Religion databases by subject category General Reference
A complete list of all Religion databases in General Reference organized by type:
Articles (journals and newspapers)
- 19th Century Masterfile [Info]
- A.T.L.A. Historical Monographs Collection, Series 1 [Info]
- A.T.L.A. Historical Monographs Collection, Series 2 [Info]
- A.T.L.A. Religion Database with A.T.L.A. Serials [Info]
- American Periodicals Series Online 1740-1900 [Info]
- ArticleFirst [Info]
- Black Studies Center [Info]
- Electronic Collections Online fulltext journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences [Info]
- Ethnic Newswatch includes full text; Web version [Info]
- Expanded Academic ASAP [Info]
- Google Scholar [Info]
- IBZ: Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur [Info]
- Index Theologicus (IxTheo) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- InfoTrac [Info]
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) [Info]
- JSTOR [Info]
- Left Index [Info]
- Literature Online (formerly LION) [Info]
- National Newspaper Index [Info]
- Periodicals Index Online (PIO) This version will be going away in Summer 2013. My Archive accounts won’t be migrating to ProQuest. One must extract data manually to the repository of your choosing. [Info]
- Periodicals Index Online (PIO) through ProQuest [Info]
- Poole’s Plus (See: Nineteenth Century Masterfile) [Info]
- Project MUSE [Info]
- ProQuest Central [Info]
- Religion and Philosophy Collection [Info]
- World Biographical Information System Index (WBIS) (web version) [Info]
Audio and Video
- Black Studies Center [Info]
- CDRI (Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative (CDRI) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
Bibliographies/Book lists
- Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- GAMEO (Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) [Info]
- Literature Online (formerly LION) [Info]
- The Pluralism Project (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
Biographical information
- African American Biographical Database [Info]
- American National Biography [Info]
- Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) To Search, click on the button labeled "Zugang für Bibliotheken" [Info]
- Biography and Genealogy Master Index [Info]
- Black Studies Center [Info]
- GAMEO (Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Literature Online (formerly LION) [Info]
- Who’s Who [Info]
- World Biographical Information System Index (WBIS) (web version) [Info]
- World Who's Who (formerly International Who's Who) [Info]
Catalogs/Library holdings
- ACORN - the online catalog of the Vanderbilt Libraries. (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Athena Catalog of Nashville Area Library Consortium (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Books in Print (BIP) [Info]
Data/Datasets
- Adherents.com (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Association of Religion Data Archive (ARDA) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Gallup Brain [Info]
- Gallup.com (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Gallup.com: State of the States (polls) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias/Handbooks
- Arabic-English Lexicon (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Britannica Online [Info]
- Columbia Gazetteer of the World [Info]
- Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition [Info]
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE [Info]
- Encyclopedia of Mormonism (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, 2nd ed. [Info]
- Encyclopedia of Religion in America [Info]
- Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) [Info]
- GAMEO (Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Grove Dictionary of Art / Grove Art Online [Info]
- Handbook of Death and Dying [Info]
- International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences [Info]
- Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying [Info]
- New Catholic Encyclopedia Jubilee Volume, 2nd ed. [Info]
- New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd ed. [Info]
- New Catholic Encyclopedia, Supplement 2009 [Info]
- New Catholic Encyclopedia, Supplement 2010 [Info]
- New Catholic Encyclopedia, Supplement 2011 [Info]
- OED: Oxford English Dictionary [Info]
- Oxford English Dictionary (OED) [Info]
- Oxford Reference [Info]
Directories
- Books in Print (BIP) [Info]
- Chicago Manual of Style Online [Info]
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Encyclopedia of American Religions, 8th ed. (aka Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions) [Info]
- Gale Directory Library [Info]
- Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions, 8th ed. (aka Encyclopedia of American Relgions) [Info]
- The Pluralism Project (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- World Who's Who (formerly International Who's Who) [Info]
Dissertations and theses
Electronic books, documents, and other texts
- A.T.L.A. Historical Monographs Collection, Series 1 [Info]
- A.T.L.A. Historical Monographs Collection, Series 2 [Info]
- African American Experience [Info]
- American Periodicals Series Online 1740-1900 [Info]
- Black Studies Center [Info]
- CDRI (Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative (CDRI) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- ebooks on EBSCOhost [Info]
- Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, 2nd ed. [Info]
- Gallup Brain [Info]
- Gallup.com (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Gallup.com: State of the States (polls) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- GAMEO (Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Hartford Institute for Religion Research (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Historic Documents Series (CQ Online Editions) [Info]
- Literature Online (formerly LION) [Info]
- netLibrary (please use ebooks on EBSCOhost) [Info]
- Oxford African American Studies Center (Includes the African American National Biography) [Info]
- Oxford Biblical Studies Online [Info]
- Papal Encyclicals Online (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- The Pluralism Project (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
Images/Pictures/Illustrations
- ARTstor [Info]
- CDRI (Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative (CDRI) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- The Pluralism Project (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
Maps
- CDRI (Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative (CDRI) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Historical atlas of Islam = Atlas historique de l'Islam (Available only on workstations in the Divinity Library) [Info]
News resources
- 19th Century Masterfile [Info]
- Ethnic Newswatch includes full text; Web version [Info]
- Gallup Brain [Info]
- Gallup.com (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Gallup.com: State of the States (polls) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Left Index [Info]
- National Newspaper Index [Info]
- Poole’s Plus (See: Nineteenth Century Masterfile) [Info]
- ProQuest Central [Info]
Statistics
- Adherents.com (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Association of Religion Data Archive (ARDA) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Gallup Brain [Info]
- Gallup.com (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Gallup.com: State of the States (polls) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences [Info]
- The Pluralism Project (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- World Almanac and Book of Facts including World Almanac and Book of Facts, World Almanac of the U.S.A., World Almanac of U.S. Politics, and World Almanac for Kids [Info]
- World Christian Database [Info]
Websites
- GAMEO (Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO) (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Google Scholar [Info]
- Hartford Institute for Religion Research (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Internet for Religious Studies (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Papal Encyclicals Online (Free database--open to all users) [Info]
- Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion (Free database--open to all users) [Info]