Electronic Resources Gateway

Type: eBooks & eTexts

Description: Collection of texts on the lives of the saints from the beginning of the Christian era to the end of the sixteenth century, published over a period of three hundred years by the Société des Bollandistes.

Users: Licensed for 4 simultaneous users.

Type: Indexes & Articles

Coverage: 1954-

Description: Provides abstracts of scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present and citations to book reviews, media reviews and dissertations.

Users: Licensed for 6 simultaneous users.

Type: Reference

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Description: Biographical resource for more than 17,000 notable people in American history; updates include recently deceased notables as well as figures from the past who were not subjects in the print edition.

Type: Reference

Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstations 30 and 31. Select the All Titles folder, then Anchor Bible dictionary.

Description: Includes all entries in all six volumes of the Anchor Bible Dictionary as well as photos, drawings and bibliographies, plus the King James and the New Revised Standard Versions of the Bible.

Type: eBooks & eTexts

Coverage: reg.vat.1-reg.vat.523

Mode of access: CD-ROMs in Medieval Institute Reference (Rm. 715)

Description: JPEG images of papal letters as recorded in the Secret Vatican Archives, Reg. Vat. collection.

Type: Indexes & Articles

Coverage: 1949-

Description: Comprehensive online database supporting religious and theological scholarship in graduate education and faculty research. Compilation of three print indexes: Religion Index One: Periodicals (RIO), Religion Index Two: Multi-Author Works (RIT), and Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBBR). Provides citations on such topics as Biblical studies, world religions, Church history and religious perspectives on social issues. Includes links to 50+ online full-text scholarly religion periodicals in the ATLAS (American Theological Library Association Serials) project.

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* Database coverage list for ATLA Religion Database
* List of journals available in full text via ATLAS (American Theological Library Association Serials) project
* Search tips for ATLA Religion Database
* Use "ATLA Religion Database on CD-ROM" to search Methodist Reviews Index 1818-1985 (not available in online web version of ATLA Religion Database)

Type: Indexes & Articles

Coverage: Methodist reviews index 1818-1985

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Description: The CD-ROM version of ATLA religion database includes indexing and citations from Methodist reviews index 1818-1985.

Type: Reference, eBooks & eTexts

Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstation 31. Select the All Titles folder, then Bar Ilan's Judaic library

Description: Searchable database of the Old Testament and rabbinical literature.

Type: eBooks & eTexts

Description: "Contains twenty versions. In addition to the twelve complete Bibles, there are five New Testament works, two Gospel works and William Tyndale's New Testament, Pentateuch and Jonah translations."

Users: Licensed for four concurrent users

* Link to list of LION collections
* Link to LION home page

Type: Reference

Coverage: 2 CD-ROMs

Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstation 30. Select the All Titles folder, then BibleWorks 6.

Description: BibleWorks is an electronic Bible concordance and morphological analysis program. It includes texts of the Hebrew O.T., Greek O.T. and N.T. and a wide range of English and modern foreign language texts. It also has Bible dictionaries and other aids.

Type: eBooks & eTexts, Indexes & Articles, eJournals

Important: Trial ends Sept. 2, 2004; site does NOT work with Netscape

Description: Search and browse editorial content of the periodical Biblical Archaeology Review, as well as five books published by Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS): Ancient Israel : from Abraham to the Roman destruction of the Temple / edited by Hershel Shanks. Rev. and expanded ed., 1999 -- Aspects of monotheism : how God is one / editors, Hershel Shanks, Jack Meinhardt, 1997 -- Feminist approaches to the Bible : symposium ... / Phyllis Trible ... [et al.], 1995 -- The rise of ancient Israel / Hershel Shanks ... [et al.], 1992 -- The search for Jesus : modern scholarship looks at the Gospels / Stephen J. Patterson, Marcus J. Borg, John Dominic Crossan, 1994.

Type: Indexes & Articles

Coverage: Homepage as viewed on May 7, 2003

Description: A bibliography of books and articles on the Bible, listing primarily Brazilian or other Latin American publications; includes several detailed indexes.

Type: Indexes & Articles

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Coverage: Ed. 1 covers bibliographic data from v. 84-93 (1991-2000) and supplements 1-3.

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Description: Cumulative bibliography of essays and monographs cited in Byzantinische Zeitschrift and its supplement, indexed by keywords; bibliographic citation records can be searched, browsed, copied, exported and printed.

Type: Reference

Description: Consists of "biographies of the 20th century cardinals and of the events and documents concerning the origin of the Roman cardinalate and its historic evolution."

