LibGuides: Religion: Articles+

Religion Databases for Christianity

ATLA Religion Database
The premier index of articles, reviews, and essays in all fields of religion and theology, and offers significant breadth and depth of subject areas and languages covered. Content is selected for inclusion according to their scholarly merit and scope. Coverage 1949-present.
ATLASerials, Religion Collection
A full-text collection of 360+ religion and theology journals selected by leading scholars in the field. Dates of coverage vary; some as far back as 1881. Search by keywords or browse journals by issue.
Old Testament Abstracts
Old Testament Abstracts features abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works and software related to Old Testament studies. Both the article and book abstracts are organized by themes, such as the Ancient Near East, literary forms, and biblical theology. Established in 1978, the journal provides summaries and bibliographical information of articles and books written in all major languages. Old Testament Abstracts is published by The Catholic Biblical Association of America.
Sociology of Religion Searchable Bibliographic Database
Included in the Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) research hub. Search citations by keywords or browse hundreds of terms.

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Academic Search Complete
A great starting place for any topic. Easy to use. Multidisciplinary database that indexes and abstracts articles in more than 10,900 journals and other publications in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and Portuguese; full-text is available for over 5300 journals.

Google Scholar
Search for scholarly publications across disciplines & sources: articles, theses/dissertations, books, and more, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities etc. Use Scholar Settings-->Library Links option to setup UC-eLinks, and if you are searching from off campus, log in to the web vpn (https://vpn.ucsd.edu) to get full access to UCSD article content.

JSTOR
Search by subject or browse full text of more than 500 scholarly journals in social sciences, humanities, and sciences, to their earliest issues. Many titles extend as far back as late 19th or early 20th centuries; most recent 3-5 years not included.

Project Muse: Scholarly Journals Online
Search by subject or browse full text scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics. More than 700 journals from over 250 university presses and scholarly publishers are available. Coverage begins 1906 or later, depending on the publication. UCSD also has access to over 30,000 book titles.
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America: History and Life
1895-present. International database for research on all periods of U.S. and Canadian history, including very recent years. Includes abstracts of journal articles and listings of books and dissertations. Over 1,800 journals are indexed.
Bibliography of Asian Studies
An index to western-language books, book chapters, and articles on all parts of Asia. Includes over 900,000 citations, dating primarily from 1971 onwards, with more than 400,000 citations since 1992.

FRANCIS
International index to journal articles published from 1984 to present in the humanities and social sciences, with special strength in religion, anthropology, history of art, literature, economics.

Historical Abstracts
1863-present. International database for research on history of all regions (except the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the current decade. Content includes
indexing of historical articles from more than 2,300 journals in over 40 languages.

MLA International Bibliography
(Modern Language Association). Includes citations to articles on the Bible as literature, Christian fiction, etc.

Sociological Abstracts
1963-present. Abstracts journal articles, monographs, dissertations, conference proceedings, other research covering sociology, social work, and related social sciences. Also includes selected web resources.