Information Literacy for Small Theological Libraries
This website is devoted to providing resources - instruction, tutorials, portals, and so on - that can enable theological students with limited library resources to do research at a high level. Included are resources for instructors.
If you have materials to contribute, particularly in languages other than English, please contact the webmaster by e-mail: badke@twu.ca.
Research Strategies (2008): Shorter online free version of the print textbook for students: William Badke, Research Strategies: Finding your Way through the Information Fog.
Handbook for Information Literacy Teaching (PDF - Excellent online textbook for instructors planning to teach information literacy to students.)
A Model for Research (Flash Tutorial)
Avoiding Plagiarism (Flash Tutorial; 14 min.); Avoiding Plagiarism (Flash Tutorial; 8 min.); Avoiding Plagiarism (PowerPoint); Preventing and Detecting Plagiarism (PowerPoint and PDF)
TILT (Texas Information Literacy Tutorial)
Five Colleges of Ohio Research Tutorial
UW-Parkside Information Literacy Tutorial
The Information Cycle
Syllabus for a one-credit graduate Research Strategies course (PDF document)
Teaching manual for one credit Research Strategies course (PDF document)
One credit online course in Research Strategies
Pitts Theological Library Information Literacy Initiative
Theological Resources Seminar (Brite Divinity School)
Badke, W.
A Rationale for Information Literacy as a Credit-Bearing Discipline
(2008)
Bruce, Seven Faces of Information Literacy
The Cycle of Inquiry and Action: Essential Learning Communities
Kuhlthau's Model of the Stages of the Information Process
Writing Research Essays: A Guide for Students of All Nations
Writing Research Papers (PowerPoint)
Guides to bibliographic style (APA, MLA, Turabian)
Evaluating Internet Research Sources (Robert Harris)
Evaluating Web Content (State University of New York at Albany)
Internet Detective (Interactive tutorial)
Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning In Theology and Religion. Excellent site with very well chosen links. You can really benefit from this site, especially when it comes to finding good information that is of high quality.
Fides Quaerens Internetum (The Christian Theology Page) Site describes itself as “a hub for locating serious Christian theological activity on the Internet.” Denominational theology links, seminaries and theological schools (including library links), chat rooms, publishers, journals and online documents and aids.
Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Texts of classic Christian books. Login is required to download resources, but it's free to register. Donations are appreciated.
Religion-Online.org. Collection of books and scholarly articles on religion, theology and theologians. Major strength is scholarly articles by well known academics.
Intute Arts and Humanities: Religion and Theology. Well selected resources on all aspects of religion, including world religions, for use by university students and faculty.
Virtual Religion Network: The Christian Tradition. Excellent for historical theology and connections between theology and biblical studies.
5. Journal Databases with Tutorials
Theological Journals Search
(a search engine for articles
within 250+ theological journals freely available on the Internet.)
Index Theologicus
(An index to journal
articles, essays in edited books and conference proceedings in theology.
No electronic full text of articles is provided.)
Common Search Engines (Includes search boxes for most engines).
7. Information Literacy Standards
Australian and New Zealand Information Literacy Framework (PDF)
Information skills in higher education (Society of College, National, and University Libraries)
Guidelines On Information Literacy For Lifelong Learning (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions - PDF)
Bibliography (UNESCO - PDF)
Information Literacy - Sources of Information
High-Level International Colloquium on Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning (2005 - Reports available in a variety of Languages)
The 2003 International Conference of Information Literacy Experts (PDF)
Conference for Theological Librarians (2007)
Maintained by William Badke, Associated Canadian Theological Schools of Trinity Western University.
Last Updated 10 October 2008