Type: Indexes & Articles

Description: Bibliographic information relating to Biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies, archaeology, and related disciplines, representing the holdings of the library at the École biblique.

Users: Licensed for one simultaneous user.

Type: eBooks & eTexts

Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstations 30 and 31. Select the All Titles folder, then Catholic base builder.

Description: Includes New Jerusalem Bible, New American Bible, the Latin vulgate, Jerome's biblical commentary, and Confessions of St. Augustine.

Type: eBooks & eTexts

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Users: Licensed for one simultaneous user.

Type: Reference, eBooks & eTexts

Description: Articles transcribed from the 1913 ed. of the Catholic Encyclopedia; includes links to the document The Making of the Catholic Encyclopedia (1917) and to New Advent Catholic supersite home page.

Type: eBooks & eTexts

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Description: Provides a searchable database of HTML-encoded texts, including approximately 1000 titles from the 37-volume print version of works by Early Church Fathers, Aquinas' Summa Theologica, Longfellow's translation of Dante's Divine Comedy, and Lew Wallace's Ben Hur.

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Type: Indexes & Articles

Coverage: 1980-

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Description: Indexed citations to articles published in more than 150 Roman Catholic periodicals, as well as papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith, authored by Catholics, or produced by Catholic publishers.

Users: Licensed for 5 simultaneous users.

* Database coverage list for Catholic periodical and literature index

Type: eBooks & eTexts

Description: Provides searchable full text of several hundred books in the public domain for theological study.

* Database coverage list for Christian Classics Ethereal Library

Type: eBooks & eTexts

Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstations 30 and 31. Select the All Titles folder, then CAG.

Description: Contains the complete Latin works of St. Augustine (over 5 million words, from the best critical editions), keyword searchable; accompanied by a 20,000-title bibliography of secondary literature on Augustine.

Type: Reference

Coverage: 1 CD-ROM

Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstation 30. Select start, programs, then .

Description: Comprehensive collection of reference materials on the Dead Sea scrolls and related areas of interest including digitized images of the scrolls, transcriptions, translations, and associated literature.

Type: eBooks & eTexts

Acknowledgment: Special thanks to the Graduate School for their generous support in helping the University Libraries make this acquisition possible.

Type: eBooks & eTexts

Description: "Comprising nearly 2,000 individual titles written during the 16th and 17th centuries, the DLCR will give researchers immediate, Web-based access to hundreds of hard-to-find works, including papal documents, synodal decrees, catechisms, confessors' manuals, biblical commentaries, theological treatises, sacred drama, liturgical works, inquisitorial manuals, preaching guides, accounts of saints' lives, and devotional works."

Type: eBooks & eTexts

Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstations 30 and 31. Select the All Titles folder, then Logos Library System.

Description: Full text of the writings of the early church fathers translated into English (American reprint of the 38-volume Edinburgh edition: The ante-Nicene fathers ; The select library of the Nicene and post-Nicene fathers of the Christian church, 1st and 2nd series) reflecting the development of Christianity and Christian thought during the period immediately following the Apostolic Era.

Type: eBooks & eTexts

* The works in this collection are presented as images, which may be viewed online, or downloaded in PDF format for viewing off-line. No plugins are required to view images online. To view PDF documents, you will need the Acrobat Reader plugin from Adobe.

Description: Reproduces works listed in: Pollard & Redgrave's Short-title catalogue, Wing's Short title catalogue and Thomason tracts, online via ProQuest Direct.

Type: eBooks & eTexts

Description: Subset of Early English Books Online. SGML/XML encoded with full text searching capabilities. Currently includes 2,000 plus titles. 200-300 titles are added monthly. When complete, EEBO-TCP will contain 25,000 texts.

Type: Reference

Mode of access: Available only from public access computers in Hesburgh Library or any ND branch library. Path: Start/Library and Information Resources/All Titles A-Z/Encyclopaedia Judaica.

Description: Covers all aspects of Jewish life and knowledge, with complete text of the original 16-volume print edition, as well as subsequent yearbooks and decennials (1982, 1992), updated and with hyperlinks, rare film clips, photographs, slide shows, music, maps, charts, and tables.

Type: Reference

* Click on "Enter databases", then select Europa Sacra.

Type: eBooks & eTexts

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Description: Provides access to English-language texts of documents from all ecumenical councils, with topical index and historical sketches of the councils.

Users: Licensed for one simultaneous user.

Type: Reference

Type: Indexes & Articles

Coverage: 1989-

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Description: Indexes articles published in theological and religious studies periodicals, in festschrift and in conference publications since 1989.

