Basic Guides
Barzun, Jacques and Henry F. Graff. The Modern Researcher. 6th. ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992.
[Perkins Reference LB2369.B28 2004]

Beasley, David. Beasley's Guide to Library Research. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.
[Perkins Z675.R45 B437 2000]

* Booth, Wayne C., et al. Craft of Research. 2nd ed.Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
[Divinity Q180.55 M4 B66 2003]

* Duke Libraries. Guide to Library Research.
http://library.duke.edu/services/instruction/libraryguide/

Mann, Thomas. The Oxford Guide to Library Research. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
[Perkins Reference Z710.M23 2005]

Guides Specific to Religious Studies
Barber, Cyril J. and Robert M. Krauss. Introduction to Theological Research. 2nd. ed. Lanham, MD : University Press of America, 2000.
[Divinity BR118.B28 2000]

* Core, Deborah. The Seminary Student Writes. St Louis: Chalice Press, 2000.
[Divinity BR117.C67 2000]

Hayes, John H. and Carl R. Holladay. Biblical Exegesis: A Beginner's Handbook. rev. ed. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1987.
[Divinity BS476.H35 2007]

* Vyhmeister, Nancy Jean. Quality Research Papers: For Students of Religion and Theology. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001.
[Divinity BL41.V94 2008]

Wilson, John F. and Thomas P. Slavens. Research Guide to Religious Studies. Chicago: American Library Association, 1982.
[Divinity Reference BL41.W5 1982]

Citation Style Manuals
Citation style manuals are handbooks giving the proper format of footnotes and bibliographies according to a particular method. They frequently include additional information on grammar, formatting a finished paper and tips on conducting research. Most general citation style manuals include information on citing electronic resources but included in the list below are two manuals devoted solely to the formats for citing these resources.

Most professors in the Divinity School will indicate that you should use the manual by Kate Turabian or the SBL Handbook of Style - both based on the Chicago Manual of Style. A few examples from both formats can be found on a page of the Divinity School Library's web site, http://library.duke.edu/divinity/help/citation.html

Chicago Manual of Style. 15th. ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
[Divinity Ready Reference Z253.C57]

Li, Xia and Nancy B. Crane. Electronic Styles: A Handbook for Citing Electronic Information. Medford: Information Today, 1996.
[Divinity Ready Reference PN171.F56 L5 1996]

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th. ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2003.
[Divinity Reference LB2369.G53 2003]

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th. ed. Washington, DC:American Psychological Association, 2001.
[Perkins Reference BF76.7 P83 2001]

* The SBL Handbook of Style : for Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies. Peabody: Hendrickson Publishers, 1999.
[Divinity Ready Reference and Stacks PN147.S26 1999]

* Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 6th. ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
[Divinity Ready Reference LB2369.T8 1996]

* Walker, Janice R. and Todd Taylor. Columbia Guide to Online Style. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.
[Divinity Reference PN171.F56 W35 1998]