ATLA Tutorial

Searching:

Scripture Citation Searching:

To search for articles on a particular passage is tricky. Below are the steps for searching by Scripture citation. The areas mentioned in each step are marked on the image with a bubble noting the step number (e.g., the Search for: box mentioned in step 1 is marked on the image with a bubble numbered "1").

Another good way to search by a particular Bible passage is to use the Old Testament Abstracts and the New Testament Abstracts indexes found in the Library.

1. Type the Scripture into the first Search for: box. Type only the name of the biblical book and the chapter (e.g., Genesis 1).
2. Set the index to Scripture Citation Phrase.
3. Click the Browse Index button to see the second screen shown below.
4. Click on a relevant entry to return it to the Search for: box.
5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 for any additional entries that cover your passage.
6. Select OR to connect the Search for: boxes that you used.
7. Click the Search button.
8. You might have to repeat the search several times to include all the relevant entries. This is the difficulty of this type of search.