LibGuides: Christian Ministries: Databases

Databases contain online versions of newspapers, magazines, journals, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and book chapters. When searching databases, you can be more specific with your keywords for a more precise list of results. You can search within the title, abstract, or full text of the item. The hardest part of searching databases is knowing which one to choose. The EC list of databases offers brief information about each resource. You can also search for databases by subject to help you more easily select appropriate databases.

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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Offers full-text coverage of information in many areas of academic study, including archaeology, religion and theology, and other fields. Select full-text to find your articles.
eBook Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains a selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter. Over 119,000 titles are included in this package, and titles are added to the package each month at no additional cost. All titles are available with unlimited user access.
Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Ebook Central provides access to thousands of eBooks. New titles are added each year from leading publishers to help libraries build collections that meet the needs of their community of researchers. Includes fiction and nonfiction books
Religion Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Religion covers formal theological studies and commentary on topics of general interest from the perspectives of many, worldwide religions.
Religion & Philosophy Collection This link opens in a new window
Covers world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy, and the history of philosophy.
Research Library at ProQuest This link opens in a new window
A wide range of popular academic subjects and includes full-text access for thousands of titles, including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.

These are open access databases. No password is needed to locate the full text articles found here.

BASE: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine This link opens in a new window
BASE is one of the world's most voluminous search engines especially for academic web resources. BASE provides more than 340 million documents from more than 11,000 content providers. You can access the full texts of about 60% of the indexed documents for free (Open Access). BASE is operated by Bielefeld University Library.

Biblical Studies.org.uk
Over 18,000 theological articles are now available on this site free of charge.
Christian Reformed Church Periodical Index
The CRCPI is an index to periodicals which are official publications of the Christian Reformed Church or its institutions, or periodicals which have a significant number of contributors who are affiliated with the CRC or its institutions.
Open Access Digital Theological Library
High-quality content in religious studies and related disciplines from publisher websites, institutional repositories, scholarly societies, archives, and stable public domain collections.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) This link opens in a new window
A database of 400+ scholarly online journals maintained by Lund University Libraries