Databases by Category

General Reference & Multi Subject:

• ATLA Religion Database with Serials* (see the ATLA Tutorials page to learn how to search by Scripture Citation or subject)
• ATLA Cooperative Digital Initiative (Images and primary source material from many U.S. seminary archives)
• American Religion Data Archive (statistics, studies, denominations)
• Blackwell Reference Books in Religion*
• Catholic Periodical and Literature Index Online*
• Chronicle of Higher Education*
• Clase and Periodica* (Index of Latin American Scholarly Articles)
• Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church*
• Credo Reference* (online ref books in Religion)
• Directory of Open Access Journals
• Ebrary* (Library of books readable online, as a download, or on a mobile app)
• Encyclopaedia Judaica*
• Encyclopedia of American Religions*
• Encyclopedia Britannica*
• Encyclopedia of Chicago*
• Encyclopedia of Religion (Eliade)*
• Encyclopedia of Science and Religion*
• 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)
• Ministry Matters* (Limited to 10 simultaneous users)
• New Catholic Encyclopedia*
• Oxford Bibliographies Online* (Classics, Bib Studies, Various eras of History, etc.)
• Oxford Dictionary of Popes*
• Oxford Dictionary of Saints*
• Oxford English Dictionary*
• 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*
• Religious Studies News*
• 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)
• Blackwell Reference Books in Religion* (Dictionaries on Christianity, Paul, etc)
• Brill's New Pauly* (Classical World)
• Bibleworks Greek and Hebrew Fonts
• Concordance  (Greek with input in transliterated Greek Alphabet)
• Concordance (NRSV)  Oremus Bible Browser
• Codex Sinaiticus
• Dictionary of the Bible*
• eHRAF Archaeology*
• Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (content added gradually)
• Encyclopedia Judaica*
• Greek Art and Archaeology Images (Beazley Archive at Oxford)
• Greek and Latin Word Parsing Tool
• Greek Inscriptions (Packard Humanities Institute)
• Greek New Testament (Public Domain Greek Text)
• Greek New Testament Gateway Fonts
• Latin Texts, Pre 200CE (Packhard Humanities Institute)
• Ministry Matters* (Limited to 10 simultaneous users. Commentaries/Bible Dictionaries, etc.)
• New Testament Abstracts*
• Old Testament Abstracts*
• Oxford Companion to the Bible*
• Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible*
• 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)
• Open Clip Art Gallery (Public Domain clip art)
• Encyclopedia of Education*
• ERIC* (Education Resources Information Center)
• Ministry Matters* (Limited to 10 simultaneous users. Children's Sermon helps, Curriculum Help)
• Seasons of the Spirit (Sample Curriculum may be downloaded from site)
• 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*
• Oxford African American Studies Center*

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)
• Eigtheenth Century Collections Online* (ECCO)
• Encyclopedia of Religion in America*
• 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 Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages* (click on "enter databases" then select the title).
• ITER:  Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance*
• Labyrinth Medieval Studies
• Latin and Greek word parsing tool
• Library of Latin Texts* (Corpus Christianorum online; Formerly CTLO)
• Medieval and Renaissance Web
• Medieval Sourcebook
• Oxford Classical Dictionary* Under "Subjects" select "Reference".
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography*
• Online Medieval and Classical Library
• Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages*
• 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)
• 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 Abstracts of Music Literature*
• Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum

Episcopal Church/Anglicanism:

• Anglican Communion (Official Website)
• Anglican Theological Review
• Church of England
• Episcopal Café
• Episcopal Digital Network

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) Bioethics Research Library at Georgetown
• Papal Encyclicals Online
• Philosopher's Index* (limited to 4 simultaneous users)
• 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
• Vestments Glossary (Christian Church - Disciples of Christ)

Methodism:

• 18th Century Journals * (Primarily British) 
• American Methodism e-book Project
• Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition (Scanned documents written by Charles and John Wesley and held at Duke)
• General Commission on Archives & History (UMC)
• Ministry Matters* (Limited to 10 simultaneous users. Contains the 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 Online
• Wesley Letters at the Bridwell Library
• Wesley Quadrilateral (summarized)

Mission (See also "World Christianity")

• African Writer's Series* (Lit of postcolonial period; 1962-present)
• Global Episcopal Mission Network
• Global Ministries, UMC
• Presbyterian Church USA, Worldwide

Nonprofit Management (Business databases)

• ABI Inform (Current articles, abstracts, citations)
• Business Source Premier*
• Catalog of Nonprofit Literature  (The Foundation Center)
• Guidestar Database of Nonprofit Organizations
• Lexis-Nexis* (Business, legal and gov't database)

Peace & Justice:

• African Commission on Human and People's Rights
• Eco Justice (Episcopal)
• Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity*
• Encyclopedia of Homelessness*
• Encyclopedia of Terrorism*
• Encyclopedia of World Poverty*
• Global Justice (Episcopal)
• LGBT Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bi Sexual and Transgender History in America*

Pastoral Care & Spiritual Direction:

• Christian Classics Ethereal Library
• Encyclopedia of Aging*
• Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion*
• International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family*
• Internet Sacred Text Archive
• Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying*
• Pastoral Psychology*
• PsycArticles* (EBSCO version)
• PsycArticles*-- Once connected to Ovid, limit the database to PsycArticles.
• PsycBooks* (Full text books on Psychology)
• PsycInfo*
• Spiritual Directors International

Preaching:

• Ministry Matters* (Limited to 10 simultaneous users. Includes sermon collections and illustrations.)
• The Sermons of Martin Luther, The Church Postils*
• The Text This Week

Sociology of Religion:

• Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology*
• Encyclopedia of Social Theory*
• Encyclopedia of Sociology*

Theology

• Gifford Lectures Online (Natural Theology)
• Global Digital Library on Theology and Ecumenism
• Reviews in Religion and Theology*

World Christianity:

• African Writer's Series* (Lit of postcolonial period; 1962-present.  Includes some full text Mandela.)
• Caribbean Literature* (Postcolonial)
• Encyclopedia of India*
• Encyclopedia of Modern Asia*
• Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East & North Africa*
• Encyclopedia of World Cultures*
• Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement*

World Religions:

• Britannica Encyclopedia of World Religions*
• Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion*
• Dictionary of Buddhism*
• eHRAF World Cultures*
• Encyclopedia Judaica*
• Encyclopedia of Buddhism*
• Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World*
• Encyclopedia of Witchcraft*
• Index Islamicus*
• Index to Jewish Periodicals*
• Oxford Dictionary of Islam*
• The Pluralism Project
• RAMBI (Index to articles in Jewish Studies)