Type: Indexes & Articles

Coverage: v.26/41(1988/2003)

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Description: Provides citations to articles, book reviews, and feature stories in 150+ English language periodicals of Jewish interest.

Users: Licensed for 1 simultaneous user.

Type: Indexes & Articles

* Click on "Enter databases", then select International Medieval Bibliography - online.

Coverage: 1967-

Description: Indexes articles, notes, and similar literature on medieval subjects in journals, Festschriften, conference proceedings, and collected essays. Covers all aspects of medieval studies within the date range of 400 to 1500 for the entire continent of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa for the period before the Muslim conquest and parts of those areas subsequently controlled by Christian powers. Includes more than 300,000 articles published 1967- , all of which are fully classified by date, subject and location.

Type: eBooks & eTexts

Description: "... standard edition of the Bible for nearly three centuries, drawing heavily on previous editions and providing the principal influence for many subsequent versions. It is arguably the most influential single document for English literary studies in general. The text (of the 'He' version) is given in full ..."--"About" screen, viewed on Mar. 22, 1999.

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Type: eBooks & eTexts

Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstations 30 and 31. Select the All Titles folder, then Die Kirchliche Dogmatik.

Description: Contains a full text database of Karl Barth's work Die kirchliche Dogmatik.

User Guides: Accompanied by: Getting started guide (24 leaves).

Type: Reference

Description: The Labyrinth provides free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through a World Wide Web server at Georgetown University. The Labyrinth's easy-to-use menus and links provide connections to databases, services, texts, and images on other servers around the world. This project not only provides an organizational structure for electronic resources in medieval studies, but also serves as a model for similar, collaborative projects in other fields of study. The Labyrinth project is open-ended and is designed to grow and change with new developments in technology and in medieval studies.

Type: Reference

* Click on "Enter databases", then select Lexikon des Mittelalters Online.

Type: Data/Statistics/GIS

Coverage: v.1 CD-ROM

Mode of access: CD-ROM in Medieval Institute Reference (Rm. 715)

Description: Each CD-ROM contains two complementary databases: a textual database and an image bank. The textual database consists of all the descriptive notes of the manuscripts. The image bank comprises the reproductions of all illustrations. In addition, there is a series of background articles relating to the history of the Burgundy Library, important persons, or stylistic trends.

Type: eBooks & eTexts

Coverage: CLCLT 5(2002)

Mode of access: Available only from public access computers in Hesburgh Library or any ND branch library. Path: Start/Library and Information Resources/All Titles A-Z/Library of Latin Texts.

Description: Latin texts from the following corpora: Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina; Corpus Christianorum. Continuatio Medievalis; Corpus Christianorum ecclesiasticorum Latinorum; Patrologiae cursus completus. Series Latina; Patrologiae Latinae supplementum; Sources chrétiennes; Biblia sacra juxta vulgatam versionem; as well as many other recent editions.

Users: Licensed for one simultaneous user.

Type: eBooks & eTexts

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Description: "[A] collection of Marian resources including magesterial documents, Marian literature, hymns, prayers, art, and apparitions."--Publisher catalog.

Users: Licensed for one simultaneous user.

Type: Reference

Description: Provides searchable bibliographic descriptions of periodicals published 1700s-mid 1900s in Britain by missionary societies and commercial publishers on foreign missions. Entries in the database (part of Currents in World Christianity, a research project directed from University of Cambridge) include periodical title, issuing body, denomination, dates of publication, publisher, frequency, region of work, etc.

Type: Indexes & Articles

Coverage: 1963-

Description: Provides indexing to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore in nearly 2,000 journals and series as well as covering relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies, etc.

Users: Licensed for 4 simultaneous users.

* MLA Directory of Periodicals a guide to journals and series in languages and literatures.

Type: Indexes & Articles

Description: Home page of the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature (NRCBL), a specialized collection of books, journals, newspaper articles, legal materials, regulations, codes, government publications, and other relevant documents concerned with issues in biomedical and professional ethics. Includes access to services and publications of the NRCBL.

Type: eBooks & eTexts

Description: A collection of electronic books available for reading and searching via the Internet. Book titles include both those academic titles specifically acquired by Notre Dame and a public domain collection of thousands of works including Project Gutenberg titles.

Users: One concurrent user per title. Preview mode allows access for 15 minutes. Check-out mode allows access for 2 hours at a time.

* NetLibrary user guide
* ND titles

Type: Reference, eBooks & eTexts

Users: Licensed for one simultaneous user.

* NetLibrary instuctions/registration

Type: Indexes & Articles

Coverage: 1851-three years before present

Description: Searchable database with access to every page of every issue from cover to cover, with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF from the first issue in 1851 to three years before the current year. Additional year of coverage added once a year.

