The Union Presbyterian Seminary Library offers over seventy research databases that include millions of peer reviewed journal articles, eBooks, book reviews and more.
A good way to begin exploring our research databases is to hover over the LIBRARY RESOURCES menu heading on the Library website and then click ONLINE DATABASES. The next screen provides an A to Z databases list of individual databases to choose from in alphabetical order. More information about each of these databases is listed below. When clicking a link from the A to Z database list from off-campus you will be prompted to enter your UPSem Library barcode and PIN. from Popular databases like the “ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials PLUS” have a number of search tools and options for the user to enhance their use including notes on how to search for a specific passage of Scripture (see https://Library.upsem.edu/tutorials/atla-religion-database-atla-serials-atlas/).
You can also use the Library's online catalog to search most of the Library's databases from the Bento box search results displayed in the third box to the right. To activate the Bento box display, enter your search terms without using either of the search limiter dropdowns.
Depending on your search a Research Starter may appear at the top of the search results list providing an introduction to your topic as well as a bibliography. Your search results are also already narrowed to only full text materials. To narrow the results further, use the other Limit Search Results facets located on the right side of the search results screen.
If you have difficulty accessing any of the library's databases, please contact Ryan Douthat (804) 278-4217 or email rdouthat@upsem.edu.
A valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 7,900 full-text periodicals, including more than 6,800 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 11,900 journals and a total of more than 12,600 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. This is Morton Library’s best electronic source for information outside the traditional bounds of religious studies, such as art and music, medicine, social sciences, history, literature, etc.
Provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.
African American Historical Serials (1816-1922)
The African American Historical Serials Collection features 173 periodicals spanning from 1816 through 1922. The periodicals in this collection include newspapers and magazines, in addition to reports and annuals from various African American organizations, including churches and educational and service institutions.
African Americans and Jim Crow: Repression and Protest, 1883-1922
"African Americans and Jim Crow" consolidates more than 1,000 fully searchable printed works by and about African Americans during a pivotal period of segregation and disenfranchisement. Capturing voices of, by, for, and about African Americans, this one-of-a-kind digital resource covers such critically important subjects as the evolution of African-American identity; eyewitness accounts of African-American life throughout the United States; relationships between African Americans and peoples of other nations; race in literature; and official reports on the changing status of African Americans. Also included are important printed works of African-American individuals and organizations and numerous works of fiction, poetry and drama.
African Americans and Reconstruction: Hope and Struggle, 1865-1883
This digital resource brings together in a single place nearly 1,400 fully searchable printed works by and about African Americans during the period from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of Jim Crow. Capturing voices of, by, for, and about African Americans, this unique collection covers such critically important subjects as the development of African-American identity; descriptions of African-American life—both slave and free; slavery and race; eyewitness accounts of African-American life in the South, the North, and elsewhere; and official reports on the “progress” of African Americans. Also included are important works of African-American individuals and organizations and works of fiction, poetry and drama.
This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine. This database features indexing and abstracts going back as far as 1984, and full text going back as far as 1990.
Alternative Faith and Philosophy Periodicals, 1789-1878
Representing the origins and rapid growth of innovative faiths, this collection is focused on titles that reflect this spiritual seeking as it was expressed in alternative forms of worship and belief. Subjects include Spiritualism, Universalism, astrology, communes, free thought, and rationalism.
Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries
Part of the Theology and Religion Online database, the Anchor Yale Bible commentary series Includes over 86 volumes and is one of the most trusted and long-running scholarly commentaries series for Biblical Studies scholars.
Part of the Theology and Religion Online database, the Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary is a A well respected six-volume contemporary dictionary of the Bible offering the most up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of biblical subjects and topics.
Associates Programs Source contains nearly 1,000 full-text journals as well as 11 full-text books. This database is designed specifically for the research needs of two-year colleges, and provides comprehensive coverage of the most relevant associates program level content.
