Religion Resources

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Religion Databases

Name

Abstracts or
Full Text?

Description

Academic Search Premier

Abstracts and selected full text

Selected full-text articles from newspapers, magazines and journals 1975 - present

Catholic Periodical and Literature Index
(EbscoHost)

Abstracts and selected full text

CPLI includes citations and selected full text of articles and reviews from Catholic periodicals, Papal documents, church promulgations, and books. Database coverage goes back to 1981.

eBooks on Ebscohost 
(formerly NetLibrary)

Full-text

 

 This collection of ebooks covers a diverse array of topics, including business, natural and health sciences, humanities, education, psychology, criminal justice, and information science.

Humanities Full Text
(WilsonWeb)

Abstracts and selected full text

Includes articles on the humanities and religion. Indexing begins in 1984, with full-text articles beginning in 1997.

JSTOR

Full text

Provides full-text of journals in sciences and humanities. No current journals, only those 2-5 years old or older.

NetLibrary Electronic Books

 

See eBooks on Ebscohost

PsycINFO and
PsycARTICLES
(EbscoHost)

Abstracts and selected full text

For information about the psychological aspects of religion. References articles, book chapters, dissertations and reports from 1887 to the present.

Full text of articles from American Psychological Association journals from 1990 to the present.

Reader's Guide Full Text
(WilsonWeb)

Abstracts and selected full text

References articles in general interest, popular magazines. Provides indexing from 1983 and selected full text articles from 1994 to the present.

SAGE Premier
(SAGE Journals)

Abstracts and full text

Provides full text from 1999 through the present from hundreds of leading peer-reviewed journals. SAGE journals cover business, humanities, social science, criminology, science, technology and medicine. For a complete list of titles, click here.

Social Sciences Full Text
(WilsonWeb)

Abstracts and selected full text

References articles in the social sciences, including spirituality and religion. Provides indexing from 1983 and selected full text articles from 1994 to the present.
Holy Family students, faculty, and staff may obtain the current database logins by contacting the Northeast Philadelphia Library (267-341-3315), Newtown LRC (267-341-4010) or by sending email to reference@holyfamily.edu.

Journals
Many religion journals are available to the Holy Family University community. Use our research databases to find journal articles on a specific topic.

If you know the name of the journal you need, try our Journal Locator.

If the library does not own the journal you need, try our Interlibrary Loan service.

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Reference Sources
Religion and Philosophy books are generally found in B the call number range. Philosophy can be found from B-BD, Ethics at BJ, and Non-Christian Religions range from BL-BQ, and Christianity from BR-BX. Look in the Family Cat Library Catalog for more print resources in our collection.

Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible.
NEP & Newt REF BS440 .E44 2000

Encyclopedia of religion
NEP REF BL31 .E46 2005

New Catholic encyclopedia.
NEP & Newt REF BX841 .N44 2003

Religion and American law : an encyclopedia
REF KF4783.A68 R45 2000

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Research Gateways
Librarians' Index to the Internet - Religion
A gateway to websites on all aspects of religion, spirituality and faith.

Religion Resources on the Web
Links to various religion resources, compiled by the Iowa State University Library.

Catholic Education
A collection of resources related to teaching in catholic schools.

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