LibGuides: * Religion Resources: Article Databases

Religion Databases

These databases are specific to religion.

Atla Religion Databases
Index for religious and theological literature, covering topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues.

Contains more than 1.8 million records covering the research literature of religion in over 60 languages. Includes 570,000+ article citations from 1,679 journals; 237,000+ essay citations from 16,800+ multi-author works; 525,000+ book review citations; and a growing number of multimedia citations. Produced by the American Theological Library Association. Dates covered: 1908-present (plus some older content)
AtlaSerialsPlus
Online full-text collection of over 220 major religion and theology journals.

Total content exceeds 380,000 records. Topics covered include (but are not limited to): the Bible; archaeology and antiquities; human culture and society; mission, and ecumenism; pastoral ministry; world religions and religious studies; theology and ethics. Produced by the American Theological Library Association. Dates covered: 1908-present (plus some older content) This database is not included in OneSearch
Christian Periodical Index
Provides indexing for evangelical Christian journals.

Covers over 140 titles, indexing approximately 136,170 articles and over 92,000 reviews. Religion, theology, biblical studies, and pastoral theology are prominent subjects. Also provides coverage of journals in other disciplines which put forth a Christian worldview. Database owned by the Association of Christian Librarians. Dates covered: 1976-present. Included in OneSearch
Ministry Matters Research Library
"The Ministry Matters Research and Legacy Libraries include many high-quality reference, preaching and teaching resources such as the New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, the New Interpreter’s Bible, the Believer’s Church Bible Commentary, the Abingdon Old and New Testament Commentaries, The Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling, the Interpreting Biblical Texts series, the Works of John Wesley, and many more"

This resource is not included in OneSearch
New Testament Abstracts
For scholars, librarians, clergy and students of the New Testament and its historical milieu.

Contains more than 46,000 article abstracts, over 1,600 review abstracts, 17,000 book abstracts, and 61 software abstracts. Each year an additional 2,000 articles from more than 500 periodicals in numerous languages are selected for inclusion. Approximately 900 books are also summarized annually. A product of a partnership between ATLA and Boston College. Dates covered: 1985-present Included in OneSearch
Old Testament Abstracts
Features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies.

Abstracts from over 450 journals are included. Topics covered include antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology, and much more. A product of a partnership between ATLA and the Catholic Biblical Association. Included in OneSearch. Dates covered: 1978-present
Religion & Philosophy Collection
Contains more than 300 full-text journals and magazines. Subject areas include world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, and epistemology plus a full range of philosophical studies.

Dates covered: 1970s-present (plus some older content) Included in OneSearch
Religious & Theological Abstracts
Abstracts and cites articles from over 700 scholarly journals in the fields of religion and theology.

Covers Christian, Jewish, and other world religions. Contains English-language abstracts for articles in Hebrew, Afrikaans, and major European tongues. Dates covered: 1940s-present. This database is not included in OneSearch

Article databases--General (multidisciplinary)

These databases cover many topics, including religion.

Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals.

In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.

Coverage Dates: 1984 -
Academic Search Complete is included in OneSearch
American Periodicals 1740-1940
Contains full content over 1,100 American periodicals that first began publishing between 1740 and 1900.

Includes special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and ladies' magazines, and many other historically significant periodicals. Digitized reproduction of full pages allows researchers too see all original typography, drawings, graphic elements, article layouts, advertisements, and other matter exactly as originally published. (ProQuest) Dates covered: 1740-1940 This resource is not included in OneSearch
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Covers a full range of disciplines within the arts and humanities.

Includes complete indexing of over 2,300 journals as well as selected indexing from 250 additional journals. Updated weekly. A component of the Web of Knowledge database platform. Dates covered: 1975-present. This database is not included in OneSearch
Electronic Journal Center (OhioLINK)
Includes full text of more than 7,000 research journals

Coverage spans the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Many of the library research databases contain citations linking to full-text articles in the EJC. Dates covered: 1800s-present. Included in OneSearch
Historical Abstracts
Covers the history of the world (excluding the U.S. and Canada), focusing on the fifteenth century forward. Indexes more than 2,300 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.

Includes world history, military history, women's history, and more. Dates covered: 1950s-present (plus some older coverage) Included in OneSearch.
Humanities International Complete
Includes full text for more than 1,200 journals plus indexing and abstracts for over 2,300 journals.

Content, derived from worldwide sources, pertains to literary, scholarly, and creative thought. Dates covered: 1970s-present (plus some older content). Included in OneSearch
JSTOR
Includes scholarship from over one thousand journals across 50+ disciplines, spanning the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

Coverage begins at the first issue of each journal and usually ends within a few years of the present. For most journals, recent issues not included. Dates covered: 1800s-2000s. Included in OneSearch
Social Sciences Citation
Indexes over 2,470 of the world's leading social sciences journals across 50 disciplines.

Updated weekly. A component of the Web of Knowledge database platform. Dates covered: 1965-present This database is not included in OneSearch

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* Religion Resources: Article Databases

Religion Databases

Article databases--General (multidisciplinary)