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The Internet is an incredible tool. But threats from it can devour your research. It almost happened to me. Don’t let it happen to you.

It can be hard to make time for the biblical languages amid everything else that’s going on. But two simple steps can help you start today.

The Larger Cambridge Septuagint project, The Old Testament in Greek according to the Text of Codex Vaticanus, had 9 fascicles published from 1909 to 1940. These fascicles are available in full-text PDFs via Internet Archive:

• Octateuch and Later Historical Books((For making me aware of this section, I’m grateful to Karen Jobes and Moíses Silva, Invitation to the Septuagint, 2nd ed. ( affiliate disclosure), 68n12.))
• Esther, Judith, Tobit

Although the Larger Cambridge series is incomplete and has been superseded by the Göttingen edition, the volumes are still quite valuable and, for the texts they cover, perhaps also much more accessible than the corresponding Göttingen volumes.

Citing conference papers involves certain ethical questions. But if you are able and need to cite one, Zotero can handle that citation.

Logos 10 is now available. As an academic user, there are 10 things you need to know about this new release.

There are more up-to-date translations of the fathers. But if you do use ANF or NPNF, Zotero can handle SBL style’s special citation format.

Internet Archive has a vast repository of books, including some that are hard to access otherwise. So, it’s well worth seeing what’s there.

Amazon’s good for more than just buying books. Used appropriately, the “look inside” feature can be a helpful research tool on its own.

Google Books can be a helpful research tool. You can find full texts of public-domain titles, as well as previews of those under copyright.

Expanding your research materials doesn’t have to break the bank. So much is already available through the libraries you have access to.

“Garbage in, garbage out” applies to Zotero just like any other software. But there’s an easy way to bulk edit items to tidy your database.

Tables of contents can consume much more time than they should. But Word can create tables that automatically update with your document.

A 4-step process can help you focus on what really matters. This process can even help you curb something as overloading as email.

At LogosTalk, Mark Ward has a helpful discussion of “how to use—and not to use—the Amplified Bible” for English-only Bible readers.  Mark comments, in part:

The Amplified, when used according to its stated design, invites readers to deny this interpretive truism. It makes them think, “Ah, now I know what the Greek word here really means”—and then to Choose Their Own Adventure, picking the meaning they like most.

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It’s no fun going in circles, redoing work you’ve already done. But it’s all too easy to do unless you question how you do what you do.

Right-to-left text like Hebrew can sometimes cause unexpected results in Zotero citations. But if so, it’s easy to straighten things out.

Sometimes, you work with sources that involve some extra complexity if you’re going to cite them properly.((Header image provided by Zotero via Twitter.)) Rather than making these changes one by one, however, Zotero allows you to make them automatically any time you cite a given source.

That way, you only have to work out once how to cite a source once. After that, it’s saved in your library, and you can focus on how you want to discuss that source rather than on how you need to cite it.

Deciding whether you need to capitalize “gospel” language can be tricky. But you can cut through confusion with six principles.

Even actionable goals aren’t doable. That’s why you focus on the next actions they require. And when those are done, your goals will be too.

SBL style asks that untitled book reviews be cited in some unique ways. But Zotero can handle these requirements and free you to write more.

Different languages and styles have different capitalization conventions. But Zotero can handle all these different requirements for you.

Zotero might or might not be a tool you want to recommend to your students. But it definitely could help simplify their work—and yours.

What ISBNs do for books DOIs do for all kinds of sources. And if you need DOIs in your citations, there are some simple ways to collect them.

If you’ve used the Greek Parse font, don’t retype text to make it Unicode compliant. Three free tools can convert most of it automatically.

Numbering headings by hand can be a time consuming mess. With a few simple steps, though, Word can number your headings automatically.

In online meetings, common timers often aren’t available, despite how helpful they can be. And you can, though, easily add one to your webcam.

Time blocking can help you intentionally plan your days. And with Todoist’s Google Calendar integration, you can make it pretty seamless too.

However you time block, you can use 6 simple steps can make that process pretty seamless in a digital workspace.

These 5 ways to block your time can help you focus on what really matters, rather than what’s just latest and loudest.

When are you going to work on your goals? Rather than wondering where the time goes, be proactive and make a plan for your calendar with time blocking.