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General

Key
- African Studies Centre Catalogue - indexes 90,000 books and 2,0000 journals in the humanities and social sciences covering North and Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as government reports, African newspapers and films. Note in Advanced Search can limit to "Online resources" (free full-text)
- African Women's Bibliographic Databases - "This English language database contains over 22,000 citations from 1986 to current. The database indexes six types of materials: books and government documents; articles appearing in edited books; periodical and journal articles; Masters theses and Ph.D. dissertations as well as a few B.A. theses and honors papers; conference papers; and videocassettes."
- Akademiai Kiado - search the 60 journals published by this press including: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae.
- AnthroSource - index to publications produced by the American Anthropological Association. Excellent resource for Anthropology and Religion, especially for study of religion in non-western cultures
- Bibliographie der Deutchen Sprach und Literaturwissenschaft - " world-wide coverage of published literature on the German language, literature and general Germanic studies."
- Bibliography of Africana Periodical Literature Database - "This English language database indexes over 33,000 articles from over 280 English language and multi-lingualjournals and periodicals that specialize in African Studies or consistently cover the African continent."
- British Library Direct - Can search the titles and authors of over 42 million book and article requested at the British Library. Only need to register/login when want to order a document. Only very basic searching.
- Central and East European Online Library - You can search "articles from 184 humanities and social science journals, electronic books and re-digitized documents pertaining to Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European topics." While some fulltext is free, you need need a subscription or to pay download fee to view the full-text of many of the articles.
- Dart - Europe E-thesis Portal
- DIALNET - excellent index to Spanish articles, essays, books and theses . Includes some links to fulltext
- Directory of History Dissertations (American Historical Association - over 54,000 US and Canadian history dissertations completed or in progress.
- El Buscon - searches National Library of Spain as well as a number of other sources and provides an index to journal literature by searching Intute, Dialnet and Google Scholar
- Erudit - over 75 academic journals published in Quebec as well as some books and theses. Includes a few religious studies titles such as Théologiques, Laval théologique et philosophique and Archives des Sciences Sociales des Religions
- ESSPR - Index to Italian journals in the area of economics, law, social sciences and history
- ETHOS - index to UK theses
- Find NZ Articles - access to articles from New Zeanland newspapers and journals. Excellent resource for material on Maori religion.
- Journal TOCs -" is the largest free collection of scholarly journals Tables of Contents (TOCs). It contains recent tables of content for over 25,000 journals (including over 8.000 Open Access journals.Can search by keyword or browse journals by title.
- JURN - "acurated academic search-engine, indexing 3,426 free ejournals in the arts & humanities"
- Index to Theses - searchable listing of theses from Great Britain and Ireland, includes abstracts
- JS T OR - In advanced search select "Include only content I can access" - there is free access to works published prior to 1923 in the US and prior to 1870 elsewhere.
- LAPTOC - Latin Anerican Periodicals Tables of Content - searches over 950 journals from 1994-2009
- Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies Library - index to over 250,000 books, essays and journal articles on the modern Middle East
- Online Articles About Sociology of Religion - full-text articles (Hartford Institute for Religion Research)
- Open Thesis - index to theses produced worldwide
- Persee : the website for scientific journals in social and human sciences, established by the French Ministry of State Education, Higher Education and Research - provides full-text of the articles.
- RACO - Index to over 400 Catalan journals available open access - provides links to fulltext of articles
- Refdoc.fr - index to over 54 million references to articles, books and conference proceedings
- Social Science Research Network - index to fulltext documents. Over 36,000 papers in the Humanites, including many documents on aspects of religious studies - SSRN is " devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research"
- Sudoc - " The « Système Universitaire de Documentation » (Sudoc) catalogue is a French collective catalogue created by Higher Educational and Research libraries and resource centres. There are nearly 9 million bibliographic records in this catalogue describing all kinds of document (books, dissertations, reviews, electronic resources, audio-visual documents, microfiches, maps, scores, manuscripts and very old books.) Lastly, Sudocs mission is to list all dissertations/theses produced in France."
