Study Resources
| TOPIC | LINK |
|---|---|
| WRITING | |
| Academic Writing Phrasebank The Academic Phrasebank is a general resource for academic writers. It aims to provide you with examples of some of the phraseological ‘nuts and bolts’ of writing organised according to the main sections of a research paper or dissertation. |
http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/ |
| Advice to Writers A repository of excellent articles on writing, writing resources, and links to more writing resources. |
https://advicetowriters.com/ |
| Blank’s Wordiness List A list for improving writing clarity and removing redundancy in your writing. |
http://web.uvic.ca/~gkblank/wordiness.html |
| Citation Generator An app that helps you make the right references in your writing. |
https://www.citationgenerator.com/ |
| Cliché finder Find and remove unwanted clichés in your writing. |
https://westegg.com/cliche/ |
| Common Errors in English Language A list of commonly misspelled words. |
http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors |
| Dictionary.com Make sure you are using the right word in the right place. |
https://www.dictionary.com/ |
| English Grammar A resource for good grammar and different writing styles, including guides, videos, and exercises. |
https://www.englishgrammar.org/ |
| Google Scholar Search for academic articles. |
https://scholar.google.com |
| Grammar Check An app that reviews your spelling, grammar, and punctuation—and makes suggestions. |
https://www.grammarcheck.net/editor/ |
| Hemingway Editor An app that helps improve your writing for increased clarity. |
http://www.hemingwayapp.com |
| Internet Public Library Browse resources by subject and search for online and offline versions books. |
https://www.ipl.org/div/farq/ |
| Merriam-Webster Dictionary An online dictionary. |
https://www.merriam-webster.com |
| Online Etymology Dictionary Find the definitions and histories of words. |
https://www.etymonline.com/ |
| Oxford English Dictionary Find the comprehensive definitions and etymologies of words. |
https://www.oed.com/ |
| Purdue University Online Writing Lab A resource for writing, research, and grammar. |
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/ |
| Snopes A well-researched, regularly updated, fact checking resource. |
https://www.snopes.com/ |
| Strunk & White’s Element of Style A classic resource for improving your writing style. |
http://faculty.washington.edu/heagerty/Courses/b572/public/StrunkWhite.pdf |
| Thesaurus.com Find the perfect word to liven up your writing. |
http://thesaurus.com/ |
| Turabian Style Guide Make sure your paper is in Turabian style. |
https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/turabian/citation-guide.html |
| Writers Diet Make your writing slim and trim. |
http://writersdiet.com/test.php |
| Writing handbook by Liberty University A detailed handbook for writing and research. |
http://www.liberty.edu/media/1136/Introduction%20to%20Graduate%20Writing%20(full%20text).pdf |
| THEOLOGY | |
| AAR Recommended Reading Lists Browse biblical, theological, and religious studies readings lists by subject. Each list recommends two to five books considered influential, pivotal, seminal, or otherwise important publications in their field. |
https://www.aarweb.org/AARMBR/Events-and-Networking-/Program-Units-/Program-Unit-Recommended-Reading.aspx?WebsiteKey=61d76dfc-e7fe-4820-a0ca-1f792d24c06e |
| ATLA List of Websites on Religion An annotated collection of web resources for the study of religion. |
https://atla.libguides.com/wor |
| Christian Classics Ethereal Library A digital library of classic Christian works. |
https://www.ccel.org/ |
| Early Christian Writings A database of Christian writings from the first, second, and early-third centuries. |
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/ |
| Early Church Fathers A database of harder to find early church/church father works. |
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/ |
| Faithlife e-Books Get a free e-book every month. |
https://ebooks.faithlife.com/free-book-of-the-month |
| Loeb Classic Library Database of classic Greek and Latin works. |
http://ryanfb.github.io/loebolus/ |
| New Advent A database of early church/church father works. |
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/ |
| Online Subject Guide A directory for links and resources within a specific subject area. |
http://www.academicinfo.net/subject-guides |
| Online Theological Resources A gateway to theological and biblical study resources. |
https://www.smu.edu/Bridwell/Find/ReligionTheologyWebsites |
| Open Access Digital Theological Library A large database of open access theological and religious studies resources. |
https://oadtl.org/ |
| Project Wittenberg A database of works by and about Martin Luther, as well as, Lutheran scholars. |
https://christian.net/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/wittenberg-home.html |
| Religion Online A library of religious studies resources. |
