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Academic and Scholarly Articles
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Academic Search Complete  
1887-present; updated daily
The world's most comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, Academic Search Complete indexes more than 11,200 journals, and provides full text for more than 7,100 full-text periodicals, including more than 6,100 peer-reviewed journals. Includes PDF content going back as far as 1887. Searchable cited references provided for more than 1,300 journals. |
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Religious and Theological Abstracts
Provides objective summaries of articles appearing in scholarly journals in the fields of religion and theology from a variety of religions including Christian, Jewish, and other World religions. |
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JSTOR
1831-present; varies by title
Full-text backfiles to almost 850 scholarly journals from more than 25 academic disciplines published between the 19th and 21st centuries in the JSTOR Arts & Sciences I - IV, Arts & Sciences VII, and Biological Sciences collections. JSTOR provides complete journal backruns from the date of initial publication up to a "moving wall" of 3 to 5 years before the present year. |
Electronic Journal Titles
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Biblical Archaeology Society Archive
1975-present; updated monthly
Search and browse the full text of 8 religion books and journals published by the Biblical Archaeology Society, including the Biblical Archaeology Review and the Bible Review. |
General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
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OmniFile Full Text Mega
1982-present
Multi-disciplinary database for full-text articles from over 1,750 publications, and abstracts and citations for over 3,500 publications in subjects that include education, general science, social sciences, business, art, etc. |
FIND BOOKS
Online Catalogs
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Doane's Online Library Catalog
A shared catalog of 10 Nebraska private-college libraries, including Perkins Library at Doane College. Search one library or all 10 by selecting from "Library" drop-down list. |
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WorldCat
1000 CE-present; updated daily
Includes over 40 million bibliographic records representing cataloged resources in 400 languages owned by libraries around the world. Materials date back to the 11th century. Owning libraries can be identified for books, journals, archival resources and electronic resources. The database can also be searched through its free web interface, at worldcat.org. |
IMAGE COLLECTIONS
Image Resources
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CDRI: Digital Resources for the Study of Religion
From the American Theological Library Association and Association of Theological Schools, the Cooperative Digital Resource Initiative (CDRI) provides access to a large set of high-quality digital resources for the study of religion. This impressive digital image collection features items as diverse as woodcuts, coins, maps, postcards, sermons, and other ephemera. Search for keywords, or browse the collections thematically. |
REFERENCE SOURCES
Dissertations and Theses
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WorldCat Dissertations and Theses
updated daily
Index of over 8 million dissertations, theses and published material based on theses cataloged by member libraries, including all subjects. |
General Reference Works
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Oxford Reference Online
Over 100 full text language and subject dictionaries and reference works. Topics covered include general reference, language, science and medicine, humanities, social sciences, and business. |
WEBSITES*
General Resources
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Religion Writers Resource Library
Though aimed at journalists, this site offers links to many source of information on religion and culture. Particularly good for issues in contemporary religion, popular culture, and ethics. |
News
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Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
A good source for religious and spiritual issues in current events as well as analysis of ethical issues that relate to religion and public affairs. |
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Religion Newswriters Association
Provides news on religion, ethics, spirituality, and moral issues; the "reference library" section includes information on faith traditions, social issues, and more. |
Online Texts
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CDRI: Digital Resources for the Study of Religion
From the American Theological Library Association and Association of Theological Schools, the Cooperative Digital Resource Initiative (CDRI) provides access to a large set of high-quality digital resources for the study of religion. This impressive digital image collection features items as diverse as woodcuts, coins, maps, postcards, sermons, and other ephemera. Search for keywords, or browse the collections thematically. |
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Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Contains online versions of Christian historical texts. Note many of the reference sources in this collection are very old and only of historical interest. |
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ECanon
Search engine for online versions of the Bible. |
Statistics and Data
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Adherents.com
This site is a collection of over 50,000 statistics for more than 4200 religions, churches, denominations, etc. |
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American Religion Data Archive
Mostly using public opinion polls, this site provides demographic and attitudinal information about American's religious beliefs. |
Buddhism
Christianity
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Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Contains online versions of Christian historical texts. Note many of the reference sources in this collection are very old and only of historical interest. |
Hinduism
Islam
Jainism
Judaism
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Judaism and Jewish Resources
Organized by topic. |
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Judaism 101
This site is meant to answer questions on "Jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays, practices and customs." |
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Jewish Law
Organized by subject (but also searchable), this site provides information on cases, statutes, commentary, press releases, and more. |
Sikhism
Taoism/Daoism
Zoroastrianism
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