- Trove - searches over 250,000 Austrialian books, images, newspapers, maps, music, archives etc. Can limit to those available free online
- Victorian Database Online - " Search over 1180,000 records listing books, articles, and dissertation abstracts published from 1945 to 2006 on every field of nineteenth-century British studies."
Ancient World
- Aufsteig und Niedergang der Romanischen Welt - searchable index to the contents of the books in this very important series on the Classical World
- Bibliographie Papyrologique (BP) - index to articles on papyrology and the society and history of the Graeco-Roman world, includes documents in Demotic, Coptic and Aratic from Alexander's conquest to 11th cent CE
- Database of Numismatic Materials - catalog of the Amerian Numismatic Society
- Gnomon Online: Bibliographische Datenbank - Classical studies bibliography good for locating articles, books, and essays on Greek and Roman religions
- Oriental Institute Integrated Database Search - index to books, journal articles and essays on the ancient near east.
- Propylaeum, die Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Altertumswissenschaften - Specialized portal that was developed for eight areas of Classical Studies: Egyptology, Ancient History, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Byzantine Studies, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Central and Latin Philology and Pre-and Early History. Index to books and essays dealing with Classical Studies.
- TOCS-IN - provides access to the tables of content of over 70 classics journals including numerous titles relevant to Religious Studies. includes links to fulltext and provides keyword searching
Biblical Studies
- Biblical Bibliography of Lausanne - database of articles, books and collected works. Can search by keyword, subject, author, biblical reference, theme and Greek and Hebrew terms.
- Biblical Studies.org - index to a wide variety of journal articles, links to freely available full-text for over 20,000 articles
- Bibliothèque diocésaine de Quimper et Léon - this library catalogue provides an index to books and journal articles on biblical studies and catholic theology. While some of the citations are to English language material, the majority are in French.
- BILDI - extensive index toBiblical Studies material - indexes 90 journals completely, selectively indexes over 500 other journals and includes articles in collected works and Festschriften
- École Biblique et Archéologique Française - this library catalogue is a comprehensive index to books and journal articles on biblical studies and archaeology
- Gnomon Bibliographische Datenbank - index to articles and books on the classical world
- iTanakh (Chris Heard)- critical work on the Old Testament
- KeiBi: Internationale Keilschriftbibliographie online) - this key tool for locating books and articles on Ancient Near Eastern Studies was first published by the Pontifical Biblical Institute in the journal Orientalia and it now available fully searchable online.
- Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Integrated Database - index to books, articles, book sections as well as photos, museum and archival resources. Good source to locate research resources on Ancient Near Eastern religions (Egyptian, Zoarastianism etc.), Biblical Studies and early Christianity, and early history of Islam and Judaism.
Buddhism
- Bibliography Search (Digital Library and Museum of Buddhist Studies) - index to over 130,000 records (books, articles, research reports, theses etc.) a project of the National Taiwan University Library Digital Projects. Includes full-text for over 5,000 of the items. Can limit retrieval by language and date.
- Bibliography of Asian Studies -South Asia Index -small subset of the Bibliography of Asian Studies
- China Open Resources (Oriprobe Information Services) - searchable index to Chinese articles, legal documents and reports - good especially for Buddhism and Taoism and relgion in China
- Digital Library and Museum of Buddhist Studies - database of over 28,000 rulltext articles in a variey of languages
- Korean Buddhist Canon: A Descriptive Catalogue by Lewis Lancaster " While this catalogue has been designed to provide information regarding the Haein Monastery xylograph collection, it can also be of use to scholars wishing information regarding the Sanskrit and Tibetan texts. It is the intent of the compilers to give enough data for each title so that the catalogue will serve as an independent reference work not requiring further access to library resources for identifications of texts."
