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Books

The Library uses the Library of Congress shelving arrangement.

Select areas:
BL: Religion
BS: Bible
BT: Doctrinal Theology
BX: Christian Denominations

Basic Reference Sources

Location

Contemporary American Religion an e-book
The Encyclopedia of Religion REF BL31 .E46 1987
The Encyclopedia of American Religions REF BL2525, M449
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World an e-book
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying an e-book
New Catholic Encyclopedia REF BX 841 .N44 1967
New Catholic Encyclopedia Jubilee Volume an e-book
Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament REF BS440 .B5713
A Guide to American Catholic History REF BX1406.2 .E45 1982
Encyclopaedia Judaica an e-book
Origins Online Print copy shelved with Periodicals
Papal Encyclicals REF BX860 .A15X

Find Articles and Other Materials

Select PC Indexes and Databases

ATLA Religion Database ATLA Religion Database (American Theological Library Association) provides information on topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues. ATLA contains more than one million bibliographic records covering the research literature of religion in 35 languages. It includes article citations from 600 Journals, plus essay and book reviews citations. An essential resource for researchers and studies in theology. Most coverage in this database spans from 1949 to the present.
Catholic Periodical and Literature Index
Print Volumes. REF A13 .C32 V. 1+ This print source and its predecessors provides indexing back to 1930.
New Testament Abstracts
This database includes abstracts from over 38,000 journal articles and 13,000 books as well as reviews and foreign language content. Topics covered include Gospels-Acts, Epistles-Revelation, biblical theology, and world of the New Testament. Coverage in the database dates back to 1985.
Old Testament Abstracts
Contains journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. Content from over 450 journals is covered. All abstracts are in English, regardless of the language of the original work. Topics covered include antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology and much more. Coverage in the database dates back to 1978.
Patroligia Latina (On campus only)
The Patrologia Latina Database represents a complete electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's 221 volume Patroligia Latina. (1844-1855 and 1862-1865)

General

Philosophers Index The Philosopher's Index provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.

Academic Search Premier Indexes and links to actual articles in major scholarly journals for theology and related disciplines

Key Journals

America Print/Online
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly Print/Online
Commonweal Print/Online
The Harvard Theological Review Print for 1908 -1955
The Journal of Religion Print/Online
Religious Studies Print for 1974-1995
Theological Studies Print/Online
Theology Today Online

Select Websites

Christian Classics Ethereal Library Calvin College Sponsors what is perhaps the single largest source for public domain religious and theological works on the web. It includes the complete set of Nicene and Pose Nicene Fathers and the major writings of theologians like Anselm, Augustine, and Aquinas.
New Advent In addition to news from Rome this site includes the full text of the Catholic Encyclopedia. (The Vatican I edition, (not the post Vatican II), the Summa Theological of St. Thomas Aquinas and letters, speeches, and books of the Church Fathers. It also has links to many important Catholic Web Sites
Theology Library Spring Hill College
Internet Theology Resources Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Papal Encyclicals Online A free collection of Papal documents
The Labyrinth (Choose the Theology Link) Georgetown University
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (Courtesy of PC Faculty) A collection of digital texts written in Greek, from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in 1453. Contains online translations as well.

Writing Guides

Location

APA Online A portion of the Publication Manual online
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association Print Copies are available REF BF76.7 P83 2001 and Circulation Desk Reserves
Citing Sources Examples of APA, MLA and Chicago Citation styles
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Norman Desmarais, Theology Liaison
Last revision to this page : 20 November 2007