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The United Library has many electronic resources. Some are open for the public; others are for current students, faculty, and staff and a NetID is required. Those are marked with an (*).

Select the appropriate resource by topic.

General Reference & Multi Subject:

ATLA Religion Database with Serials* (See video "how to search" demo to the left)
ATLA Cooperative Digital Initiative (Images and primary source material from many U.S. seminary archives)
American Religion Data Archive (statistics, studies, denominations)
Catholic Periodical and Literature Index Online*
Chronicle of Higher Education*
Clase and Periodica* (Index of Latin American Scholarly Articles)
Credo Reference* (online ref books in Religion)
Directory of Open Access Journals
Encyclopedia Britannica*
Encyclopedia of American Religions*
Encyclopedia of Chicago*
Encyclopedia Judaica*
Encyclopedia of Religion (Eliade)*
Encyclopedia of Science and Religion*
I-Preach*
Humanities Abstracts (Wilson)*
Humanities & Social Sciences Abstracts Retrospective (Wilson)*
Index Theologicus
JSTOR* (Full text journal archives on many subjects; select "Browse" and "Religion" for a list of religion titles)
New Catholic Encyclopedia*
Oxford English Dictionary*
Oxford Reference Books (full text online) in Philos/Religion*
Oxford Scholarship Online, E-Books on Religion*
Proquest Full-Text on-line Dissertations and Theses* (May limit search to Garrett-Evangelical for list of dissertations completed here. May need to "allow pop-ups" with some pop up blockers)?
Religious & Theological Abstracts*
Research in Ministry Online (Index of theses)
Social Science Absracts (Wlison)*
Virtual Religion Index (Links to many Public Domain sites)
WorldCat* World's largest card catalog of books, serials and media held primarily in libraries in North America & Europe.

Art & Christianity

ArtSTOR*(Digital Images, many with religious themes)
American Religion Image Database
ChristArt (Some free/some for purchase religious clip art)
Index of Christian Art*
Oxford Art Online* (Includes Grove Dictionary of Art)

Biblical Studies (including fonts)

l'Année Philiologique* (Bibliography of writings on the Classical World)
Brill's New Pauly* (Classical World)
Bibleworks Greek and Hebrew Fonts
Codex Sinaiticus
eHRAF Archaeology*
Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (content added gradually)
Encyclopedia Judaica*
Greek and Latin Word Parsing Tool
Greek New Testament (Public Domain Greek Text)
Greek New Testament Gateway Fonts
I-Preach (Commentaries/Bible Dictionaries, etc)*
New Testament Abstracts*
Old Testament Abstracts*
RAMBI (Index to articles in Jewish Studies)
Review of Biblical Literature (book reviews)
Society of Biblical Literature Greek Fonts
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae*

Christian Education

American Sign Language (site with free lessons)
ArtSTOR*(Digital Images, many with religious themes)
ChristArt (Some free/some for purchase religious clip art)
Encyclopedia of Education*
I-Preach* (Children's Sermon helps, Curriculum Help)
Links to other resources complied by RECL
Seasons of the Spirit (Sample Curriculum) Username "samples" password "2007"
The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology & Relig.

Church and the Black Experience

A.M.E. Church Review*
African Writer's Series* (Postcolonial literature; 1962-present)
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History*
Encyclopedia of Black Studies*
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America*

Church History/History:

18th Century Journals * (Primarily British)
American National Biography*
l'Année Philiologique* (Bibliography of writings on the Classical World)
Brill's New Pauly* (Classical World)
Christian Classics Library (Early Church Fathers)
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment*
Encyclopedia of Russian History*
Guide to Early Church Documents (Internet Christian Library)
Gnomon Online (Classics & Patristics. Search engine is in German. "Suche" Button = search. Some results will be in English. To print full text results from the "Korbe" (basket), read the last chapter of the Gnomon Manual.)
International Medieval Bibliography*
International Encyclopedia for the Middle Ages*
ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance*
Labyrinth Medieval Studies
Latin and Greek word parsing tool
Medieval and Renaissance Web
Medieval Sourcebook
Oxford Classical Dictionary* Under "Category" select "Reference".
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography*
Online Medieval and Classical Library
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages*
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation*
Past Masters* (Writings of Anselm, Aquinas, Calvin, Knox & others). Under "Category" select "Theology".
Patrologia Latina Database*
Perseus Project (Classical History)
Renaissance Resources (Selected by the "Costume Center", but some quality sites in their list. Use your careful judgment about each link.)
Tertullian Project
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae*
The Vatican -- Papal Archives

Church Music:

Dictionary of North American Hymnology
Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology (index, not full text)
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians*
The Hymn Society
Hymnary (tune and text index)
Index to Printed Music*
International Index to Music Periodicals* (some full text)
Lutheran Book of Worship (Adaptations of Public Domain Hymns from this Hymnal -- Midi sound files)
Naxos Music Database* (Stream tracks of many music genres including sacred choral music). Note. This is not available off campus. Please observe copyright.
Oxford Music Online* (Includes Grove Dictionary of Music)
Plainsong and Medieval Music *
RILM Music Abstracts*
Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum

Episcopal Church/Anglicanism:

Ethics & Philosophy of Religion:

British Philosophy 1600-1900* (Past Masters)
Business for Social Responsibility
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Ethics Web (Canadian Site)
Greenfile (Environment & Environmental Ethics)
Kennedy Institute of Ethics (especially bioethics)
Papal Encyclicals Online
Philosopher's Index*
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy*
Social Principals (UMC)
Social Witness Policy (PCUSA)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Vatican -- Papal Archives

Hispanic/Latin-American Church:

Centro Online de Juan Wesley
Clase and Periodica* (Index of Latin American Scholarly Articles)
Hispanic American Periodicals Index*
Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the US*
Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures*

Languages, Foreign:

LiveMocha -- Some free Foreign Language Lessons, some for fees.
Mango Foreign Languages Lessons* -- Library pays full subscription. Create a free account (username/log in) so that each time you log on, you can pick up the lesson where you left off in a prior session. --Restricted to Garrett & Seabury students/faculty/staff only.

Liturgics:

Book of Confessions (PC USA downloadable version with several historic creeds)
Book of Common Prayer ( Various editions; Anglicans Online)
Book of Common Prayer 1662 (Great Britain)
Book of Common Prayer 1928 version
LectionAid (Based on Revised Common Lectionary)
Lectionary (Episcopal)
Liturgical Colors (PC USA)
Liturgical Revisions Timeline (United Methodist Church)
Liturgical Year (American Catholic. Includes printable activities)
Renaissance Liturgical Imprints, A Census
Revised Common Lectionary
Seabury's Customary (2005)
Vestments Glossary (Christian Church - Disciples of Christ)

Methodism:

18th Century Journals * (Primarily British)
American Methodism e-book Project
Audio Archives of the UMC
Fenélon's "Christian Perfection" -- Digitized by J. Prescott Johnson who invited the United Library to reproduce and post this copy. It is assumed that Johnson obtained permission to digitize this work from the translator and other potential copyright holders.
General Commission on Archives & History (UMC)
I-Preach* (Contains Bicentennial edition of Wesley's works)
Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies (some full text conference papers and links to other Methodist sites)
Wesley Center for Applied Theology
Wesley Quadrilateral (summarized)