- South Asia Resources Database - contains over 120,000 records to books, serials, archival material on South Asia available in Australia and a separate file of records for works not held in Australia.
- Japanese Journal of Religious Studies - Can search Cummulative Index or browse through list of issues
Christianity
- Anglican Church of Canada - Journal Articles Database
- BIBP: Base d'Information Bibliographique en Patristique - searchable database to 47,000 records from over 930 journals on patristic studies (Early Christian Church Fathers). While you need to search in French, many of the items are in English.
- Bibliography of writings on Lutheranism in America - from the annual bibliography in the Lutheran Historical Conference Newsletter
- Bibliographia Thomistica - index to articles and books on Thomas Aquinas
- Bibliothèque diocésaine de Quimper et Léon - index to books and journal articles on Biblical Studies and Catholic theology. While some of the citations are to English language material, the majority are in French.
- Catalogue des Sources Chretiénnes - books and articles on the Fathers of the Church and history of early and medieval Christianity
- Calvinism Resources Database - comprehensive guide to articles, essays and book reviews
- Chinese Christian Texts Database - created by Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, " The Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database) is a research database of primary and secondary sources concerning the cultural contacts between China and Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (from 1582 to ca. 1840). The cultural contacts comprise documents in the various fields of cultural interaction: religion, philosophy, science, art, etc. " References for primary works contain description of content, lists of translations or secondary sources, and notes on facsimile editions and information on the author.
- GlobeTheoLib and GlobeEthics Lib - extensive digitial library of books and journals on theology and on ethics (political, bioethics, legal, religious, media etc.) worldwide. Most of the identified books and journals articles are freely available
- Hagiography Database - Great tool to aid the study of writings about saints and their posthumous cults. 119 saints of the 8th to 10th c are included in this database which contains information from the Greek vitae and martyria, collections of miracles and notices from the Synaxarion of Constantinople. Provides searching of the Greek vitae of the saints by keyword or by category such as medicine, monasticism etc.. Link to the Greek text is provided for most of the saints.
- Index Theologicus (IxTheo): Zeitschrifteninhaltsdienst Theologie der Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen - major index to religion and theology articles (world-wide coverage), essays and books. Particularly useful for German publications.
- Institut d'Etudes Augustiennes Online Catalogue "Premier Millenaire chretien" - index to essays and books on the first 1,000 years of Christianity (includes Biblical and Semitics studies) Pulls citations from SUdoc, Bibliotheque Byzantine, Bibliotheque d'histoire des religions (BHR), La Bibliotheque Oecumenique et Scientifique d'Etudes Bibliques (BOSEB) etc.
- Library of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada Database - index to Anglican Consultative Council resolutions from 1971 to 2005, Lambeth Conference resolutions from 1867 to 1998, official statements from the Anglican Church of Canada, books in the Church House Library (added since 1989) and more than 34,000 articles indexed from newspapers, journals, magazines and newsletters received by Church House Library (since 1989).
- Missionary Periodicals Database - " The database aims to record all periodicals on foreign missions published in Britain, between the eighteenth century and the 1960s, by missionary societies and commercial publishers, giving full bibliographical details, information on contents and locations."
- Patristics Database - includes more than 50,000 records on all aspects of patristic Christianity
- Religious & Theological Abstracts - can search and retrieve up to 5 articles without a subscription - abstracts over 400 religious and theological journals
- Restoration Serials Index - index to articles from over 70 journals relevant to study of the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement
- Research in Ministry Online (RIM Online) -indexes theses from over 100 DMin, DMiss and DEdMin programs accredited by the Association of Theological Schools. Searchable by keyword, author, title, subject and institution.
- Riviste On-line - indexes 63 Italian theological journals
- Seventh-Day Adventist Periodical Index - This index covers approximately 40 Seventh-Day Adventist journals and magazines from 1973 to current. Links are provided to fulltext where available
- Theoldi - Index to Theological and Interdisciplinary literature produced by the School of Theology at the University of Innsbruck. Covers Biblical Literature BILDI, Systematic and Fundamental theology KALDI, Canon law, and Girard Documentation MIMESIS.
