Reference Tools from the Institute for Computers in Jewish Life (Davka Corporation): these CD-ROMs are available at the Electronic Text Service in Butler Library, Room 305:
The Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Reference Library  
The CD-ROM Judaic Classics Library  
The Soncino Talmud 
The Soncino Midrash Rabbah

The Logos Library of Bible Texts: available on CD-ROM at the Burke Library, Union Theological Seminary

Bible Windows: includes the Hebrew Old Testament (BHS) with full grammatical tags and dictionary forms coded in the text, accompanied by a modern, up to date, Hebrew dictionary.  Available at the Electronic Text Service in Butler Library, Room 305

• The Abraham File.  1997 documentary which investigates the biblical story and the significance of Abraham through archaeology, art and literature.
  BARNARD MEDIA VIDEO BS580.A3 A27 1997g
• The Bible, In the Beginning.  1966 movie directed by John Huston
  BARNARD MEDIA VIDEO PN1995.9.B53 B53 1997g
• David.  1997 television dramatization of the life of David
  BARNARD MEDIA VIDEO PN1997 .D383 1997
• The First Murder.  1996 television program about the story of Cain and Abel
  BARNARD MEDIA VIDEO BS1235.2 .G46 1996 pt.4
• A History of God.  A&E Television documentary based on the book A History of God : the 4000 Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Karen Armstrong. 
  BARNARD MEDIA VIDEO BT98 .A652 2001g 
• Joseph, Master of Dreams.  1996 television documentary about Joseph
  BARNARD MEDIA VIDEO BS580.J6 J67 1995g
• Mysteries of the Bible.  1994 television documentary about the Bible
  BARNARD MEDIA VIDEO BS511.2 .M97 1994g
• The Prophets: Soul Catchers.  1994 television documentary about the Prophets 
  BARNARD MEDIA VIDEO BS1198 .P76 1995g 
• Queen Esther.  1994 television documentary about Esther
  BARNARD MEDIA VIDEO BS580.E8 Q87 1995g 
• Qumran and the Text of the Hebrew Bible.   Part 2 of a series of illustrated lectures on the Dead Sea Scrolls. 
  BARNARD MEDIA VIDEO BM487 .D4 1993g v. 2 
• Temptation.  1996 television program about the story of Adam and Eve
  BARNARD MEDIA VIDEO BS1235.2 .G46 1996 pt.2
• Testament: the Bible and History.  1991 television documentary series
  BARNARD VIDEO BS635.2 .T47 1991g

• Title search: leave off the initial article (The, An, La, etc.)
• Author search: put last name, then first name
• Keyword search: you must use and, or or not between the terms, or quotes for a phrase
• Uniform Title search: only use for anonymous works, to find translations and editions
• Keyword search with relevancy ranking: do not use and, or or not between the terms, but put + in front of terms that must be in the record; if + is not used, or is assumed
• Limiting to books at Barnard: use the More Limits or Post Limits options
• Call numbers for the Bible and works on religion start with the letters BL through BX.  For an overview of the Library of Congress Classification Outline click here.
• Other library catalogs useful for your research include those of Jewish Theological Seminary Library (Aleph) and New York Public Library Research Libraries (CATNYP).  There are links to these and other library catalogs on the Catalogs list on CU LibraryWeb.      
• The subject heading in CLIO for works on the Hebrew Bible is BIBLE. O.T.  Some useful subdivisions might include:
  • BIBLE O T--CHRONOLOGY
  • BIBLE O T--COMMENTARIES
  • BIBLE O T--CONCORDANCES
  • BIBLE O T--CRITICISM INTERPRETATION ETC
  • BIBLE O T--CRITICISM TEXTUAL

  Other useful subject headings include

  • JUDAISM--CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES--HISTORY
  • JUDAISM--DOCTRINES
  • JUDAISM--HISTORY

USING INDEXES TO FIND CITATIONS TO PERIODICAL ARTICLES 

On the Databases (Reference Works & Indexes) list on the Barnard Library homepage, there are over 300 indexes, databases and catalogs which can enable you to find citations for journal articles and books, and also the full text of many articles. 

• Read the descriptions of the indexes to find out which ones might be the most useful for your research. 
• Search by keyword or subject to find some germane citations 
• When you have found a citation for an article you would like to read, click on "e-link" next to the citation to find out if it is online, or do a title search in CLIO using the title of the journal in which the article appears.
  

• Citations and abstracts for articles in religion periodicals and other publications
• To e-mail results to yourself, click on the "E-mail" button at the top

   Humanities Abstracts

• Citations and abstracts for articles, book reviews, etc. in archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion and world history and literature, published from 1984 to the present    
• Change to MLA (or another database within FirstSearch) by clicking on the drop-down box next to "Search in database" and repeat your search  

   MLA Bibliography

• Citations for articles, dissertations, books etc. on literature, linguistics, language, and folklore, published from 1963 to the present
• This database includes many books, book chapters, and dissertations; if you wish to find journal articles, limit Document Type to "Journal"

   JSTOR

• A full text database of articles from over 320 scholarly journals, from each journal’s first issue up to 3 to 5 years ago
• Only the science and social science articles have abstracts, so searching in the title is the most direct search for articles in humanities journals; searching for a term in the full text of an article will often find too many irrelevant articles     

• Full text database of articles from newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals
• For scholarly journals, click on "Databases selected" at top, clear all databases and select PA Research II Periodicals, click on "Continue" at top, and select Advanced Search.