
After years of helping doctoral students navigate Zotero, Stacey Duran (our Instruction & Collection Development Librarian, also your Personal Librarian in the DMin Program) has created a list of Zotero hacks that can help advanced users (who might feel they are already "Zotero Pros") to max out their "thesis-writing and citing" efficiency.