- Teologia y religiosidad latinoamericana - Index to Theological Periodicals in Latin America - click on the pull down menu beside "Seleccione catalogo) and select: Teologia y religiosidad latinoamericana (Seladoc)
- Theological Journals Search - over 250 theological journals that are available through open access . Key word searching
- TREN (Theological Research Exchange Network Database) - Searchable database of over 6,800 theological theses/dissertations and conference papers.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
- 19th century Mormon Article Newspaper Index - " bibliography of newspaper articles which deal in some way with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormons, or with the territory or state of Utah found in national newspapers between 1831–1900. The database inventories nearly 5800 articles" - from the BYU digital collections - includes full-text of the articles.
- 19th Century Publications about the Book of Mormon - " Published literature relating to the book that appeared during the Prophet Joseph Smith's lifetime is one of the best historical windows for understanding how this ancient American scripture was interpreted, used, and understood by early readers" - from the BYU digital collections
- Studies in Mormon History - compiled by James B. Allen, BYU Professor of History emeritus, and J. Michael Hunter of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University " This database includes citations to articles, books, theses, and Ph.D. dissertations dealing with the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, written from the time of its inception in 1830 to the present. It is intended to be comprehensive, but does not include highly pejorative works, though it does include controversial works that still have historical substance or interest. "
Hinduism
- Bibliography of Asian Studies -South Asia Index -small subset of the Bibliography of Asian Studies
- British Library Manuscripts Catalogue - can search the catalogues by name, index entry, language, key word etc. Collections Include: India Office Records and Private Papters, Oriental Manuscripts
- South Asia Resources Database - contains over 120,000 records to books, serials, archival material on South Asia available in Australia and a separate file of records for works not held in Australia.
- Savifa: Virtual Library South Asia - one search portal to library holdings and journal articles
- Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Digital Repository - includes South Asian Resources Digital Archives (SARDA) - either limit search to SARDA or select "University Library" from community list and then select SARDA
Islam
- Eurislam - "publications concerning the current situation, in contemporary Europe in a wide sense, of Islam as a religion (beliefs and religious practices, religious sensibilities) and of Muslims as a diversified group of population (Muslim immigration, institutions, public regulation). The database contains press articles, books, book sections, study or investigation reports, theses, grey literature." 4,500 references - not fulltext links. Currently not regularly updated
- MENALIB: The Middle East Virtual Library - "provides access to electronic fulltext materials or electronic bibliographical records of printed materials and manuscripts" . Searches a number of European Middle Eastern research institutes including German Institue of Global and Area Studies, the Zentrum Moderner Orient and the ULB Halle.
- MENADOC- collects and indexes freely available publications on the Middle East and Islam
Judaism
- Bibliograpy on Antisemitism
- Bibliography of the Hebrew Book
- Compact Memory - collection of 100 important Jewish German journals and newspapers published between 1806 and 1938. Over 700,000 images of the pages.
- Index to Yiddish Periodicals
- Kiryat Sefer - listing of Israeli publications and Hebraica and Judaica. This work is produced by the Jewish National and University Library and covers from 1990 on.
- RAMBI: Index of Articles on Jewish Studies - extensive coverage from 1966 to date. updated daily
Other
- Africana Conference Paper Index - Index to papers of Africana conferences held by Northwestern University Library, 1982 to present. Indicates where the paper has been published.
- Anthropological Index
- AIATSIS - listing of books and articles about the cultures and lifestyles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index - index to journal articles, book reviews and essagys on women in the Middle Ages
- Population Studies Center (University of Michigan)
- Royal Society Archives - fully searchable database of publications of the Royal Society, many of which are freely available in fulltext. Good for works on science and religion.
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