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Background on a Church Doctrine or Event

Use this Church website to learn more about a Church doctrine or event.

Gospel Topics Official discussions on a variety of topics and contemporary issues related to the Church.
Church History Topics Official discussions on a variety of key people, doctrines, events, and locations in Church history.
VIDEO: Using Gospel Topics and Church History Topics Use this short video to learn more about the Church's Gospel Topics and Church History Topics websites.
General Handbook A list of Church policies and procedures an various topics and issues. Use the subheading 38.6 Medical and Health Policies for topics such as cremation and the Word of Wisdom. Use 38.7 Policies on Moral Issues for topics such as birth control and suicide

Find Speeches by a Church Leader about a Doctrine

Use this database to search across General Conference sermons from 1851-Present

LDS General Conference Corpus “This website allows you to quickly and easily search talks from General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This corpus (or collection of texts) contains 24 million words in 10,000 talks from 1851 to the present.”
VIDEO: Using the LDS General Conference Corpus Use this short video to learn more about how the LDS General Conference Corpus can help you find a talk by a Church leader.

Find a Biography of a Church Historical Figure

Use the search box dropdown, select Subject, then enter the name of the person you are researching; use a second box, also Subject, and enter “biography.”

BYU Library Book Search Use this to search for books in the library catalog.
VIDEO: Using the Library Catalog to Find a Biography Use this short video to learn how to find a biography on a Church historical figure.

REL 225 Foundations of the Restoration: Top Resources

Philosophy and Church History/Doctrine Librarian

Background on a Church Doctrine or Event

Find Speeches by a Church Leader about a Doctrine

Find a Biography of a Church Historical Figure

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