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Upcoming

Reading and Writing During and After Seminary (The Scribe Conversation Series)

Dr. David Chapman, Dr. Robbie Griggs, and Professor Jessie Swigart engage in a conversation moderated by Dr. Katie Kinney about the bread and butter of seminary education: reading and writing. What books have affected their lives? How does reading form us? What do you do when writing is difficult? What does reading and writing look like during and after seminary?

  • Tuesday, December 3 at 12:30–1:30 p.m.
    On campus in B111
    Livestream: https://tinyurl.com/yx29mg5v
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Fall 2019

Organizing Research Notes

How do you organize your research notes? In this 15-minute webinar, join The Scribe Writing Center for a conversation about developing a system for your note-taking that will help you clarify your thoughts, find what you need from your notes quickly, and maintain an accurate record of sources referenced. We will introduce three systems—one on paper and two on a computer—that you can adapt to suit your needs and preferences.

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Basics of Biblical Research

Sermons, Bible lessons, exegetical papers, devotions… The Bible is central to seminary and to ministry, so let’s explore how to find great resources for studying God’s Word. How do I pick the best biblical commentaries? How do I find journal articles on a passage? This workshop will equip you to use the key resources.

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Building Better Bibliographies with Zotero

Zotero is a free software tool that tracks your research and automates the construction of citations and bibliographies. Come learn how to build a Zotero library, manage your sources, insert citations, and avoid common pitfalls.

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Research Conversations in Church History

The research process is an ongoing conversation. Come discover some basic methods for finding relevant research for your church history project, and learn how you can join the conversation. This workshop is designed especially for students in Ancient & Medieval Church History (CH310), but the content will be relevant to most courses with a research assignment.

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Discerning Misinformation, Disinformation, & Fake News

Social media is rife with questionable claims, click-bait headlines, outright lies, and vile deceptions. As followers of a God who values truth, how do we navigate a minefield of half-truths and falsehoods and avoid being manipulated? Before your next like, share, or retweet, join the library staff as we discuss the SIFT strategy for discerning what’s reliable and what’s not.

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Planning Your Research and Writing Process

Start your next writing project off on the right foot! Join Scribe consultant Stephanie Marx for a 15-minute webinar on planning your research and writing process. Stephanie will be offering tips and guidance for approaching assigned versus open-ended prompts, brainstorming topics, and building a writing outline.

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Spring 2019

Basics of Biblical Research

Sermons, Bible lessons, exegetical papers, devotions… The Bible is central to seminary and to ministry, so let’s explore how to find great resources for studying God’s Word. How do I pick the best biblical commentaries? How do I find journal articles on a passage? This workshop will equip you to use the key resources.

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Resourcing Your Counseling Training & Practice

Enhance your training and inform your practice with high-quality resources provided by the library. This workshop will introduce you to some research tools, materials, and strategies for the study of counseling and psychology.

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E-books in a Flash

This quick workshop will introduce you to the library’s e-book collections and show you how to get setup to download e-books to your computer.

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E-journals in a Flash

This quick workshop will show you how to quickly access e-journal articles from library databases and publisher websites.

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Order, Argument, and Elegance: How to Revise a Paper

Join The Scribe Writing Center for a 15-minute online workshop on how to revise a paper.

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Fall 2018

7 Tips for Academic Success

Feeling overwhelmed? Anxious about your course workload? Haven’t written a paper in a while? The staff of Covenant Seminary’s The Scribe Writing Center share tools and tips for getting organized, understanding seminary assignments, juggling expectations, and staying afloat.

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Basics of Biblical Research

Sermons, Bible lessons, exegetical papers, devotions… The Bible is central to seminary and to ministry, so let’s explore how to find great resources for studying God’s Word. How do I pick the best biblical commentaries? How do I find journal articles on a passage? This workshop will equip you to use the key resources.

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E-books and E-journals, Oh My!

Anyone can walk into the library and get a sense of its physical collections, but it’s harder to “see” what’s available online. This workshop will introduce you to the e-books and e-journals available through the library, where to find them, and how to access them.

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Becoming a Research Pro

Don’t waste time and settle for less when it comes to research. Come explore some simple tools and strategies that can help you become a more efficient and robust researcher, and make the most of your research time. Work smarter, not harder.

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Research Conversations in Ancient & Medieval Church History

The research process is an ongoing conversation. Learn some basic research methods for finding sources relevant to Ancient & Medieval Church History, and learn how you can join the conversation.

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Turabian Bootcamp

You’ve done the research and now it’s time to add a footnote. What info do you need to include and where? Italics or quotation marks… comma, period, or colon… title case? Who or what is “Turabian” anyway? Come learn the fundamentals of building citations for your papers, so you can cite your sources properly and avoid plagiarism.

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Building Better Bibliographies with Zotero

Zotero is a free software tool that tracks your research and automates the construction of citations and bibliographies. Come learn how to build a Zotero library, manage your sources, insert citations, and avoid common pitfalls.

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