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Religious Studies, Theological Studies, and Philosophy Resources

ATLA Religion+
Covers biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religious perspectives on social issues.
  • If you sign in with your St. Edward’s email address, you can save articles and look at your search history.
  • If you click on the “subject” tab, you can browse by subject.
  • If you hover over “publications” you can select a specific publication (either Atla Religion Database or Religion and Philosophy collection).
  • Selecting “Scriptures” will allow you to browse specific scriptures, and see all articles related to that scripture.
  • You can either basic search using keywords, or you can advanced search and use Boolean Operators, Publication Year, Publication Type, etc. to narrow down your search.
  • For more information on how to search the database, click the question mark on the right hand side of the search bar.
Jewish Studies Source
Offers a multidisciplinary view into the study of Jewish civilization from its historical origins to the present.
  • Includes Academic Journals, Monographs, Biographies, News Articles, and more.
  • If you click on the “subject” tab, you can browse by subject.
  • If you hover over “publications” you can browse specific publications.
  • “Cited References” can help you to find a specific article via its citation (i.e., title, author, publication year, etc).
  • You can either basic search using keywords, or you can advanced search and use Boolean Operators, Publication Year, Publication Type, etc. to narrow down your search.
  • For more information on how to search the database, click the question mark on the right hand side of the search bar.
Patrologiae Graecae
Contains more than 160 volumes of Greek material with Latin translations relevant to the study of the history of the Christian Church.
  • These resources are in a combination of Latin and Greek.
  • When you get to the database, there is essentially a long list of chapter titles. You can select the chapter you want to look into, and then see all the subcategories in each chapter.
Religion and Philosophy OneFile
Research the impact of religion on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language.
  • If you sign in with your St. Edwards email address, you will be able to see search history, which could be helpful if you are doing research projects.
  • Search tools include topic finder, Subject Guide Search, and publication search.
    • In the Topic Finder, you can input keywords and the database will generate a wheel of topics relating to those keywords.
    • In the subject guide search you can search by subject as well as narrow your search to publication date, peer reviewed journals, and full text articles.
    • In the publication search section you can search for specific publications as well as narrow your search by date, peer reviewed journals, type of publication, etc.
  • You can also basic search by keyword or advanced search using Boolean operators, publication title, publication date, etc.
  • You can also narrow your search to full text articles, articles with images, and peer reviewed articles.
Biblical Archaeology Society
Journals include Biblical Archaeology Review, Bible Review, and Archaeology Odyssey.
  • At the top of the homepage, you can select a category to browse. These categories include Magazines, Books, Videos, and special collections.
  • You can basic search by keyword at the top of the database homepage.
  • At the bottom of the homepage for this database, you will find an advanced search bar.
    • Advanced search categories include keywords, author, content type (i.e., article or book), range of publication dates, bible verse, etc.
Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries
Draws from the wisdom and resources of Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish scholars from around the world.
  • At the top of the page you can select “Content Types” to browse by a specific content type (i.e., Articles, eBooks, Images, etc.).
  • If you click on “Advanced Search” you can narrow down resources by keyword, publication year, and content type.
    • You can also click the question mark icon on the advanced search page in order to view searching tips.
Philosophy Now
Contains magazines in the realm of philosophy.
  • In the right hand corner of the homepage, you can search by keyword.
  • If you click “issues” you can browse by issues of the magazine.
  • If you click on “category” you can browse by categories such as Editorials, Interviews, Letter, etc.
  • If you click “tags” you can see popular subjects that are written about in the magazines.
    • Clicking on any of these subjects will allow you to see all the articles written about that subject.