ATLA Historical Monographs Collection: Series 1 (pre-1893)
This collection covers diverse topics such as philosophy, the evolutionary debate, the Reformation, spiritualism, prayer, ancient linguistics, archeology, devotionals, ethics, and more in a variety of languages. It contains over five million pages of content, and consists of titles from the late 13th century through the 1893 World Parliament of Religions, with the majority of titles from the 19th century. Because religion was such an integral part of the social, political and economic fabric of life during this time period, historians researching a wide range of areas, not just religion, will find invaluable material relevant to their work.
ATLA Historical Monographs Collection: Series 2 (1893-1922)
This collection consists of over five million pages of content from over 14,880 monographs dating from 1894 through 1922. This collection provides a broad view of the changing landscape of religion in America at the end of a century of dramatic cultural and political change.
It offers material on the significant shifts in the religious identification of Americans and the growing interest and experimentation with non-Western religions. It presents a comprehensive picture of American life at the time with the rise of missionary activity and evangelical Christianity and the emergence of the historical critical method – the foundation for all twentieth century biblical scholarship.
ATLA Religion Database and ATLAS Plus
Finding articles in periodicals or essays in multiauthor works is an important part of graduate research. In the field of religious studies, the best index to this type of material is the Religion Database (RDB) created by the American Theological Library Association (ATLA). It is the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion.
This database contains over 2.7 million records, including 2240 indexed periodicals; among those 950+ are currently being indexed.
In addition, ATLA-RDB provides full-text access to ATLAS Plus, an online collection of more than 460 major religion and theology journals selected by leading religion scholars and theologians. Users are able read scanned images of the articles they have selected directly through the database.
This resource uses the EBSCOHost platform, offering a powerful, intuitive user interface. A tutorial is available to help people learn the special features of this resource platform.
Baptists, Quakers, and Independent Church Periodicals, 1797-1881
This collection presents the growth of the Baptist church, whose first American church was founded in Providence, Rhode Island in 1638. Baptist churches flourished as the colonies and the nation grew. As this collection demonstrates,the history of the Baptist church and the history of America are intimately related.
The Baptists, Quakers, and Independent Church Periodicals, 1797-1881 collection also contains periodicals representing smaller church communities such as the New Jerusalem Church, Quakers, Shakers, Mennonites, Moravians, Brethren, and Church of God – all of whom, like the Baptists, also established a strong presence in the United States.
Black Life in America, Series 3, 1976 - today: Black History Month to Today
With premium full-text content and peer-reviewed business journals, this database is an essential tool for business students. It covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance and more.
Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, and Episcopal Periodicals, 1797-1904
This archival collection focuses on the roots and common elements of worship among Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists and Episcopalians in the New World, with accounts from local church publications, diocesan newspapers, fair periodicals, reports from denominational conferences, and many other titles.
Subjects covered in this collection span a wide range of religious topics, including theological disputes, arminianism, anti-clericalism, anti-Catholicism, Wesleyanism, and the spiritual interests of various ethnic communities. Sample titles include Der Lutheraner, The Protestant Vindicator in Defense of Civil and Religious Liberty Against the Inroads of Popery, The True Catholic, The American Wesleyan, and The North-Western Christian Advocate.
Chicago Manual of Style Online
China Historical Christian Database
An indexing tool for more than 53,000 historic sermons, searchable by primary biblical text, preacher’s name, subject, and time period. About 75% of the citations offer links to scanned books in which the sermon was published. A broad range of historical eras and confessional backgrounds is included.
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) is a robust communication studies database. It provides full-text, indexing and abstracts for many top communication journals covering all related disciplines, including media studies, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse.
Computers & Applied Sciences Complete
Computers & Applied Sciences Complete is a full-text database covering computing, technology and engineering disciplines. It is especially useful to researchers studying the business and social implications of new technology.
Congregational, Presbyterian, and Reformed Church Periodicals, 1803-1902
The Congregational, Presbyterian, and Reformed Church Periodicals, 1803-1902 collection features a range of periodicals devoted to Congregationalism, including the long-running journal The Presbyterian, the influential Congregational Sunday school periodical The Well Spring, and the Reformed theological journal The Mercersburg Review.
