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Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online (Walter de Gruyter)

EBR includes extensive information about the Bible, how it was received in Christian churches and the Jewish Diaspora, and how it is viewed by other world religions. Includes articles about the Bible in literature, art, music, and film. Volumes 1, 2, and 3 currently available. [more info]

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Reference Information

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Taylor and Francis)

Based on the scholarly printed Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, "REP Online" allows users to search through a regularly updated universe of over... [more info]

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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Stanford University)

Online encyclopedia of philosophy with each entry maintained and updated by an expert or... [more info]

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Blackwell Reference Online - Philosophy (Blackwell)

A collection of full-text reference books on philosophy. [more info]

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Blackwell Reference Online - Religion (Blackwell)

A collection of full-text reference books on religion. [more info]

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Encyclopedia of Religion & Society

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Oxford Reference Online (Oxford University Press)

Database of full-text scholarly reference books on all subjects. [more info]

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Cambridge Histories Online (Cambridge University Press)

Cambridge Histories Online provides political, economic and social history, philosophy and literature... [more info]

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Credo Reference (Credo Reference)

Search over 500 reference titles using Credo. [more info]

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Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online (Walter de Gruyter)

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Facts.com Reference Suite (Facts On File News Services)

Facts and overviews of historic events and issues since 1940. [more info]

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Guide to Reference (ALA)

A selective guide of reference sources, organized by academic discipline... [more info]

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OED Online (Oxford English Dictionary) (Oxford University Press)

This database contains the entire text of the Oxford English Dictionary and the Historical Thesaurus of the OED. [more info]

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Oxford Bibliographies Online (Oxford University Press)

Find subject specific lists of scholarly articles in Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO). Each research guide in OBO provides an introduction to the topic and annotated bibliographic lists of books and articles recommended by scholars in the field. [more info]

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Reference Universe (Paratext)

Search most of JMU's reference collection for background articles from encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, etc. [more info]

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Articles (from journals)

ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials (EBSCO)

Citations and some full text to international periodicals, books, and book chapters on religion and theological studies... [more info]

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Religion & Philosophy Collection (EBSCO)

Search through topics related to world religions, epistemology, and much more... [more info]

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Humanities International Complete (EBSCO)

Search through hundreds of full text journals, books, and other published resources pertaining to the humanities from around the world... [more info]

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Philosopher's Index (Online) (ProQuest)

A database that provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals in the fifteen fields... [more info]

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Index Islamicus (EBSCO)

Indexes journal articles, conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews on Islam. [more info]

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JSTOR

Full online text and images for back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology, literature, etc. [more info]

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Project Muse (John Hopkins University Press)

An index of journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics... [more info]

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Annee Philologique (Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique)

Users will need to create a free individual account to use the advanced features. An index with abstracts to scholarly work covering all aspects of Greco-Roman antiquity... [more info]

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Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)

Index and full-text source for scholarly journals and magazines ... [more info]

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America: History and Life (EBSCO)

An index with abstracts to history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present... [more info]

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Google Scholar

Search the Internet for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research... [more info]

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Historical Abstracts (EBSCO)

An index with abstracts to more than 1,800 journals in 40 languages on world history from 1450 to the present. [more info]

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Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (EBSCO)

Indexes articles in the subjects of gerontology, history, international relations, journalism, law, linguistics, and many more subjects. [more info]

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OmniFile Full Text Mega (EBSCO)

An index with abstracts and some full text covering all subjects, including humanities and social sciences. [more info]

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Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale)

Contains secondary and primary sources discussing today's social issues...
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Periodicals Archive Online (ProQuest)

Full text for journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences. [more info]

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Books / Book Chapters

JMU Library Catalog (LEO) (JMU Libraries)

JMU Library Catalog (LEO) is the online catalog of materials in James Madison University Libraries. [more info]

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WorldCat (OCLC / Firstsearch)

Catalog of over 62 million titles cataloged by libraries worldwide ... [more info]

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ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials (EBSCO)

Citations and some full text to international periodicals, books, and book chapters on religion and theological studies... [more info]

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Humanities International Complete (EBSCO)

Search through hundreds of full text journals, books, and other published resources pertaining to the humanities from around the world... [more info]

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Philosopher's Index (Online) (ProQuest)

A database that provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals in the fifteen fields... [more info]

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Past Masters: Philosophy and Theology

Searchable full-text collections, in English and/or Latin, of the writings of philosophers and theologians from antiquity into the 20th century. [more info]

Oxford Scholarship Online (Oxford University Press)

Full text collection of core scholarly books in Economics, Finance, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion and Theology. Full text access in those collections is available from May 2006 to most recent update. [more info]

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Index Islamicus (EBSCO)

Indexes journal articles, conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews on Islam. [more info]

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Annee Philologique (Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique)

Users will need to create a free individual account to use the advanced features. An index with abstracts to scholarly work covering all aspects of Greco-Roman antiquity... [more info]

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ARTFL: American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language

Provides the complete text of nearly 2,000 French works including classic works of French literature, non-fiction prose, and technical writing. [more info]

C19: The Nineteenth Century Index (Chadwyck-Healey)

Not recommended for use in Google Chrome. Please use Internet Explorer, FireFox, or Safari. C19: The Nineteenth Century Index is an all-inclusive bibliographic tool for 19th-century research. [more info]

