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Religion Resources
Religion Databases
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Description
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Academic
Search (Ebsco) |
Abstracts and selected full text |
Selected full-text articles from newspapers, magazines and journals 1975 - present
Available off-campus.
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Humanities Full Text (WilsonWeb)
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Abstracts and selected full text |
Includes articles on the humanities and religion. Indexing begins in 1984, with full-text articles beginning in 1997.
Available off-campus.
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| JSTOR |
Full text |
Provides full-text of journals in sciences and humanities.
No current journals, only those 2-5 years old or older.
For on campus use only!
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PsycINFO and
PsycARTICLES
(EbscoHost) |
Abstracts and selected full text
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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.
Available off-campus. From on or off campus, enter username
and password.
PsycINFO searching instructions.
PsycARTICLES searching instructions. |
Reader's
Guide Full Text (WilsonWeb) |
Abstracts and selected full text
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References articles in general interest, popular magazines.
Provides indexing from 1983 and selected full text articles
from 1994 to the present.
Available off-campus.
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SEPCHe-books
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Abstracts and selected full text
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This full-text collection of online books includes
a diverse array of topics: business etiquette, developmental
psychology, information science, and education, just
to name a few! Try searching the collection or browse the list of titles available.
Available off-campus.
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here for searching instructions.
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Social Sciences Full Text (WilsonWeb) |
Abstracts and selected full text
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References articles in the social sciences, including spirituality and religion.
Provides indexing from 1983 and selected full text articles
from 1994 to the present.
Available off-campus.
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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.

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

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.

Updated 12/12/2006 |