Consumer Health Reference eBook Collection
This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general health topics, including disease such as cancer and diabetes; weight management and exercise; allergies; senior care; social emotional health; developmental disorders; and natural health.
The Context of Scripture Online illuminatingly presents the multi-faceted world of ancient writing that forms the colorful background to the literature of the Hebrew Bible. Designed as a thorough and enduring reference work for all engaged in the study of the Bible and the ancient Near East, the Context of Scripture Online provides reliable access to a broad, balanced, and representative collection of Ancient Near Eastern texts that have an impact on the interpretation of the Bible. Each entry includes an introduction to the text, an authoritative translation, commentary, and bibliographic references.
A comprehensive, searchable database of the works of theologian Karl Barth in German. A refined search interface allows you to locate specific terms or passages in Die kirchliche Dogmatik or the first 36 volumes of his Gesamtausgabe, including hundreds of letters, sermons, lectures and articles. Some treatises and personal papers are also available on the site in English translation (more in English is to be added soon).
Early American Imprints Full-Text
We are now able to offer access to the online edition of Early American Imprints, Series I Evans (1639-1800), and to Series II Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1814). This resource includes the complete text of works cited in Charles Evans’ American Bibliography, as augmented by Roger Bristol’s Supplement to Evans’ American Bibliography, and the American Bibliography by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker. This searchable online collection provides the comprehensive set of books, pamphlets, broadsides, sermons, songs and many other documents published in colonial America and the early United States, and has long served as the definitive resource for research involving early American history, literature, religion, philosophy, and more.
Near real-time access to top news feeds from around the globe across a range of business and general news topics.
EconLit with Full Text is the most reliable full-text database for economic research. It offers hundreds of full-text journals, including the American Economic Association journals with no embargo. It also contains all of the indexing in EconLit, which adheres to the high-quality JEL classification system for economics literature.
An extensive online resource for education research. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,200 journals, as well as full text for more than 1,300 journals, and includes full text for more than 550 books and monographs, and for numerous education-related conference papers.
Emerging American Religions, 1821-1895
The Emerging American Religions, 1821-1895 collection consists of periodicals that chronicle new religious movements that were founded in America, and especially those that flourished during the nineteenth century. This collection features important periodicals devoted to Adventists, Mormons, Disciples of Christ, Holiness/Pentecostals, millennialists, and Unitarians, among others. Subjects include camp meetings, health and wellness, apologetics, and theology.
Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception
This unusual new resource is, first of all, a detailed and scholarly Bible dictionary online. It discusses the usage of each term or name in the Scripture itself — for example, the patriarch Abraham. It first discusses Abraham in the Hebrew Bible, with a history of scholarly criticism about this figure. Then it discusses the passages mentioning Abraham in the New Testament : in the Synoptic Gospels, John, Acts and so on. A proper Bible dictionary will do this much.
But then the EBR goes on to detail the understanding of the figure of Abraham in Hellenistic, Rabbinic and medieval Judaism, in modern Judaism, in various Christian traditions, in medieval and Reformation Christianity, in modern Western scholarship, in Islam, and in other ecumenical and religious movements. The entry also discusses the figure of Abraham as he has appeared in literature, the visual arts, popular iconography, music and film. Each section includes many precise references to textual, scholarly and artistic sources, plus a bibliography of representative critical writing on the subject. Each entry is also heavily cross-referenced.
Encyclopedia of Religion in America
A multidisciplinary examination of religion in American life. This authoritative encyclopedia explores the origins, development, influence, and interrelations of the many faiths practiced in North America, including major world religions and emerging sects, cults, and movements.
The Encyclopedia covers the significant denominations and movements that have originated or flourished in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, from the beginning of European settlement to the present. This broad, multidisciplinary work includes coverage of religious life among indigenous peoples; specific aspects of religious life; and the relationship of religion to the political, social, economic, and cultural spheres.
Topics include : church-state issues, environment and ecology, gay and lesbian issues, religion and politics, religious life of African Americans and Latinos, religious thought, roles of women, and worship.
