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Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials 1908 - present The Atla Religion Database indexes more than 600 of the leading journals in the field of religion and theology. The index also includes essays from multi-author works and book reviews. Atlas (= Atl... Access Database Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials

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Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials 1908 - present The Atla Religion Database indexes more than 600 of the leading journals in the field of religion and theology. The index also includes essays from multi-author works and book reviews. Atlas (= Atl... Access Database Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials
Cambridge Histories Online: Religion 2015 This unique historical reference compendium allows instant access to the renowned texts of the Cambridge Histories series. With access to the most up to date and authoritative scholarly content, Ca... Access Database Cambridge Histories Online: Religion
Digital Dictionary of Buddhism 1995 - present This dictionary is a compilation of Buddhist terms, texts, temple, schools, persons, etc. found in Buddhist canonical sources. (Updates ongoing based on user contributions) Access Database Digital Dictionary of Buddhism
EBR : Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception "EBR offers a comprehensive and in-depth rendering of the current state of knowledge on the origins and development of the Bible according to its different canonic forms in Judaism and Christianity... Access Database EBR : Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception
Encyclopaedia Judaica, Second Ed. From the beginning - 2006 CE Encyclopaedia Judaica is a major reference work with articles by the world's top scholars on all aspects of the Jewish experience. In addition to in-depth articles, it includes bibliographies listi... Access Database Encyclopaedia Judaica, Second Ed.
Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics The Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics offers a systematic and comprehensive treatment of all aspects of the history and study of the Hebrew language from its earliest attested form to... Access Database Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics
Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online 18th - 20th centuries From Europe to America to the Middle East, North Africa and other non-European Jewish settlement areas, the Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture covers the recent history of the Jews from 175... Access Database Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online
Index Islamicus 1906 - present The Index Islamicus database indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Records included in the database cover almost a hundred years of publications on the world of Islam. ... Access Database Index Islamicus
Index to Jewish Periodicals 1988 - present The Index to Jewish Periodicals is an index to more than 150 English language Jewish studies periodicals published in the United States, Canada, England, Israel, South Africa, and Australia. It cov... Access Database Index to Jewish Periodicals
New Testament Abstracts 1985 - New Testament Abstracts Online is a product of a partnership between Atla and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. The database is an indispensable research and bibliographic aid for scholars, lib... Access Database New Testament Abstracts
Old Testament Abstracts Old Testament Abstracts Online is a product of a partnership between Atla and the Catholic Biblical Association. The database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi... Access Database Old Testament Abstracts
Oxford Bibliographies Online: Jewish Studies The Jewish Studies module from Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO) presents a broad range of authoritative research guides on current scholarship, with original commentary and annotations, that are ... Access Database Oxford Bibliographies Online: Jewish Studies
Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church This is a one-volume reference book covering many aspects of Christianity. Access Database Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
RAMBI Index of Articles on Jewish Studies 1966 - RAMBI is selective bibliography of articles in the various fields of Jewish studies and in the study of Israel. Material listed is compiled from thousands of periodicals and from collections of art... Access Database RAMBI Index of Articles on Jewish Studies
World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy Prehistory to present The diversity of faiths and beliefs in human experience makes the study of religion uniquely fascinating and valuable. Religion plays an essential role in societies worldwide, motivating decisions ... Access Database World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy

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Acta Sanctorum Database 1st through 17th centuries CE The Acta Sanctorum Database is an electronic version of the complete printed text of the Acta Sanctorum [Deeds of the Saints] taken from the edition published in many volumes by the Société des Bol... Access Database Acta Sanctorum Database
American Pamphlets, Series 1, 1820-1922 1820 - 1922 This is a fully searchable resource of over 25,000 pamphlets and other short works from the collections of the New York Historical Society spanning the varied history of the United States from the ... Access Database American Pamphlets, Series 1, 1820-1922
American Periodicals 1740 - 1940 American Periodicals provides access to two separate collections, American Periodicals Series Online (APS Online) and American Periodicals from the Center for Research Libraries (APCRL). American P... Access Database American Periodicals
