General Resources and Databases

On-Line Resources

WorldCat

This is the world's largest library catalog, helping you find library materials online.  Search thousands of libraries for book titles, journal titles, media titles and more.  If the NOBTS libraries do not have an item you need, you may be able to request the item via InterLibrary Loan.

The NTSLibrary

Online Christian Library --  A Theological Virtual Library of Choice by Bible Students & Scholars

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. 

Digital Theological Library

Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)

ERIC is an online digital library of education research and information. ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC provides ready access to education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision-making, and research.

Oxford Index

The Index is designed to help you begin your research journey by providing a single, convenient search portal for trusted scholarship from Oxford and our partners, and then point you to the most relevant related materials – from journal articles to scholarly monographs.

Tyndale House

Tyndale House provides links to biblical studies resources.

Wabash Center Resources

A selective, annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources of interest to those who are involved in the study and practice of religion,

ORU Theological Journals (many open access)

Access to online theological journals -- many open access.

IMB Digital Archive

Index Theologicus

The new IxTheo is a comprehensive bibliography for theology and religious studies. It is now possible to search not only for articles, but also for monographs, databases and relevant Internet links. A selection of review journals is now also included. When the relevant licenses permit it, it is possible to access directly the complete text of the articles, reviews and books.  The new IxTheo remains a free and open access service to the worldwide scholarly community. The editors of the IxTheo are the Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen (library of the university of Tübingen) as well as the Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät Tübingen (the protestant faculty of theology of the university of Tübingen) and the Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät Tübingen (the catholic faculty of theology of the same university).

Theology on the Web

To make high quality theological material available freely throughout the world. This is achieved by:

  1. Digitising and uploading in co-operation with authors and publishers, rare and out-of-print theology books and articles. Over 50,000 articles are now available for free download.
  2. Providing detailed bibliographies for Seminary level students and ministers.
  3. Providing a single cross-linked resource made up of seven websites :
  4. BiblicalStudies.org.uk hosts full-text theological articles linked into bibliographies on each book of the Bible. It also covers hermeneutics, biblical languages, criticism, language, etc. - in short almost everything connected with the Bible and its study.
  5. TheologicalStudies.org.uk throws its net slightly wider, providing material on a range of theologies and theologians, as well as specific doctrines such as the Trinity, for example. The section on practical theology seeks to provide material on how theology is applied in daily life, in such areas as politics and ethics.
  6. EarlyChurch.org.uk covers church history until the rise of the medieval Papacy (c.600 AD).
  7. MedievalChurch.org.uk takes over where EarlyChurch.org.uk leaves off, covering church history from the rise of the Papacy to the time of the Reformation.
  8. ReformationChurch.org.uk - covers church history during and after the Reformation.
  9. BiblicalArchaeology.org.uk provides material relating to the archaeology of the lands of the Bible.
  10. Missiology.org.uk provides resources for students of Christian missions from the first Century onwards.

Korean Language Resources

     http://koreanchristianity.cdh.ucla.edu/sources/books/
     https://www.hawaii.edu/korea/biblio/rel_christianity.html

Semantic Dictionary (United Bible Societies) 

aka MARBLE (modular aggregation of resources on the Bible)

Jewish Virtual Library

The Jewish Virtual Library (JVL) is the most comprehensive online encyclopedia of Jewish history, politics and culture

Sefaria: A Living Library of Torah Texts Online

a free living library of Jewish texts and their interconnections, in Hebrew and in translation.

National Congregations Study -- Congregations in 21st Century America

"The National Congregations Study (NCS) is a source of reliable information about congregations. Based on four nationally representative surveys of congregations from across the religious spectrum – the first in 1998, and then in 2006-07, 2012, and 2018-19 – NCS findings encompass a wide range of congregations’ characteristics and activities. Because the same questions have been asked in multiple waves of the NCS, we can track how congregations have changed over time."
"... most other surveys ask people about their own individual religious beliefs and practices. The NCS, by contrast, examines what people do together in congregations. What communities of faith do together tells us something  important about the state of American religion, whatever the specific beliefs and practices of individuals in those
communities."

Google Scholar

Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Google Scholar helps you identify the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research.  MORE on how to use Google Scholar
          Search diverse sources from one convenient place
          Find papers, abstracts and citations
          Locate the complete paper through your library or on the web
          Learn about key papers in any area of research

PERSEUS PROJECT

A digital project of Tufts University containing classical, Renaissance, and other documents.