Environment Complete is a leading full-text database for environmental studies. It provides hundreds of top environment journals and monographs covering agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, public policy, sustainability and other related subjects. It also includes millions of records and an environmental thesaurus.
ERIC : Educational Resources Information Center
ERIC is an online digital library of education research and information. It provides access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles, books, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text. ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
ERIC currently indexes more than 600 journals, the majority of which are indexed comprehensively — every article in each issue is included in ERIC. Some journals are indexed selectively — only those articles that are education-related are selected for indexing. In addition, ERIC provides access to a growing collection of full-text journal and non-journal literature in Adobe PDF format, including reports from the What Works Clearinghouse. Most materials published 2004 and forward include links to other sources, including publishers’ websites.
European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750
European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 is a free archive of indexed publications related to the Americas and written in Europe before 1750. It includes thousands of valuable primary source records covering the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of Native American peoples.
This research database offers essential content covering important issues related to race in society today. Essays, articles, reports and other reliable sources provide an in-depth look at the history of race and provide critical context for learning more about topics associated with race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness.
Fuente Académica is a database of full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals. Quality titles from Latin America, Portugal and Spain cover all major subject areas, including agriculture, economics, history, law, literature, psychology and sociology.
Gale Archives of Sexuality & Gender: LGBTQ History Since 1940
The Archives of Sexuality and Gender program provides a robust and significant collection of primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender. With material dating back to the sixteenth century, researchers and scholars can examine how sexual norms have changed over time, health and hygiene, the development of sex education, the rise of sexology, changing gender roles, social movements and activism, erotica, and many other interesting topical areas. This growing archival program offers rich research opportunities across a wide span of human history.
General Interest Christian Periodicals, 1743-1889
This collection includes titles that address general treatments of Christianity which appealed to a broad audience, driven by the various Christian communities and churches that were emerging from 1743-1889. This collection also features a significant number of titles devoted to sermons from various groups.
GreenFILE is a free research database covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
Health Source - Consumer Edition
This rich collection of consumer health information provides access to full-text consumer health magazines and reference books. It also includes searchable full text for current health pamphlets.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition is a trusted full-text database covering nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more.
Hospitality & Tourism Complete
Hospitality & Tourism Complete is a trusted and unique full-text database covering all areas of hospitality and tourism, including hospitality law, market trends, food and beverage management and hotel management. In addition to hundreds of full-text journals, it provides magazines, company and country reports, books and newspapers.
Humanities International Complete
Provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), this database includes all data from Humanities International Index (more than 2,100 journals and 2.47 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases. The database includes full text for more than 890 journals.
Islam in the Modern World, 1804-1918 addresses the beliefs, practices, theology, spirituality, and history of Islam. Content includes biographies of the Prophet Muhammad, works comparing Christianity and Islam, key theological and philosophical texts (including the Quran), relevant mystical and spiritual works, and texts surveying the history of Islam.
JSTOR Religion and Theology Collection
A searchable archive of more than 380,000 articles covering the history and philosophy of religious thought spanning traditions, periods, and critical approaches. Includes the retrospective issues of major periodicals in the filed, such as :
Containing full text for hundreds of the most respected scholarly law journals, Legal Collection is a valuable database of information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) is a research database for library and information science studies. LISTA provides indexing and abstracting for hundreds of key journals, books, research reports.
Literature Resource Center offers up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. Its materials support interdisciplinary approaches, information literacy, and the development of critical thinking skills.
Gale's most current, comprehensive and reliable online literature database offering the broadest and most representative range of authors and their works including a deep collection of full-text critical and literary analysis.
Designed specifically for public libraries, this database provides full-text magazines, reference books and primary source documents. It also includes an extensive image collection containing photos, maps and flags.
MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection
This eBook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects. Topics include biography, history, careers, cooking, literature, genealogy, health, parenting, personal finance, politics, architecture, science, current events, social-emotional health, sports, and travel.
A unique collection of medical research and scientific journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers, MedicLatina contains a complete table of contents and PDF full text for peer-reviewed medical journals in the Spanish language.
