STH: Library Workshops and Instruction

See the navigation menu to the left to view the workshop pages for previously offered workshops, including both discontinued workshops and infrequent workshops that may be offered again in the future.  These pages may include slides, handouts, and/or previous recordings.

Current Workshops: 

• Research 101: Finding Books, E-Books, and Articles

(Comprised of the following original workshops: How to Find Books, E-Books, How to Find Articles, InterLibrary Loan)

• Research 102: Chicago Manual of Style Citations... and Plagiarism

(Comprised of the following original workshops: Chicago-Style Citations, Plagiarism)

• Research 103: Searching Bible Commentaries and Scripture Searching

(Formerly, titled "Biblical Exegesis")

Library Essentials Workshops: 

• Evaluating Resources
• Grad-Level Reading and Note-Taking
• Grammarly
• Theological v. Historical Papers
• Finding Religious Statistics

Advanced Theological Research Workshops: 

• Searching for Author Citations
• Citation Managers: Zotero & Mendeley
• Practical Theological Research with nVivo
• Church History with the African-American Historical Serials Collection
• Methodist History Research
• Missiological Research

Discontinued Workshops:

• Writing Research Papers with Kara Jackman.
• Social Media and Real World Data with Kara Jackman.
• Data Visualizaion with Tableau with Sean Smith.
• Introduction to Patristics with Stacey Duran.

The School of Theology librarians have created helpful information sheets in PDF format to answer a number of frequently asked questions. Click on the link to download a copy, or you can also find print-outs of these sheets at the Reference desk and Circulation desk.