RPH120, New Testament, Lyon College

January 2008 RPH120 New Testament
Library Orientation

Contact info:

Camille Beary (870)307-7444 [shhh] beary@lyon.edu
Front Desk (870)307-7205
Hours: Sun 2-Midnight, Mon thru Thur 8 a.m. to Mid, Fri 8-6, Sat noon-6

Finding the Library web pages and using them.

On campus: library.lyon.edu or http://library.lyon.edu
Off-campus: Get to a browser, find Lyonnet: http://www.lyon.edu/lyonnet/, choose Citrix
Tutorials for learning about what the library has to offer and how to use it are located at: http://www.lyon.edu/webdata/groups/library/tutorials/index.asp. You’ll see the link to these in the right hand column at: library.lyon.edu
The hours and services provided are at: http://www.lyon.edu/webdata/groups/library/Libraryservices.asp

Mabee-Simpson Library Catalog: Books

WorldCat / Interlibrary Loan

If the library does not own a book you need, you can order the books from interlibrary loan while in WorldCat. There is a .50 cent fee and Ms. Whittenton will email or call you when they come in so you can pick them up. Articles can also be ordered and they cost .05 cents per page. See more information about interlibrary loan at this link:http://www.lyon.edu/webdata/groups/library/interlibraryloanelectronicforms.asp

EBooks

There are about 30,000 ebooks in our collection and these books are completely online. You can find them in the "Book, Video, and Dvd page at: http://www.lyon.edu/webdata/groups/library/books.asp

Scroll down through the list and click on "Netlibrary" and you can view them. These books are also listed in the Mabee Simpson Library Catalog. When you see one listed it will have [computer file] next to the title. Click on the URL and follow the links into the book.

Things to Look for When Searching Journal Articles

http This is full text. Click on this icon and you should get the entire article.

PDF This is also a full text file. Click on it to get a full text article. Beware, they take time to load, what may appear as a "frozen" monitor, may actually be a loading PDF file.

Search for Article Follow this link to get to the full text article that is in another database that we own. Sometimes we may have the article in another database that you can get to.

Fill out an ILL form for this article This is an link to a form that you fill out to get an interlibrary loan article.

The Sidebar

Reference:Oxford Reference Collection

Topic Searches: If you know your topic and want only materials specific to your topic go here for Religion/Philosophy. Try ATLA. It has a lot of content for your specific subject: religions

Reference Books

Anchor Bible Dictionary: Reference BS 440.A54 1992 Volumes 1-6

Harper's Bible Commentary: Reference BS 491.2 .H37 1988.

Harper's Dictionary of the Bible: Reference, BS440.H237 1985

Interpreter's One-Volume Commentary: REF BS 491.2 .I57

Jerome and/or New Jerome Bible Commentaries: Reference, BS 491.2.N485 1990

Westminster Old Testament Commentary: Stacks, There are 35 of these books. Do a "word or phrase" search for: "Westminster and Commentary" in The Mabee-Simpson Library Catalog.

Word Biblical Commentary: Stacks. Do a "series" search in The Mabee Simpson library Catalog for "Word Biblical Commentary. There are 4 of these.

Anchor Bible Series: Reference and stacks. Do a series search in The Mabee-Simpson Library Catalog for Anchor Bible. There are 58 of these titles. The entire set is in the Reference section. There is also a set scattered in the stacks that you can check out.

Hermeneia Bible Commentary Series: stacks, There are 20 of these and they can be found by using the "Series" search in The Mabee-Simpson Library Catalog and typing in "Hermeneia."