Theology

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Andrew Sliney

Subject Librarian for Theology

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+ 353 1 4747255

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Library Databases

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO Publishing)

Multidisciplinary database covering a large range of material in the social sciences and humanities. It includes over 21,000 journals and other publications. Approximately 40% of the journals are full text.

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Arts & Humanities Citation Index

Indexes over 1,140 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. Coverage is from 1975 to date.

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ATLA (American Theological Library Association) Religion Database with ATLA Serials

ATLA Religion Database™ with ATLASerials™ combines the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with ATLA's online collection of major religion and theology journals. resources expressly addressing the practice and intellectual tradition of Roman Catholicism. Coverage in this database begins in 1908

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Catholic Periodical & Literature Index

The database covers all aspects of the Catholic faith and lifestyle, and includes over 436,000 index citations of articles and reviews published in Roman Catholic periodicals, Papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers.

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Database of Latin Dictionaries

The purpose of this “Database of Latin Dictionaries” is to produce for scholars and students an online database comprising a large number of Latin dictionaries. The aim of the database is not only to integrate different types of Latin dictionaries, whether modern, medieval or early-modern, but also to build in links between these different tools. n.b. after clicking on the link you then have to click on 'enter databases' and the select the required database

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Dissertations & Theses Abstracts

The world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses, with more than 2.3 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses included, covering graduate research from 1861 to the present.

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ebrary Academic Complete

A highly interactive eBook database that spans all academic subject areas. There are over 70,000 titles available for you to view in full text format. Many of these titles are also listed in the library catalogue.

EBSCO eBook Collection

EBSCO eBook Collection provides 24 hour access to a selection of library eBooks in full-text. Many of these titles are also listed in the library catalogue.

Elenchus Bibliographicus

The online version of the annual bibliography printed in vols. 2-3 of the Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses. The Bibliography covers the entire field of Theology and Canon Law and is based upon a wide range of publications including dissertations and theses, monographs, miscellanea and more than 1300 periodicals published in several languages

Encyclopaedia of Islam

Represents a milestone in Middle Eastern and Islamic studies, providing access to articles on every aspect of Islam from Ababda to Zurna.

Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an

An encyclopaedic dictionary of qur'anic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within qur'anic studies.

Index to Theses

Provides abstracts of postgraduate theses accepted by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716. Irish theses now have their own collection and this collection can be searched separately by clicking on Irish Theses from the Index to Theses homepage.

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JSTOR

Journal Storage Database - full text archival database of covering 900 scholarly journals in the areas of arts & humanities, social sciences and science.

Library of Latin Texts (CLCLT)

The world's leading database for Latin texts. It contains 2800 works that are attributed to approximately 860 authors from the beginning of Latin literature (Livius Andronicus, 240 BC) through to the texts of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). n.b. after clicking on the link you then have to click on 'enter databases' and the select the required database

Oxford Classical Dictionary

The electronic edition of the Oxford Classical Dictionary is based on the 3rd edition (1996) edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth. The OCD contains over 6,000 contributions with over 800 new entries written by an international team of 364 scholars. Many entries are cross-referenced by the use of hyperlinks directing readers to other entries in the dictionary.

Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection

This is a database of language and subject reference works from Oxford University Press available as a single cross-searchable resource. It includes maps, illustrations and various subject timelines. The Library subscribes to the ‘Premium’ collection. A lock icon indicates that an item is not available. Oxford Reference is updated regularly.

Papal Encyclicals Online

A guide to online Papal and other official documents of the Catholic Church.

Patrologia Latina

The complete text of Patrologia Latina containing 221 volumes, representing a complete electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina (1844-1855 and 1862-1865).

Philosopher's Index

It indexes and abstracts books and journals in philosophy and related fields. Coverage is from 1940 to date.

TOCS-IN

Provides the tables of contents of a selection of Classics, Near Eastern Studies, and Religion journals. Where possible, links are given with articles of which the full text or an abstract is available online (about 15%). The project began in 1992, and now contains ca 185 journals, and over 45,000 articles, in a database at Toronto and a mirror site in Louvain.

Web of Knowledge

Provides access to the Web of Science, Journal of Citation Reports and Essential Science Indictors.

WorldCat

Catalogue of books, web resources and other materials worldwide.

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Websites of Interest

Name	Description
British Library EThoS	Electronic theses online service. Gives access to Irish and UK theses
Buchhandel.de	This free German database gives detailed information including title, author, year, ISBN, and pricing information for over 1,000,000 books, videos, DVDs, talking books, calendars, maps, magazines and software produced in Germany.
Early Church Fathers	Patristic sources in English.
Heythrop College Library	Heythrop Gateway to web resources for philosophy and theology.
iTanakh	An index to internet resources for use in the study and teaching of the Hebrew Bible.
Leeds University Library	Selected web sites for theology/religion.
Milltown Institute Library	Listing of theology and philosophy theses
New Testament Gateway	New Testament studies site.
Papal Encyclicals Online	A guide to online Papal and other official documents of the Catholic Church
Spring Hill College	Department of Theology web resources.
Theses Canada	gives access to Canadian theses
University of St Michael's College, Kelly Library	Theology subject research guides from the University of St Michael's College, Kelly Library in the University of Toronto.
Yale Divinity Library	Selected internet sites and electronic texts on Christianity.

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