List of useful library resources for
Anthropology 2173 (Biblical Archaeology)
@
http://www.umsl.edu/~niemeyerc/ant2173.htm
Compiled by Christopher Niemeyer, Reference Librarian, Thomas Jefferson Library

Please ask for help at the Reference Desk
if you are having trouble finding information.

 

Paper resources  

The following paper sources can be found in the
Reference department of the Thomas Jefferson Library:  

Call No.LocYearTitle
Encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc.
BS440.A54Ref stacks1992Anchor bible dictionary
D57.C252Ref stacks1970-Cambridge ancient history
DE59.C55Ref stacks1988Civilization of the ancient Mediterranean: Greece and Rome
DS57.C55Ref stacks1995Civilizations of the ancient Near East
DS69.5.R63Ref stacks1990.Cultural atlas of Mesopotamia and the ancient Near East
DS111.A2E5813Ref stacks1993New encyclopedia of archaeological excavations in the Holy Land
DS56.O9Ref stacks1997Oxford encyclopedia of archaeology in the Near East
Concordances
BS425.C66xRef stacks1983.Concordance to the Good News Bible
BS425.E4Ref stacks1957Nelson's complete concordance of the Revised standard version of the Bible
BS425.G6Ref stacks1981.NIV complete concordance
Atlases
DE29.H463Ref Atlas cases1959.Atlas of the classical world
G1033.A84Ref Atlas cases1981.Atlas of the Greek and Roman world in antiquity
DF78.L49xRef stacks1980.Atlas of the Greek world
DG77.C597xRef stacks1982.Atlas of the Roman world
DS117.D4Ref stacks1984.Atlas of the Jewish world
G1030.M14Ref stacks1970-Atlas of world history
G1030.O85Ref stacks1999Atlas of world history
G1033.A833Ref stacks1985.Atlas of classical history

 

Electronic resources
 
The following is a list of electronic resources. They are available from the UMSL Libraries' homepage at www.umsl.edu/library (with the exception of the Biblical Archaeology Review which is on a single workstation in the Library Research Commons at the Thomas Jefferson Library). The databases are listed on the alphabetical list of databases -- the below are NOT hot-linked.

The resources below index articles as well as books, and individual chapters within books. Many book reviews are indexed also; in such cases what appears like the title of the article may actually be the title of the book that is being reviewed.

Some of the material may be written in a language that you do not speak or read. If in doubt about whether a work is in English or not, the records should indicate in what language the work was published.

  • ATLA Religion Database
    • It is suggested you change the search screen to use the feature
    • Database contains some FULL-TEXT
    • Publications that are listed as an 'Essay' are actually chapters from books
    • Truncation symbol is: *
    • Example search:   hurrian*  and  bibl*
  • Anthropology Plus
    • Truncation symbol is: ?
    • Example search:   Assyria?  and  trad?
  • Academic Search Premier & MasterFILE Premier together
    • Uses the same search interface as ATLA Religion Database above
    • Check the box for Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals to weed-out less scholarly sources like Almanacs, Encyclopedia entries, etc.
    • Contains FULL-TEXT
    • Truncation symbol is: *
    • Example search:   Kassit*  and  Indo-european*
  • Biblical Archaeology Review Archive, 1975-2003 on CD-ROM
    • Available in the Library Research Commons, Station 1
    • A reference librarian will need to log you onto the above computer and may ask to see your UMSL ID first
    • Click the Biblical Archaeology Review icon on the desktop, or find it through the Start menu
  • eHRAF Collection of Archaeology
    • Contains the FULL-TEXT of books
    • Truncation symbol is: *
    • Example search:   Gutian*
  • JSTOR
    • Contains the FULL-TEXT of journals going back decades
    • You can choose to have your search results re-sorted by: Most Recent to Oldest
    • The Advanced Search option lets you search in the full-text of an article if you need to
    • Truncation symbol is: *
    • Example search:   Gutian*
 
 
If an article is NOT in full-text in a library database:  
If a database does not have the full-text of an article the (Article Linker) icon appears alongside the citations in your search results. Clicking this icon will let you:
  1. Find the article in ANOTHER library database, else
  2. If the article is not online in anyway gives you an option to search in the libraries' catalog. You will then copy down the journal's call number and location and find the article on the Libraries' shelves.
  3. If the journal is not available at UMSL then provides a link to Submit an Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Request. The article will be photocopied from another library and sent to you somehow.
    • You can make an ILL request online from the UMSL Libraries’ homepage Note: you will need to use your Student ID (not MyGateway ID) to login to the ILL request form.
    • Use your citation information to fill out the ILL form
    • Choose the "E-mail - Electronic Delivery" option to see articles and book chapters online for a limited number of days
    • Paper ILL forms are also available at the reference desk in case you would rather not submit the request online.
UMSL Library Catalog and MOBIUS  

  • You go to the UMSL Library Catalog at  www.umsl.edu/library  to find journals and books at UMSL.
  • You go to the MOBIUS catalog to retrieve books from over 60 academic institutions in the state of Missouri, including Saint Louis University, Washington University, and UM-Columbia. Indeed, you can check out books at almost every academic library in the St. Louis metropolitan area, including St. Louis Community College!
  • Remember that UMSL is part of the MERLIN cluster.
  • To request books from MOBIUS you will use: 0 + your student ("EmplID") ID
  • To search for books on the UMSL or MOBIUS catalogs:
    • Truncation symbol for a keyword search is: *
    • Use * to substitute for 1-5 characters
    • Use ** to substitute for any number of characters
    • Example keyword search:   Ugarit*  and  relig**
 

Research Consultations  

FOR MORE HELP: You can request a Research Consultation from the UMSL Libraries’ Home Page, or ask for a Research Consultation form at the Reference desk.