Keywords
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith Jr., Lucy Mack Smith, Religious Educator, Church history, Joseph Smith Papers website, Saints: The Standard of Truth, Book of Mormon, gold plates, Howard Coray, Martha Jane Knowlton Coray, Nauvoo, Palmyra, search skills, Alford, Mormonism, translation, Brigham Young University, Religious Studies Center, RSC, religious education
Abstract
The Joseph Smith Papers website (josephsmithpapers.org) is a wonderful resource. With thousands of documents and hundreds of resource pages, though, it can sometimes feel like you’re searching for a needle in a haystack. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how you might use the website to learn more about quotations and documents associated with the Prophet Joseph Smith. This article helps readers learn to use the Joseph Smith Papers website to find specific documents. It also teaches readers how to benefit from the numerous other resources available on the Joseph Smith Papers website.
Original Publication Citation
Kenneth L. Alford, “Finding Documents on the Joseph Smith Papers Website,” Religious Educator 20, no. 2 (2019), 123-131.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Alford, Kenneth L. Ph.D., "Finding Documents on the Joseph Smith Papers Website" (2019). Faculty Publications. 3247.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/3247
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2019-6
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/6058
Publisher
Religious Studies Center
Language
English
College
Religious Education
Department
Church History and Doctrine
Copyright Status
Permission to post this article was received from Devan Jensen, BYU Religious Studies Center, on August 23, 2019.