To help SMBC students to work out what's in their reading list.

1. LIB102

2. Carson, D. A. “Systematic Theology and Biblical Theology.” In NDBT.
Cole, Graham A. “Thinking Theologically.” Reformed Theological Review 48 (1989): 51-62.
Evans, C. A. & S. E. Porter (eds), Dictionary of New Testament Background. Downers Grove, Ill.: IVP, 2000
Goldsworthy, Graeme. Gospel and Kingdom: A Christian Interpretation of the Old Testament. Exeter: Paternoster, 1982.
Grudem, Wayne. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine . Leicester: IVP,1994.
Hill, Michael. The How and Why of Love: An Introduction to Evangelical Ethics . Kingsford: Matthias Media, 2002.
Kitchen, K.A. On the Reliability of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003.
Köstenberger, A. J. and P. T. O'Brien. Salvation to the Ends of the Earth: A Biblical Theology of Mission. NSBT 11. Downers Grove, Ill.:
InterVarsity, 2001.
Larkin, W. "The Challenge of Luke's Teaching On Mission for Missiology in the 21st Century." Paper presented at the Southeastern Regional
Conference of the Evangelical Theological Society. Columbia, S.C., March 20-21, 1998 (available through the Theological Research
Exchange Network [TREN]).
LaSor, William Sanford, David Allan Hubbard, and Fredric Wm Bush. Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form and Background of the Old
Testament. Second Edition ed. Grand Rapids/Cambridge: Eerdmans, 1996.
Wright, C. J. The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 2006.

3.  Goldsworthy, Graeme. Gospel and Kingdom: A Christian
Interpretation of the Old Testament. Exeter: Paternoster, 1982.
 Evans, C. A. & S. E. Porter (eds), Dictionary of New Testament
Background. Downers Grove, Ill.: IVP, 2000
 Carson, D. A. “Systematic Theology and Biblical Theology.” In
NDBT.
 Cole, Graham A. “Thinking Theologically.” Reformed Theological
Review 48 (1989): 51-62.

4.  Goldsworthy, Graeme. Gospel and Kingdom: A Christian
Interpretation of the Old Testament. Exeter: Paternoster,
1982.
A book has:
 The author (Surname first)
 The title (usually in Italics)
 The place of publication and publisher
 The year of publication

5.  Evans, C. A. & S. E. Porter (eds), Dictionary of New
Testament Background. Downers Grove, Ill.: IVP, 2000
A dictionary or other multi-author books have:
 Usually an editor or editors
 The title (usually in Italics)
 The place of publication and publisher
 The year of publication

6.  Carson, D. A. “Systematic Theology and Biblical
Theology.” In NDBT.
An article from a dictionary has:
 The author of the article
 Title of the article in inverted commas “ ”
 Title OR abbreviation of the dictionary title (usually in Italics)
 May or may not have publication details

7.  Cole, Graham A. “Thinking Theologically.” Reformed Theological
Review 48 (1989): 51-62.
OR
 Cole, Graham A. “Thinking Theologically.” RTR 48 (1989): 51-62.
A journal has
 The author of the article
 The title of the article in inverted commas “ “
 The title or abbreviation of the journal title
 The issue number and year
 Page numbers

8.  We have lists of
commonly used
abbreviations near the
computers
• There are websites such as Abbreviations in Theology
and Biblical Studies
http://ecumenism.net/docu/abbrev.htm
• Most dictionaries will have a list of abbreviations they
use at the front

9.  Is your guide to the structure of a book
 Provides direction to the various articles in a
book or journal

10.  Single author books will
provide chapter title and page
numbers
 In multi-author books each
chapter may be written by a
different author, in which case
each chapter title will also
have an author with it.
 Chapter topics are generally
related in subject

11.  The contents page will be either
on the cover or the first page
inside the issue of the journal
 Similar set out to a multi-author E.g. Harvard
book Theological Review
has articles in the
field of theology
 Articles in an issue may or may
not be directly related apart
from belonging to the field of
study which the journal broadly
focuses on
Journal for the Study of the New
 Journals will often include Testament (JSNT) has articles
reviews of other articles or relating to the study of New
books in the same field Testament

12.  Journals usually come out in
volumes and issues
 Each individual journal is an
issue
 A period (usually a year) will
comprise a volume
 Complete volumes of
journals are bound together
at the end of a year

13. Browse the shelf
A-Z by journal title
 Most recent issues are
on display
 Older issues are bound and on the
shelves behind Closed Reserve

14. A link in the
catalogue
 Soft copy journals
can be found either
by
◦ Finding the link in our
catalogue
OR
◦ Searching Full-Text
research databases, You will need to
consult the journals
e.g. EBSCOhost & list on the intranet or
ProQuest Religion in the library to obtain
login details for these
databases.

15.  For more detail you can
find a journal list on the
intranet and in red
folders near the library
computers

16.  Journal indexes
 For more detailed
searching later in your
studies