Archive.org

Spanish materials available here including theological titles. As an archive, many materials are dated, but still useful.

WESSWEB

The European Library offers free access to the combined resources of the national libraries of Europe.

SUNCAT

Part of the SUNCAT website, here is a number of other union catalogs, special collections, and databases across Europe.

Illuminated Medieval Manuscripts

From the National Library of the Netherlands a searchable catalog (with images) of illuminated manuscripts.

Famous Quotes & Authors

Introduces people to quotations and sayings from famous authors, poets, artists, politicians and others.

The Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library

A free online digitized virtual library of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Hundreds of manuscripts made up of thousands of fragments – discovered from 1947 and until the early 1960’s in the Judean Desert along the western shore of the Dead Sea

Orion Dead Sea Scrolls Database

Provides many resources for the study of the Scrolls, as well as information about the Center's activities and programs. 

Project Muse

MUSE currently includes 391,614 articles and 948,636 chapters by 256 publishers

Patristic Texts

via CUA; links to texts in Latin and Greek

Jonathan Edwards Center (Trinity)

Center exists to promote and serve the conversation unfolding on Jonathan Edwards, America’s preeminent pastor, theologian, and philosopher.

Jonathan Edwards Center (Yale)

Works online, sermon index, etc.

World Cultures

Contains ethnographic collections covering all aspects of cultural and social life. eHRAF is unique in having subject indexing at the paragraph level. This allows detailed and precise searching for concepts not easily found with keywords.

Liddell-Scott-Jones Online

a standard lexicographical work of the Ancient Greek language

Patrologia Latina

Jacques Paul Migne ; Patrologiae Cursus Completus. Latina.

Patrologia Graeca

Jacques Paul Migne ; Patrologiae Cursus Completus. Graeca.

Solomon Database

SBC IMB (International Mission Board) database.

J. I. Packer's Puritan Collection

The John Richard Allison Library in Vancouver has now made available their entire rare Puritan collection to be read online for free. There are currently 80 Puritan authors in their collection, many of whose works were digitized from J. I. Packer’s private library.  Entries are listed in this blog.

LibGuide for Denominations

This overview of denominations in the United States was created to serve the needs of Louisville Seminary students who wish to visit churches outside their own traditions, and to help them as they move into ministry and agency positions where they will need to be able to speak intelligently and respectfully with pastors and co-workers of other faith traditions.  This is a work in progress.

Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives

Worldwide center for the study of Baptist history.

American Baptist Historical Society

Archive and historical interpreter of a major religious denomination — American Baptist Churches USA ... also serves as the Baptist historical society of America, collecting documents from many different Baptist denominations in North America and around the world. 

ArchiveGrid

ArchiveGrid includes over four million records describing archival materials, bringing together information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more. With over 1,000 different archival institutions represented, ArchiveGrid helps researchers looking for primary source materials held in archives, libraries, museums and historical societies.

Calvinism Resources Database

Provides bibliographic information for articles, essays, and lectures produced from the 16th century to the present which deal with John Calvin and 16th century Calvinism.

Corpus Thomisticum

Aims to provide scholars with a set of instruments of research on Thomas Aquinas, freely available via Internet. 

Rabbinics

Online Resources for the Study of Rabbinic Literature.

Desiring God

John Piper's sermon manuscripts.

Barna

Barna Group is a visionary research and resource company and is widely considered to be a leading research organization focused on the intersection of faith and culture.

The ARDA (Association of Religion Data Archives)

Strives to democratize access to the best data on religion.

World Religions and Spiritualities Project

The World Religions & Spirituality Project (WRSP) was established in 2010 at Virginia Commonwealth University. The mission of the WRSP is to provide objective, reliable and comprehensive information about the world's diverse array of religious and spiritual groups. The central feature of the WRSP website is, therefore, profiles of contemporary religious and spiritual movements, established world religions, and historical religious and spiritual movements. 

Religious Landscape Study (Pew Research Center)

The 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study is based on telephone interviews with more than 35,000 Americans from all 50 states. The first was conducted in 2007, also with a telephone survey of more than 35,000 Americans.  This interactive tool complements the first and second releases; the first report focuses on the changing religious composition of the U.S. and the demographic characteristics of U.S. religious groups, while the second report looks at religious beliefs and practices as well as social and political views for the U.S. adult population overall and for specific religious traditions.

Library Resources for Korean Students

Number of online resources for Korean studies and Korean students

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