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Introduction to Theological Research

This guide is publicly accessible for anyone who would like to learn more about researching and critically evaluating sources, in seminary or in general. It also serves the 1-credit "Introduction to Theological Research" course as the site for homework pr

Guest Instructor

This week's guest instructor is Dora Rowe, Instructional Services Librarian in Richmond and Director of the Instructional Resource Center. Her picture and contact information are below!

Class Prep

  • Read: "Grad School Survival Guide: How to Read" (linked below in blue)
  • Read: "Grad School Survival Guide: How to Study" (linked below in blue)
  • Read: “An Overview of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education” (UPSem, PDF below in blue). ACRL is the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Framework is a set of concepts that are designed to help people of all ages think critically about information sources.This course is structured around the ACRL Framework. Throughout the semester you'll hear me refer to some of these concepts, so I wanted you to be familiar with their source.
  • For further information, read: “What Research Is and How Researchers Think About It,” pp. 5-9 (sections 1.1-1.3) in your Turabian textbook. If you don't have your textbook yet, email Robin at rmccall@upsem.edu for a scanned PDF.

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