Année Philologique, L' 1928 - L’Année philologique is a specialized bibliographic database of scholarly works in classical studies, covering all aspects of Ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. The online database includes all... Access Database Année Philologique, L'
Aquinas Translation Project ca. 1245 - 1274 The Aquinas Translation Project is an ongoing web-based resource providing fresh, scholarly translations of individual works (and of parts of works) by St. Thomas Aquinas not readily available in E... Access Database Aquinas Translation Project
Base d'Information Bibliographique en Patristique 2d - 7th centuries CE, irregular The BIBP is a bibliography of journal articles in Patristics (the study of ancient, but post-biblical, Christian theological and ecclesiastical writers). Although the primary language of this resou... Access Database Base d'Information Bibliographique en Patristique
Berman Jewish Policy Archive Historical and contemporary Open access to a growing library of thousands of policy-relevant documents about Jewish communal concerns, from significant authors, journals, and organizations. Includes over 40 years of SH'MA: A ... Access Database Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Bibliothèques Virtuelles Humanistes 1400 - 1600 The Bibliothèques Virtuelles Humanistes features Renaissance titles from various European libraries. To search the French-language interface and see which titles are included, click on Fac-similés.... Access Database Bibliothèques Virtuelles Humanistes
Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon Year 0 - present The Bautz Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon is an alphabetically arranged, German-language biographical and bibliographical dictionary of prominent figures in the history and study of t... Access Database Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon
British Humanities Index 1950s - present BHI indexes and abstracts approximately 400 internationally respected humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries, as well as quality newspaper... Access Database British Humanities Index
Cairn (French) This journal database covers subjects in the humanities and social sciences, representing primarily French and Francophone scholarly publications. Since February 2006, the National Library of Franc... Access Database Cairn (French)
Cambridge Companions Online This Collection offers more than 450 of the Cambridge Companions for searching and browsing. These are detailed guides to authors, composers, philosophers, genres, various literatures and other fie... Access Database Cambridge Companions Online
Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1914) 1907 - 1914 This source is the electronic version of the classic Catholic Encyclopedia, published between 1907-1914. A very few articles have been updated or added, such as ones on the twentieth century Popes,... Access Database Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1914)
Catholic News Archive 1831 - 2016 The Catholic News Archive is a full-text searchable newspaper database that includes Catholic publications from around the United States. In addition to newspapers with a national perspective, ther... Access Database Catholic News Archive
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Century Journals Project (Chinese Journals) 1906 - 1993 The Century Journals Project is the single largest retrospective digital collection of 20th Century Chinese Journals More than 3,500 full-text Chinese Journals Content beginning as early as 1906 Ma... Access Database Century Journals Project (Chinese Journals)
Church Missionary Society Periodicals 1804 to 2009 This online portal makes available periodicals from the Church Missionary Society Archive, a collection relevant to missiology, world Christianity, and global history. Against the backdrop of colon... Access Database Church Missionary Society Periodicals
Digital Karl Barth Library 1900 - 1968 The Digital Karl Barth Library features the collected works of the theologian Karl Barth (1886-1968) in German and available English translations. This includes more than 40 volumes of searchable t... Access Database Digital Karl Barth Library
Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts 16th and 17th centuries A resource for historians, theologians, political scientists, and sociologists studying the religious and social upheavals of the 16th and 17th centuries, The Digital Library of Classic Protestant ... Access Database Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts
Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation (DLCR) 1500 - 1700 The Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation gives researchers immediate, Web-based access to an extensive range of seminal works from the Reformation and post-Reformation eras. The database con... Access Database Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation (DLCR)
DigiZeitschriften Das Deutsche Digitale Zeitschriftenarchiv DigiZeitschriften offers access to 148 well-known German academic journals from 19 subject areas including the humanities, social sciences, history, librarianship, mathematics, and biological and p... Access Database DigiZeitschriften Das Deutsche Digitale Zeitschriftenarchiv
DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music) 19th century - present DRAM is an online music database offering on-demand, streaming access to an extensive and ever-growing catalog. A primary focus of the collection is the preservation and dissemination of hard-to-fi... Access Database DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music)
Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library 1475 - 1900 Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library is the online presentation of one of the world's most important Arabic collections, based on A.G. Ellis's 1894-1901 record of publications. The c... Access Database Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library
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Encyclopedia of Law and Religion 2015 Issues at the junction of law, religion, and state are covered for each country worldwide, as well as special territories and international organizations. Access Database Encyclopedia of Law and Religion
Franciscan Archive: A WWW Resource on St. Francis and Franciscanism Dates Vary The Franciscan Archive is a Web site dedicated to all things Fransican. It maintains an index of all URLs which in any way pertain to St. Francis, the religious orders he founded, Franciscan saints... Access Database Franciscan Archive: A WWW Resource on St. Francis and Franciscanism
Franciscan Authors, 13TH - 18TH Century A Catalogue in Progress 13th-18th Centuries Franciscan Authors is a scholarly biobibliography of authors belonging to the Order of Friars Minor (OFM). Arrangement is alphabetical with links to individual entries. Separate files are available... Access Database Franciscan Authors, 13TH - 18TH Century A Catalogue in Progress
Hebrew Manuscripts 1399 - 1940 Manuscripts from the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS) of New York. This site includes an invitation to other libraries to submit manuscripts for digitization for Jewish c... Access Database Hebrew Manuscripts
Index of Medieval Art Apostolic times to sixteenth century The Index of Medieval Art (formerly known as the Index of Christian Art) provides text descriptions and bibliographic references for over 75,000 works of Early Christian and Medieval art in 17 medi... Access Database Index of Medieval Art
Index to Yiddish Periodicals (IYP) 1862 - 1939 for Europe; -1948 for Soviet Russia IYP, the Index to Yiddish Periodicals, is a bibliographical data base using Yiddish, which aims to record the materials published in the Yiddish press in Eastern Europe, from its beginnings (1862) ... Access Database Index to Yiddish Periodicals (IYP)
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Online Treasury of Talmudic Manuscripts (in Hebrew or Aramaic) 50 B.C.-500 A.D. The Jewish National and University Library, David and Fela Shapell Family Digitization Project and the Hebrew University Department of Talmud are happy to present to the public the Online Treasury ... Access Database Online Treasury of Talmudic Manuscripts (in Hebrew or Aramaic)
Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (OCRT) 1997 - to date (updates vary) An English-language site offering to the general public objective information on at least 63 world religions and other faith groups as well as on a variety of other religious topics. Access Database Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (OCRT)
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Patrologia Latina : The Full Text Database c. AD 200 - 1300 The Patrologia Latina comprises the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216. The database contains the complete Patrologia Latina, encompassi... Access Database Patrologia Latina : The Full Text Database
Philological Museum: an Analytic Bibliography of On-Line Neo-Latin Titles 14th century - present This is an ongoing bibliography of writings in Latin in all disciplines from the fourteenth century onward whose digitizations are freely available on the Web. Entries are arranged alphabetically b... Access Database Philological Museum: an Analytic Bibliography of On-Line Neo-Latin Titles
Philosopher's Index 1940 - present The Philosopher's Index contains citations and abstracts from books and more than 350 journals of philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields published in the U.S. and other western countries. ... Access Database Philosopher's Index
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Religion and the Law (HeinOnline) 1400s - present Books, periodicals, and bibliographies on the development, history, organization, and fundamental principles of various world religions. Also includes Christian Legal Society publications, an assor... Access Database Religion and the Law (HeinOnline)
Religion Online Religion Online is designed to assist teachers, scholars and general "seekers" who are interested in exploring religious issues. The aim is to develop an extensive library of resources, representin... Access Database Religion Online
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Web of Science Arts & Humanities, 1975 to present; Science, 1900 to present; 1965 - for Science; Social Sciences, 1900 to present; Conferences, 1990 to present The Web of Science is a combination of three databases: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Conference Proceedings Citation Index (... Access Database Web of Science
Websites on Religion (Wabash Center) Guide to Internet resources for teaching and learning about theology and religion. Access Database Websites on Religion (Wabash Center)
Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900 1824 - 1900 The Wellesley Index identifies the authors of articles within major Victorian periodicals and provides a bibliography for each contributor. (The vast majority of articles written for Victorian peri... Access Database Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900
World Christian Database WCD includes detailed information on 9,000 Christian denominations, as well as on religions in every country of the world. Extensive data are available on 238 countries and 13,000 ethno-linguistic ... Access Database World Christian Database