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Theology - key resources

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	ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials (EBSCOhost) This database combines the indexing from ATLA Religion Database with access to ATLA's online full-text collection of major religion and theology journals.
	Brill Online Books and Journals Access full-text e-books in the following humanities and social sciences collections: Asian Studies; Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity; Classical Studies; European History and Culture; Middle East and Islamic Studies; Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy; and Social Sciences. Selected full-text journals are also included for: Humanities, International Law and Biology.
	JSTOR Provides full-text access to back issues (delay in coverage generally 3-5 years) of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics and other fields of the humanities, social sciences, and life sciences. The Library's access includes all Arts & Sciences Collections, the Life Sciences Collection, Business IV, and the Ireland Collection.
	Project MUSE Provides digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community. A source of complete, full-text versions of scholarly journals with over 120 publishers currently participating.
	Religion and Philosophy Collection (EBSCOhost) Provides indexing and abstracting, as well as some full-text coverage, of journals on religious history, biblical studies, epistemology, political philosophy, and the history of philosophy.
	Religion Database (ProQuest) Contains primarily full-text, international periodicals for diverse religious and spiritual studies, covering formal theological studies of major religions, as well as the most recent trends and scholarly thought. Included are titles from religious publishing bodies and nondenominational organisations.
	Religion, Reform, and Society (NCCO) This collection examines the influence of both faith and skepticism on the shaping of many aspects of society - politics, law, economics, and social and radical reform movements. The material in this archive explores religious and philosophical movements in reaction to dramatic changes in culture and society wrought by the industrial revolution and modernity.

Theology - additional resources

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	Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) Designed for academic institutions, this database provides coverage of multidisciplinary academic journals. It supports research in the key areas of academic study by providing peer-reviewed journals, full-text periodicals, reports, books, and more.
	Academic Video Online (AVON): Premium (Alexander Street) A multidisciplinary video collection delivering thousands of video titles spanning anthropology, history, business, counselling, dance, ethnic studies, gay and lesbian studies, film, opera, religion, theatre, and more. AVON includes documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, and raw footage. Users will find award-winning films, as well as the most frequently used films for classroom instruction, plus newly released films and previously unavailable archival material. Content is available from over 500 producers.
	Archive Explorer (Adam Matthew) Cross-search the Adam Matthew collections subscribed to by the University of Otago.
	ATLA Digital Library The ATLA Digital Library brings together in a singular, searchable platform digitised collections from libraries, religious institutions, and other organisations worldwide who collect and preserve texts, records, maps, photographs, recordings, and other materials. The items found in the collection are of importance to those with an interest in researching, studying, teaching, and otherwise searching for historical and archival content in religion and theology. The Digital Library is Open Access.
	Current Contents Connect (Web of Science) A multidisciplinary, current awareness database that provides access to complete tables of contents, abstracts, bibliographic information, and abstracts from the most recently published issues of leading scholarly journals, as well as from relevant, evaluated websites.
	Digital Dead Sea Scrolls The Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Project from the Israel Museum comprises five Dead Sea Scrolls that have been digitised to date including the Great Isaiah Scroll, the Community Rule Scroll, the Commentary on Habakkuk Scroll, the Temple Scroll, and the War Scroll. The site is Open Access.
	Digital Karl Barth Library (Alexander Street) An online collection of Karl Barth's works. The collection features the entire corpus of Barth's Gesamtausgabe and the 14 volume Kirchliche Dogmatik.
	Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts (Alexander Street) A collection of 16th and 17th century Protestant writings which includes the principal works of the Reformation and post-Reformation eras, as well as the works of lesser-known authors of the period. The contents includes biblical commentaries, catechisms, treatises, pastoral writings, sermons, church histories, disputations, and personal letters.
	Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation (Alexander Street) This collection includes hundreds of seminal works, including papal documents, synodal decrees, catechisms, confessors’ manuals, biblical commentaries, theological treatises, liturgical works, inquisitorial manuals, preaching guides, saints’ lives, and devotional literature. It represents the ideas and opinions that sparked and sustained Catholic reform in the 16th and 17th centuries.
	Digital Vatican Library The Digital Vatical Library provides free access to the Vatican Library’s digitised collections: manuscripts, incunabula, archival materials and inventories as well as graphic materials, coins and medals, and printed materials.
	Discovering Sacred Texts (British Library) Discovering Sacred Texts provides free access to the richness and diversity of the texts from some of the world’s greatest faiths. Includes sacred texts from Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism and the Baha’i Faith, Jainism and Zoroastrianism.
	Gale Academic OneFile (Gale Cengage) Provides indexing/abstracting for journals and reference sources with many articles available in full-text. Coverage includes the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes coverage of the New York Times back to 1985.
	Iter Bibliography A bibliography comprised of secondary source material pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Citations for books and journal material are included, as are citations for dissertation abstracts and essays in books (including entries in conference proceedings, festschriften, encyclopedias and exhibition catalogues).
	King James Bible via LION (Literature Online) This 'Authorized' edition of the Bible (1611) was the standard edition of the Bible for nearly three centuries, drawing heavily on previous editions and providing the principal influence for many subsequent versions.
	Marsden Online Archive An online archive of letters and journals by Reverend Samuel Marsden (1765-1838) as well as the papers of other early NZ missionaries. The collection provides access to high resolution images of manuscripts from Hocken Collections along with associated transcripts created by Gordon Parsonson.
	Oxford Scholarship Online Cross-searchable library containing full-text books in the areas of Classical Studies, Economics and Finance, History, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, and Sociology.
	Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) (ProQuest) A full-text archive of 215 periodicals in the humanities and social sciences. Coverage is from the first issue to the end of 2000, or final issue (whichever is first).
	Presbyterian Research Centre: the Archive and Library for the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand A collection documenting the life and work of the Presbyterian Church in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Archive holds documents from the General Assembly, General Assembly committees, foreign missions, local and national Presbyterian women's and youth organisations, parishes and presbyteries throughout New Zealand, co-operating and uniting parishes, Knox College, Knox Centre for Ministry & leadership (and its predecessors) and the personal papers of ministers and prominent Presbyterian laymen and women from throughout the country.
	ProQuest Central A leading electronic database providing indexing/abstracting and full-text access to scholarly and general interest publications. It combines information from a number of online databases with subjects covering: business, law, education, computing, science, technology, engineering, arts, medicine, and religion.
	Religion & Thought (Alexander Street) A collection of documentary videos covering topics relating to religious beliefs and religious practices.
	Research Library (ProQuest) A multidisciplinary database designed to cover the top 150 core academic subject reference areas. The database includes thousands of full-text titles, with a diversified mix of scholarly journals, professional and trade publications, and general interest magazines.
	Society of Biblical Literature – Ancient Near East Monographs (ANEM) This Open Access monograph series focuses on the ancient Near East, including ancient Israel and its literature, from the early Neolithic to the early Hellenistic eras.
	Taylor & Francis Online A collection of full text journals in humanities, social sciences, science and technology from Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Psychology Press, including access to back issues from 1997 where available.
	Te Puna A web-based search service giving access to the bibliographic details of what is held in New Zealand and international libraries.
	Wiley Online Library A collection of full-text scientific, technical, medical, social science and business journals published by Wiley.