Basic Guides
Barzun, Jacques and Henry F. Graff. The Modern Researcher. 5th. ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992.
[Perkins Reference 001.432 B296 M689 1992]

Beasley, David. Beasley's Guide to Library Research. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.
[Perkins 025.524 B368 B368 2000]

* Booth, Wayne C., et al. Craft of Research. 2nd ed.Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
[Divinity 001.42 B725 C885 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, 1998.
[Perkins Reference 025.524 M282 O98 1998]

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 230.072 B234 I61 2000]

* Core, Deborah. The Seminary Student Writes. St Louis: Chalice Press, 2000.
[Divinity 808.06623 C797 S471 2000]

Hayes, John H. and Carl R. Holladay. Biblical Exegesis: A Beginner's Handbook. rev. ed. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1987.
[Divinity 220.601 H417 B582 1987]

* Vyhmeister, Nancy Jean. Quality Research Papers: For Students of Religion and Theology. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001.
[Divinity 200.7 V996 Q1 2001]

Wilson, John F. and Thomas P. Slavens. Research Guide to Religious Studies. Chicago: American Library Association, 1982.
[Divinity Reference 291.072 W749 R432 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://www.lib.duke.edu/divinity/help/citation.html

Chicago Manual of Style. 15th. ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
[Divinity Ready Reference 808.0270973 C532 2003]

Li, Xia and Nancy B. Crane. Electronic Styles: A Handbook for Citing Electronic Information. Medford: Information Today, 1996.
[Divinity Ready Reference 808.027 L788 E38 1996]

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th. ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2003.
[Divinity Reference 808.027 G437 M685 2003]

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th. ed. Washington, DC:American Psychological Association, 2001.
[Perkins Reference 808.06615 P976 2001]

* The SBL Handbook of Style : for Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies. Peabody: Hendrickson Publishers, 1999.
[Divinity Ready Reference and Stacks 808.027 S276 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 808.02 T929 M294 1996]

* Walker, Janice R. and Todd Taylor. Columbia Guide to Online Style. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.
[Divinity Reference 808.027 W181 C726 1998]
A portion of this book is also found online: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos2006/basic.html