Created by the United States National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE is an authoritative bibliographic database containing citations and abstracts for biomedical and health journals used by health care professionals, nurses, clinicians and researchers.
Military & Government Collection
Military & Government Collection is a database of full-text journals and periodicals pertaining to all branches of the military and government. It is designed to offer current news to military members, analysts, policy makers, students and researchers.
We have on-campus access to this resource, and off-campus remote access as well, using your network login. The expandable menu headed BROWSE will show you which resources are delivered in full text. Use the navigation sidebar on the right to reach particular chapters or portions of the work you select. The full-text content will appear in the central window.
Missionary and Charity Periodicals, 1793-1902
This collection includes periodicals that focus on missionary and charity work undertaken by various faith groups from 1793-1902. All Christian churches were engaged in forms of outreach to groups or individuals who were in need, and this outreach was often inseparable from sharing a religious message and mission.
The Missionary and Charity Periodicals, 1793-1902 collection includes publications for both foreign and domestic missions and represent outreach to many different groups that include African-Americans, Native Americans, women, the poor, immigrants, and specific ethnic groups. Subjects include slavery, home missions, hospital work, and social problems.
New Testament Abstracts Online is a product of a partnership between ATLA and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. The database is an indispensable research and bibliographic aid for scholars, librarians, clergy and students of the New Testament and its historical milieu. The database contains more than 46,000 article abstracts, 17,000 book abstracts, and numerous book review and software abstracts. These abstracts are fully searchable by keyword, so it’s possible to discover many sources relevant to your research even if the terms you want are not mentioned in the title or subject headings.
Each year an additional 2,100 articles from more than 500 periodicals in numerous languages are selected for inclusion. In addition, approximately 800 current books are also summarized annually. Article coverage in the database dates back to 1985.
Newspaper Source Plus provides a full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines. In addition, it offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
Real-time access to world-wide news (30-day rolling archive) from Associated Press, United Press International, PR Newswire, Xinhua, CNN Wire, and Business Wire.
Old Testament Abstracts Online is produced by ATLA in partnership with the Catholic Biblical Association. All abstracts are in English regardless of the language of the original work. The database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and certain research software related to Old Testament studies. OTA offers more than 43,000 abstracts of articles, essays, and software and more than 7,000 book summaries. Content from more than 450 journals is covered. Topics include antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, and philology. Coverage in the database dates back to 1978.
Overdrive is a state-of-the-art digital media platform and app that provides access to the broadest array of content services, including audiobooks, magazines & comics, newspapers, e-books, movies, TV shows, educational materials, and health & wellness content.
Oxford Bibliographies Online - Biblical Studies
Oxford Bibliographies Online - Biblical studies is an invaluable resource for navigating modern academic study of the Bible by helping its users find authoritative and scholarly research covering a wide variety of Biblical subjects. It's contributors offer expertise ranging from Egyptology and Assyriology to sociological and feminist studies.
Includes access links and descriptions to more than twenty authoritative reference works from Oxford University Press. For students, teachers, clergy, and any reader seeking up-to-date ecumenical resources.
Includes access links and descriptions to several outstanding scholarly reference resources in Islamic studies, including the six-volume Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture, John L. Esposito’s What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam, and much more. Highly recommended.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
PQDT is the world’s most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. It is the database of record for graduate research, with over 2.7 million dissertations and theses included from around the world (1861-present).
Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word searchable abstract written by the author. Master’s theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637, and more than 70,000 new citations are added to the database every year. Use the “Advanced Search” screen to comb through this large data set efficiently. Once you have selected records you want to keep, you can email or export them already formatted according to a variety of citation styles, such as Chicago 15 or MLA.
In many cases, PQDT provides previews of dissertations and theses : you can download the first 24 pages of the dissertation, look at the Table of Contents and the first few pages of the introduction, in order to determine whether the work fits your needs. You often have the option of downloading the entire text as well. Over 2.1 million dissertations and theses are available from the UMI vaults on microfilm or in hardcopy, or for download in PDF format.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
A comprehensive database covering scholarly information on emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. This is the world’s largest full text psychology database offering full text coverage for nearly 600 journals.
