These databases will help you find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, books, book chapters, statistics, and more. If you are not sure of your topic, start with Academic Search Complete.
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Academic Search Complete
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Access restricted to St. Mary's and other TexShare institutions' computers and computing accounts.
- Start your search with this interdisciplinary database of journals and magazines with full text available for many. Other Interdisciplinary Databases may also be useful. Specific subject databases are below. Use the drop-down menu above to select other databases by title.
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Catholic Periodical Literature Index
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- Thousands of books and more than 100 journals concentrating on the Catholic religion are indexed. No abstracts or full text.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
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Access restricted to St. Mary's computers and computing accounts.
- Search multiple encyclopedias and other reference works with a single search including the New Catholic Encyclopedia and the Encyclopedia of Religion
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Religion and Philosophy Collection
Remote Access
Access restricted to St. Mary's and other TexShare institutions' computers and computing accounts.
- This database provides extensive coverage of such topics as 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 more than 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles, making it an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies.
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American Religion Data Archive
- Quantitative data sets for the study of American religion.
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Bible Browser
- Search the full text of the Bible; choose from King James, Revised and
Vulgate versions
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Bible Gateway
- Search terms and topics in the Bible in several different languages.
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Bible Tutor
- Search for information on people in the Bible, overviews of the books of the Bible, dates and places.
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Biblical Studies on the Web
- Brings together materials on biblical theology and exegesis, including commentaries, Bible resources, concordances, dictionaries, journals and web links.
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Book of Common Prayer
- Several versions of the BCP are available as well as information on its historical development.
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Calvin's Commentaries
- Commentaries by John Calvin, arranged by books of the Bible; a work in progress.
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Catechism of the Catholic Church
- "This on-line version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church includes the corrections promulgated by Pope John Paul II on 8 September 1997."
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Catholic Encyclopedia
- An online edition of the 1907 Catholic Encyclopedia.
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
- Arranged by books of the Bible.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
- Dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897.
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Ecole Initiative: Creating a Hypertext Encyclopedia of Early Church history on the World Wide Web
- Search or browse articles, images and timelines on early church history
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Explanatory Notes on the Bible (John Wesley)
- Organized by books of the Bible.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- This dictionary is from Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible, by Roswell D. Hitchcock, New York: A. J. Johnson, 1874, c1869. It contains more than 2,500 Bible and Bible-related proper names and their meanings.
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List of Popes
- Complete list of Popes with links to biographical sketches and works written by the Popes.
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
- Search by book of the Bible and chapter.
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Papal Encyclicals
- Encyclicals from Pius XII (1929-1958), John XXIII (1958-1963), Paul VI (1963-1978), John Paul II (1978-present), browsable and searchable
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Papal Encyclicals Online
- Fulltext of many papal encyclicals
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Quran Browser
- Search the full text of the Quran; choose between versions of three
translators
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WorldWide Study Bible
- Links to "commentaries, meditations, sermons, pictures, word studies, musical settings, historical or archeologic notes -- anything that is relevant" about the Bible. Arranged by book of the Bible, the page indicates that " contributions may not be reviewed or selected for theology or quality; a diversity of theological viewpoints will likely be represented."
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