Bibliographic
Research in Biblical Studies[1]
[Some
links will only work from GCTS or another academic network with the appropriate
subscriptions, or with a password provided by your institution.]
EBSCO
Resources include the following (see the EBSCO Tutorial
prepared by James Darlack):
ATLA Religion Database
ATLA Religion Database provides information on topics such as biblical
studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues. ATLA
Religion Database contains more than 1.3 million bibliographic records
covering the research literature of religion in over 60 languages. It includes
more than 460,000 article citations from more than 1,500 journals (651
currently indexed), more than 260,000 essay citations from over 15,400
multi-author works, more than 423,000 book review citations. Co
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials combines the premier index to
journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of
religion with ATLA's online collection of major religion and theology journals.
The ATLA Religion Database includes more than 460,000 article citations
from more than 1,500 journals (651 currently indexed), more than 260,000 essay
citations from over 15,400 multi-author works, and more than 423,000 book
review citations. This database begins in 1949 although indexing for some
journal titles extends back into the nineteenth century. This database is
produced by the American Theological Library Association.
Religion and Philosophy Collection
This database provides extensive co
Old Testament Abstracts
Old Testament Abstracts Online is a product of a partnership
between ATLA and the Catholic Biblical Association. The database features
indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works,
and software related to Old Testament studies. Topics covered include
antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology and much more.
The printed editions may be found at REF
BS 410.O42. A scripture index and list
of abbreviations will be found in the back of each volume.
New Testament Abstracts
New Testament Abstracts is a product of a partnership between ATLA and
the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. The database contains more than 33,000
article abstracts, 1,200 review abstracts, 12,600 book abstracts, and 50
software abstracts. Article co
The printed editions may be found at REF
BS 410.N35. A scripture index and list
of abbreviations will be found in the back of each volume.
The following
Print Products are also offered by ATLA.
They are basically obsolete in light of the on-line ATLA resources:
·
Religion Index One,
which indexes religious journals, may be found at Z
7751.R31. A list of abbreviations will be
found in the front of each volume and a Scripture index will be found in the
back.
·
Religion Index Two,
which indexes multi-authored and edited books in religion,
may be found at Z 7751.R35. A Scripture
index will be found in the back of each volume.
Also Searchable On-Line through GCTS (or other
subscribed networks):
ProQuest Digital
Dissertation Abstracts
With
more than two million entries, the Dissertation Abstracts database is the single,
authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations and master's
theses. The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 graduate
schools and universities
Religious & Theological
Abstracts
Religious
& Theological Abstracts RT&A provides objective summaries of articles
appearing in scholarly journals in the fields of Religion and Theology.
A
database of bibliography in the area of classical studies published by the
Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique, under the direction of Éric
Rebillard, with the American Philological Association and the Database of
Classical Bibliography.
Searchable from anywhere on the web:
Biblical
Bibliography of Lausanne
To
search all available books at Amazon try this link (and choose
“Books”).
Here is Amazon’s
explanation of how it works.
To
search all available books at Google try this link. How to search and read
parts of books at Google.com.
Biblical Studies
Resources at Amazon.com and Google.com. Some of the hundreds of books
that can now be searched on-line at Amazon and Google, making those sites
significant research tools. They now provide us with the equivalent to a
full concordance to thousands of books. The books included in the list behind
this link are just a tip of the iceberg, and the rate at which new books are
being added to these “search inside the book” features is phenomenal. If
you need to look up a quote or a reference in a book, before you make a trip to
the library you may want to look up the book at Amazon.com or Google.com to see
if you can access the necessary pages from any internet connection. To
look up a specific book at Amazon use their search feature.
Google Advanced
Scholar Search [Use with care. Not all referenced items are worthy of
mention in an academic paper or thesis.]
Search
and read periodicals through Infotrac and the Gale
Group Databases (logon using your library card number)
Search the
Christian Periodical Index (get the password from Goddard Library)
Off-Line Print-Only Bibliographical Resources:
·
Elenchus Bibliographicus Biblicus
(EBB) (1920-1984) may be found at Z 7770.E5. A list of abbreviations will be found in the
front of each volume and a Scripture index will be found in the back.
·
Elenchus of Biblica (1985-)
may be found at Z 7770.E54.
A list of abbreviations will be found in the front of each volume and a
Scripture index will be found in the back..
See
also the bibliographies of biblical studies listed by book and by topic in Ref.
Z7772.
On-Line
Library Catalogs
The Tyndale House
Library Catalogue
The Library of Congress Online Catalog
Harvard’s Hollis Full Catalog Search
Search the
University of Chicago Library
Cambridge
University Library & Dependent Libraries
Search the University
of Tübingen Library
Search the Bibliotheque
Nationale de France (National Library of France)
Gordon-Conwell Theological
Seminary’s Goddard Library Catalog
Other bibliographic helps:
New Testament
Research Reference Sheet (prepared by James Darlack of the GCTS Goddard
Library).
Bibliography
for Old Testament Exegesis. Prepared by Drs. M. Daniel Carroll R. and Richard
S. Hess of Denver Seminary and available at the Denver Journal
website.
Bibliography
for New Testament Exegesis. Prepared by Drs. Craig L.
Blomberg and William W. Klein of Denver Seminary and
also available at the Denver
Journal website.
The Paul Page (Links to material
and reviews on books related to the “New Perspective on Paul”)
Bibliographies on the
Use of the Old Testament in the New.
Hebrew Union
College Midrash Bibliography
The Review of
Biblical Literature
Dr. Ted
Hildebrandt’s E-Sources (articles on the OT and NT from conservative
evangelical journals)
Search the
index to ANRW (Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt; important
academic essays on the ancient Roman world)
Commercial
Subscription Services
Questia: The Online Library of Books and Journals
Ebrary (read
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[1] Most entries are excerpted and slightly adapted from the GCTS Online Databases page (http://www.gordonconwell.edu/library/onlinedata.php). I am also indebted to “Researching Biblical Passages” (http://www.seminary.cbs.edu/content/library/downloads/Researching_Bible_Passages.pdf) by Joe Fleener and to the “New Testament Research Cheat” prepared by James Darlack of the GCTS Goddard Library (http://home.comcast.net/~rciampa/NTReference.htm).