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Searching Recent New Testament Abstracts via EBSCO

[If there is a better way, please let me know!]

If you want to search New Testament Abstracts by date of the NTA publication…

Short Method

(1) Log into EBSCOhost

(2) Uncheck ATLA Religion database

(3) Check “New Testament Abstracts” database. Click “continue.”

(4) In the search box, type (ZR “YYYY”) . Example: (ZR “2008”) . [Be sure an include the parentheses.] The most recent date is 2008.

Long Method

(1) Log into EBSCOhost

(2) Uncheck ATLA Religion database

(3) Check “New Testament Abstracts” database. Click “continue.”

(4) At the top (left) of the page, click “Indexes” in the blue bar.

(5) In the pull-down menu labeled “Browse an Index”, choose “Year of Publication.” Click “browse.”

(6) Years of NTA should show up. To find the most recent year, go to the bottom of the page and click “next.

(7) Check the box for the most recent year (such as “2008”). Click “Add.”

(8) At the top of the page, the search box should say “(ZR “2008”)”. Click “search.”

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