* Latest 2 years New York Times, via LexisNexis Academic

Type: eBooks & eTexts

Description: Provides access to 120,000 pages of letters and diaries of more than 600 women writing from Colonial times to 1950. Writers reflect all age groups and life stages, all ethnicities, and many geographical regions.

Type: Indexes & Articles

Coverage: 1978-

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Description: Provides citations with abstracts (in English regardless of language of original work) to journal articles, books, essays, and software on Old Testament topics, antiquities, archaeology, Biblical theology, and philology.

Type: Reference

CD-ROM in Hesburgh Reference; ask at Reference Desk.

Description: Multimedia CD-ROM exploring the history, beliefs, and current practices of fifteen religious traditions in the United States through primary documents and other texts, photographs, images, sound files and movies.

Type: eBooks & eTexts

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Type: eBooks & eTexts

Description: Collection of searchable, full-text humanities databases of scholarly complete editions or selections from classics in philosophy, political science, and economics. Works by Aquinas, Aristotle, Augustine, Austin, Ayer, Berkeley, Calvin, Collingwood, Davidson, Descartes, Dewey, Fichte, Hegel, Hume, Kant, Kierkegaard, Leibniz, Locke, Luther, Nietzsche, Plato, Spinoza, and Wittgenstein.

Type: eBooks & eTexts

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Description: Provides access to the first edition of Migne's PL, including index volumes, published 1844-1864. Works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to Pope Innocent III in 1216.

Type: Indexes & Articles

Coverage: 1770-1995

Description: Index to millions of articles in thousands of periodicals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences published beginning 1770 or subsequently; scope is worldwide, covering major Western languages.

Users: Licensed for 5 simultaneous users.

* Database coverage list for PCI, Periodicals Contents Index
* PCI Training Manual

Type: Indexes & Articles

Coverage: 1940-

Description: Provides indexing and abstracts of books and journals on philosophy and related fields (ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, etc.).

Users: Licensed for 4 simultaneous users.

Type: Indexes & Articles

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Coverage: 1981-

Description: Searchable database which indexes and abstracts D.Min. theses and projects from reporting schools of theology accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.

Type: eBooks & eTexts

Coverage: Website as viewed May 19, 2003

Description: Resource for scholarly studies of early Christian writings and their social world (Bible texts, translations and related texts; Biblical studies electronically published; Mediterranean social world; Philo of Alexandria).

Type: Indexes & Articles

Coverage: 1963-

Description: Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides citations from 1963 to the present to journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Records for journal articles added after 1974 contain in-depth abstracts. Major areas of coverage include culture and social structure; demography and human biology; economic development; environmental interactions; evaluation research; family and social welfare; health and medicine and law; history and theory of sociology; management and complex organizations; mass phenomena and political interactions; methodology and research technology; policy, planning, forecast and speculation; radical sociology; religion and science; rural and urban sociology; social development; social differentiation; social psychology and group interaction; sociology of the arts, business, education; studies in violence and power; substance abuse and addiction; welfare services; women's studies.

Type: eBooks & eTexts

Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstations 30 and 31. Select "All Titles" folder, then Soncino Midrash Rabbah.

Description: Complete Hebrew texts and English translations of Midrash rabbah and of Tanakh. Hebrew text of Midrash rabbah in standard Vilna ed. with Soncino Midrash rabbah, 3rd ed., published by the Soncino Press, 1983, in English translation with notes, glossary and indices under editorship of H. Freedman and Maurice Simon. Hebrew text of Tanakh based on 1895 Warsaw ed. and English translation prepared in Israel under the editorship of Yechezkel Schatz.

Type: Reference

Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstations 30 and 31. Select the All Titles folder, then Talmudic encyclopedia.

Description: Covers all Halakhic subjects dealt within the Talmud and in post-Talmudic Rabbinic literature, including sources, reasonings, and variations of opinion.

Type: eBooks & eTexts

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Type: Data/Statistics/GIS

Coverage: 18 CD-ROMS

Mode of access: CD-ROM in Medieval Institute Reference (Rm. 715)

Description: Comprehensive patristic records for the Vetus Latina Institut in Beurum.

Type: Indexes & Articles

Coverage: Most recent 3 months

Description: Current awareness service providing rolling three months' listings of newly published articles (table-of-contents format) on theology, religious studies, and the Ancient Near East. Listings based on 600+ regularly received periodicals in the Tübingen University Library.

* Database coverage list for Zeitschrifteninhaltsdienst (ZID) Theologie