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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
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Biblical Archaeology Review
Access to March 1975 through February 2017.
Biblical Archaeology Review is a one-of-a-kind archaeology magazine that acts as a bridge between the academic study of archaeology and a broad general audience eager to understand the world of the Bible better. Covering both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament since its beginning in 1975, BAR is the leading nonsectarian forum for the discussion of Biblical archaeology. Articles by top scholars are written for the layperson, and archaeological news, trivia and games ensure that even the most serious scholars enjoy reading BAR.

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Films on Demand is a database of over 23,000 films and 240,000 film segments from producers such as BBC, TED, A&E, PBS, History Channel, NBC News, and hundreds more! Search this database for films to use in your class presentations, research projects, or to embed in online Moodle courses.
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JSTOR provides access to academic journals, books, and primary sources in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
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Religion and Philosophy (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Gale OneFile: Religion and Philosophy covers religion and the related areas of philosophy and anthropology. Researchers can use this database not only to study theological approaches to social issues, but also to learn about the impact that religion has had on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language.
Religion and Philosophy Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Provides 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. With more more than 300 full text journals, the Religion & Philosophy Collection is an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies.
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The "Netflix of video Bible studies" is a huge library of faith-based videos that you can access whenever and wherever you want—on your phone, iPad, computer, or at home on your TV. RightNow Media has videos for everyone—kids, youth, parents, married couples, college students, single adults, working professionals—all aimed at helping you grow.
Virtual Reference Library (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Gale Ebooks is a collection of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These ebooks are available 24/7 with no checkout. Titles can be browsed, searched and downloaded anytime from any Internet-connected device. The ebooks you can access are digitally reproduced from trusted, authoritative reference works from Gale.
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Relevant Call Numbers

202 - Doctrines
205 - Religious Education
207 - Missions and Religious Education
209 - Sects and Reform Movements
210 - Natural Theology
211 - Concepts of God
213 - Creation
215 - Science and Religion
220 - Bible
221 - Old Testament
225 - New Testament
230 - Christian Theology
236 - Eschatology
238 - Creeds and Catechisms
239 - Apologetics and Polemics
240 - Christian Moral and Devotional Theology
241 - Moral Theology
242 - Devotional Literature
250 - Christian Orders and Local Church
251 - Preaching (Homiletics)
252 - Texts of Sermons
253 - Pastoral Office (Pastoral Theology)
254 - Parish Government and Administration
264 - Public Worship
265 - Sacraments, Other Rites and Acts
266 - Missions
268 - Religious Education
270 - Christian Church History
280 - Christian Denominations and Sects
290 - Other and Comparative Religions
291 - Comparative Religions
296 - Judaism
297 - Islam, Bábism and Bahá'í Faith
299 - Other Religions

Online Only Journals

Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

Open Access Resources

"Best Bible Commentaries" Bible Commentaries Comparison Chart
ACL Virtual Theological Library's Bible Commentary Comparison Chart
Bible & Theology Sites
Compiled by Rick Oliver, Library Director of Evangel University Library
Bible Study Resources
Compiled by Kevin Woodruff
Classic Christian Library Here we collect the best in Christian writing online, all as free PDF eBook files. We provide eBooks of all types of Christian writing (Bible commentaries, systematic theologies, devotional works, topical studies, etc.), from many periods of Christian history (the early Church fathers, Puritans, Reformed, etc.).
Creation-Evolution Literature Database (CLED) What's in CELD? Although the main goal is to archive young-earth creationist literature, CELD also maintains indices for periodicals covering progressive creationism (e.g. RTB's Facts for Faith), theistic evolution (e.g. Science and Christian Belief), religion and science (e.g. Zygon), and Biblical archaeology (e.g. Bible and Spade). We also have some historically-interesting publications, such as the Bulletin of the Deluge Geology Society and the Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute. Our present database consists of publications from 1873 to the present. Additionally, CELD contains several titles, such as Cryptozoology, that pertain only peripherally to the creation/evolution debate.
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Encyclopedia Mythica Award-winning internet encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion.
Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers It is provided open-access by the SCP so that the best of contemporary Christian philosophy and philosophy of religion is available to all.
GraceSpanish's Books Most items are scholarly journal articles or online books. Created by Debbie Cox at Grace School of Theology.
Listing of Open Access Databases (LOADB)
Migne's Patrologia Graeca And Latina
Compiled by Kevin Woodruff
MissionFinder Find & Fund Your Mission Christian Organizations - Missions, Churches, Businesses, Ministries & Trips
Open Access Digital Theological Library The mission of Open Access Digital Theological Library (OADTL) is to curate high-quality content in religious studies and related disciplines from publisher websites, institutional repositories, scholarly societies, archives, and stable public domain collections. The OADTL uses the world’s most advanced integrated library system (ILS) for cataloging and discovery. This system, OCLC’s WorldShare, makes content easily discoverable and retrievable. The OADTL is staffed by professional librarians and curates content without regard for theological or confessional perspective. It is hoped that the increased access to high-quality religious studies content will serve scholars and students of religion.
Pastor to Pastor MP3 Downloads Through informal and intimate interviews, leading Christian pastors, authors and experts join host H.B. London to discuss subjects that touch the daily personal and professional lives of pastors, other Christian leaders and their families.
Sound Theology: Religion Audio Archives The historical religion programs in this collection came from the archives, library shelves, and back rooms of many organizations. Faith groups represented include African Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Presbyterian, Quaker, Roman Catholic, Salvation Army, United Church of Christ, United Methodist, and others.
StudyLight.org
Theological Journals Search (TJS)
Compiled by Theological Librarian, Dr. Sally Shelton
Theological Journals Search (TJS)
Voice of the Shuttle

Free Databases Religion

Theological Research Software

Logos 4.0 Platinum Edition
Logos 7 Academic Basic (Free) Logos 7 Academic Basic gives you powerful study tools for high-quality research. Compare English translations, dig into the original languages, and more. Plus, it comes with a library of key scholarly resources like lexicons and Greek and Hebrew Bibles.

Selection of Films on Demand Titles

Philosophy & Religion Films

Relevant Books and eBooks

The definitive source for how to write and publish in the field of biblical studies

The long-awaited second edition of the essential style manual for writing and publishing in biblical studies and related fields includes key style changes, updated and expanded abbreviation and spelling-sample lists, a list of archaeological site names, material on qur'anic sources, detailed information on citing electronic sources, and expanded guidelines for the transliteration and transcription of seventeen ancient languages.

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