Please visit our course reserves page to see textbooks and course readings.
Need images on missions or missionaries? Try the following sites:
The International Mission Photography Archive (IMPA) at USC libraries.
The Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative (CDRI) of the ATLA (American Theological Libraries Association), including the following missions-related image collections:
It's important to note that while many of the original photographs are old enough to be out of copyright, their digital reproductions at these institutions are largely under copyright unless otherwise stated. So you can't publish them in an article or online without permission. However, you can most likely include them in your unpublished assignment within fair use, as long as you cite your sources correctly.
Footnote: Photographers first name and last name, Image Title, year, medium [photograph, daguerrotype, etc.], image owner [ex. International Mission Photography Archive], Location, url.
Bibliography: Photographer's last name, first name. Image Title. Year. Medium. Image owner, Location, url.
Tip: If you don't know the photographer, title, or year you can write "Photographer unknown," "Untitled," or "ca. [year range estimate]. However, if these are provided with slightly different wording by the website, follow the website's wording to aid others in finding that image.
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.