http://www.religion-online.org/ |
| Theology Commons A digital library of over 130,000 resources on theology and religion. |
https://commons.ptsem.edu/ |
| Tyndale Reading Rooms Browse extensive reading lists according to subject. |
https://reading-rooms.tyndale.ca/ |
| BIBLE | |
| The Bible Project A collection of videos and resources for Bible study. |
https://bibleproject.com/ |
| Bible Study Tools Translations, commentaries, and other Bible study resources. |
https://www.biblestudytools.com/ |
| Biblical Studies Books and resources for biblical studies. |
https://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/index.php |
| Logos Academic Blog Resources for scholarly study of the Bible. |
https://academic.logos.com/ |
| Oxford Biblical Studies Online A comprehensive list of websites featuring biblical history, texts, and interpretations. |
http://www.oxfordbiblicalstudies.com/resource/InternetResources.xhtml |
| SBL Resources A list of biblical study resources curated by the Society of Biblical Literature. |
https://www.sbl-site.org/educational/sitesofinterest.aspx |
| HISTORY | |
| Church History Timeline An interactive timeline of church history, church history reading lists, and recommended resources. |
http://www.historytimeline.org/ |
| Internet History Sourcebooks Project A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts. |
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/index.asp |
| Online Church History Resources A list of church history websites and resources curated by Union Presbyterian Seminary. |
https://upsem.libguides.com/theology_resources/church |
| DIGITAL LIBRARIES | |
| Cambridge Companions Comprehensive list of subject guides written by experts. |
https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/collections/cambridge-companions |
| Google Books A digital index of books. |
https://books.google.com/ |
| Internet Archive A library of books, movies, software, music, and websites, and more. |
https://archive.org/ |
| Open Library A large collection of digital books. |
https://openlibrary.org/ |
| Project Gutenberg A library of over 60,000 free eBooks. |
http://www.gutenberg.org/ |
| Directory of Open Access Journals A community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. |
https://doaj.org/ |
| Internet Archive The Internet Archive offers freely downloadable books and texts. |
http://archive.org/details/texts/ |
| Open Content Alliance Represents the collaborative efforts of a group of cultural, technology, nonprofit, and governmental organizations from around the world that will help build a permanent archive of multilingual digitized text and multimedia content. |
https://archive.org/details/opencontentalliance/ |
| Digital Public Library of America Discover images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States. |
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ |
| The Online Books Page Listing over 3 million free books on the Web. |
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ |
| OAPEN OAPEN promotes and supports the transition to open access for academic books. |
https://www.oapen.org/home |
| Directory of Open Access Books The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books. |
https://www.doabooks.org/ |
| Electronic Journal List The Electronic Journals Library is a service to facilitate the use of scholarly journals on the internet. It offers a fast, structured and unified interface to access full-text articles online. |
http://rzblx1.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/index.phtml?bibid=AAAAA&colors=7&lang=en/ |
| JURN JURN is a unique search tool that helps you find free academic journals and articles. |
http://www.jurn.link |
| ArXiv Free distribution service and an open-access archive for scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics. |
https://arxiv.org/ |
| SoArXiv Open archive of the social sciences. |
https://osf.io/search/?q=%22socarxiv%22/ |
| SSRN Devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks. |
https://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/ |
| PLOS A nonprofit, open access publisher empowering researchers to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication. |
https://plos.org/ |
| Open Library of Humanities Funded by an international consortium of libraries who have joined us in our mission to make scholarly publishing fairer, more accessible, and rigorously preserved for the digital future. |
https://www.openlibhums.org/ |
| OpenDOAR Quality-assured, global directory of open access repositories. |
http://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/opendoar/ |
| PubPeer The online journal club. |
https://pubpeer.com/ |
| SEARCH ENGINES | |
| Carrot2 Organizes your search results into topics. With an instant overview of what’s available, you will quickly find what you’re looking for. |
https://search.carrot2.org/#/web/ |
| MERLOT Access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools. |
https://www.merlot.org/merlot/ |