Regional Business News provides full-text regional business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces. Users can search newspapers, magazines and other resources from trusted news sources.
Religion and Philosophy Collection
Provides extensive coverage of world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. Religion & Philosophy Collection offers nearly 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles. There is some content overlap with the ATLA-RDB, but about 225 of the journals are unique to this collection.
Religious Periodicals for Women, Children, and Families, 1804-1878
The Religious Periodicals for Women, Children, and Families, 1804-1878 collection focuses on the spiritual and religious lives of women, children, and families. The publications represent various denominations and churches, including Catholic, Methodist, Episcopal and Baptist. Subjects include motherhood, child rearing, fatherhood, music, prayer, children's literature, and religious formation. Broader social themes include anti-slavery, universalism, and temperance. Prominent titles include the Ladies' Repository, the Children's Magazine (1827-1873), and the long-running Welsh periodical Y Cenhadwr Americanaidd (1841-1875).
Religious Periodicals from the Southern US, 1801-1904
The Religious Periodicals from the Southern U.S., 1801-1904 collection contains periodicals published in the South during the nineteenth century focused on spiritual concerns, broadly defined. Here, researchers will find publications devoted primarily to religion from a number of denominations, including Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, Lutherans, and Unitarians. Places of publication include Richmond, Lynchburg, Lexington, the lower Mississippi, New Orleans, Baltimore, Atlanta, Charleston, Macon, St. Louis, to name but a few.
Sunday School Periodicals, 1818-1885
The Sunday School Periodicals, 1818-1885 collection features a broad cross-section of Sunday school literature that was read in churches and at home. The rapid growth of the United States saw the emergence of many new church communities, and Sunday School was a central part of many youths' experience of church. The collection also contains training and preparation materials for teachers. Subjects covered in these publications include Bible and catechism lessons, music, and poetry from a broad range of religious groups across every region of the expanding nation. Church communities represented here include Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, Presbyterian, United Brethren, Unitarian, Lutheran, Church of God, Mormon, and various Sunday School Unions.
Teacher Reference Center (TRC) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 230 peer-reviewed journals.
Temperance Periodicals in America, 1826-1877
The Temperance Periodicals in America, 1826-1877 collection explains how the temperance movement originated through religious and benevolent groups, how it quickly spread throughout the country, and the various kinds of temperance advocated, from calls for moderation to total abstinence. The Temperance Periodicals in America, 1826-1877 provides periodicals dating back to 1826 when the earliest title, National Philanthropist, started publication from famed abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison as its editor. Subsequent titles are expansive in their geographic range, the political interests represented, and the social groups involved.
The Textual History of the Bible Online is unique in providing, for the first time, a cross-searchable platform which will contain all available information regarding the textual history, textual character, translation techniques, manuscripts, and the importance of each textual witness for each book of the Hebrew Bible, including its deutero-canonical scriptures. In addition, it includes articles on the history of research, the editorial histories of the Hebrew Bible, as well as other aspects of text-critical research and its auxiliary fields, such as papyrology, codicology, and linguistics.
Theology and Biblical Studies Periodicals, 1760-1877
This collection represents a broad cross-section of religious groups and major theological traditions: Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Unitarians, Catholics, Calvinists, Wesleyans, Arminians, and more. Prominent titles include the Bible Society Record from the American Bible Society, The Religious Intelligencer, The Princeton Review, and The Christian Herald.
An essential tool for both academic and professional researchers, Vente et Gestion provides full-text access to a wide variety of content relevant to business and related subjects, sourced from top French language business journals.
Women’s Studies International is a bibliographic database for women’s studies and feminist research. Providing indexing and abstracts for hundreds of publications, it is a valuable resource for many disciplines, including sociology, history, international relations and humanities.
Other Full-Text Electronic Journals
The Library also subscribes to many scholarly journals in electronic form. These journals offer various levels of full-text coverage.