Subject Resources

Good Starting Points

ATLA Religion Database
Major religious studies database from the American Theological Association.  more info

Religion and Philosophy Collection
Extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.  more info

Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for many topics. Great place to start research.  more info

Essay and General Literature Index
Find contents in collected works focusing on humanities and social sciences.  more info

Humanities Abstracts
Covers a wide range of subject areas in the humanities.  more info

More Databases

ArticleFIRST
Index of articles from the contents pages of journals.  more info

Oxford Reference Collection - Religion & Philosphy
Search reference books by subject area.  more info

Wilson Select Plus
Provides full text for many topics. Great place to start research.  more info

Recommended Web Sites

Adherents.com
Religion and church statistics.  more info

American Religion Links
Has over 100 American religion or American religious history links.  more info

APS Guide to Resources in Theology
has listings for Christian denomination resources.  more info

Concise Dictionary of Religion
is a basic religious dictionary.  more info

Congregational Library and Archives
An extensive collection of contemporary and classic religious studies material.  more info

Official Denominational Web Sites
has links to official denominational sites.  more info

Pluralism Project
has links to research, images, related news, directories and further links.  more info

Religion & Philosophy Topics
From the Librarians' Index to the Internet.  more info

Religions of the World
presents brief entries on on background, history, basic beliefs and glossary of religions.  more info

Selected Print and CD-ROM

Catholic Periodical and Literature Index
Located on a dedicated workstation near the Reference Desk.
Produced by the American Theological Library Association and the Catholic Library Association.  more info

Encyclopedia of religion
has biographical and subject material.  more info

GRAMCORD Morphological Search Engine
Reference Stand-alone Stations
Accesses Biblical commentary and linguistic comparisons.  more info