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Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 (Readex)

A collection of full-text digital books. Digital version of the Early American Imprints... [more info]

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Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw Shoemaker: 1801-1819 (Readex)

A collection of 36,000 fully searchable digital books... [more info]

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Early English Books Online (Chadwyck-Healey)

Early English Books Online™, 1475-1700 (EEBO) provides digital access to more than 100,000 literary and historical classics.... [more info]

eBrary Academic Complete (ProQuest)

Over 70,000 full text books from scholarly publishers in academic disciplines. [more info]

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Online Library of Liberty (Liberty Fund)

Electronic versions of classic books about individual liberty. These texts go back some 4,000 years... [more info]

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Articles (from magazines)

Humanities International Complete (EBSCO)

Search through hundreds of full text journals, books, and other published resources pertaining to the humanities from around the world... [more info]

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Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)

Index and full-text source for scholarly journals and magazines ... [more info]

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OmniFile Full Text Mega (EBSCO)

An index with abstracts and some full text covering all subjects, including humanities and social sciences. [more info]

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Biography

Oxford Scholarship Online (Oxford University Press)

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American National Biography (Oxford University Press)

A biographical resource for notable people in American history with a database offering portraits... [more info]

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Biography and Genealogy Master Index (Gale)

Indexes more than 15 million biographical sketches from reference books. Find a citation and then look in LEO to see if JMU Libraries has the reference book it is in. [more info]

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Biography In Context (Gale)

A comprehensive database of biographical information on over 480,000 people. Formerly Biography Resource Center. [more info]

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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online (Oxford University Press)

Biographies of 55,000 men and women who shaped all aspects of the British past from the earliest times. No living person is included in the dictionary.
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Current News / Controversies

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)

Index and full-text source for scholarly journals and magazines ... [more info]

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Access World News (NewsBank)

Provides full-text for over 600 U.S. and over 700 international news sources.
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Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)

Full text and indexing for ethnic, minority, and international newspapers and magazines... [more info]

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Facts.com Reference Suite (Facts On File News Services)

Facts and overviews of historic events and issues since 1940. [more info]

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Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale)

Contains secondary and primary sources discussing today's social issues...
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Primary Sources

Past Masters: Philosophy and Theology

Searchable full-text collections, in English and/or Latin, of the writings of philosophers and theologians from antiquity into the 20th century. [more info]

ARTFL: American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language

Provides the complete text of nearly 2,000 French works including classic works of French literature, non-fiction prose, and technical writing. [more info]

ARTstor

Image database containing over 1 million images in subject areas such as art, architecture, music, religion, anthropology, world history, literature and more. [more info]

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C19: The Nineteenth Century Index (Chadwyck-Healey)

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Early English Books Online (Chadwyck-Healey)

Early English Books Online™, 1475-1700 (EEBO) provides digital access to more than 100,000 literary and historical classics.... [more info]

Global Missions and Theology (Gale)

Contains documents from and about missionary activity in the United States during the 19th Century. Includes reproductions of personal narratives, organizational records, and biographies of churches, church leaders, and missionaries. Also contains material on missionary activities in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and the Sandwich Islands. [more info]

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Online Library of Liberty (Liberty Fund)

Electronic versions of classic books about individual liberty. These texts go back some 4,000 years... [more info]

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Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale)

Contains secondary and primary sources discussing today's social issues...
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Dissertations

Dissertations & Theses: Full Text (ProQuest)

Indexing, abstracts, and full text for doctoral dissertations and master's theses. [more info]

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Major Journals

Periodical Locator - Philosophy & Religion Journals

A list of Philosophy & Religion journals to which JMU Libraries has access.
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Reviews

ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials (EBSCO)

Citations and some full text to international periodicals, books, and book chapters on religion and theological studies... [more info]

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Humanities International Complete (EBSCO)

Search through hundreds of full text journals, books, and other published resources pertaining to the humanities from around the world... [more info]

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Philosopher's Index (Online) (ProQuest)

A database that provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals in the fifteen fields... [more info]

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Index Islamicus (EBSCO)

Indexes journal articles, conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews on Islam. [more info]

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Project Muse (John Hopkins University Press)

An index of journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics... [more info]

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Annee Philologique (Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique)

Users will need to create a free individual account to use the advanced features. An index with abstracts to scholarly work covering all aspects of Greco-Roman antiquity... [more info]

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OmniFile Full Text Mega (EBSCO)

An index with abstracts and some full text covering all subjects, including humanities and social sciences. [more info]

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Videos

JMU Library Catalog (LEO) (JMU Libraries)

JMU Library Catalog (LEO) is the online catalog of materials in James Madison University Libraries. [more info]

Internet

WorldCat (OCLC / Firstsearch)

Catalog of over 62 million titles cataloged by libraries worldwide ... [more info]

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Filmakers Library Online (Alexander Street Press)

Filmakers Library Online is a video collection of documentaries that span numerous subjects. Use the filters to limit by subject or click the "Refine your search" link to search for specific Filmakers titles. [more info]

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Polls / Surveys

Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale)

Contains secondary and primary sources discussing today's social issues...
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Statistics & Datasets

Armed Conflict Database

Full-text and statistics for international and internal conflicts... [more info]

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Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale)

Contains secondary and primary sources discussing today's social issues...
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Websites

ABZU: A Guide to Information Related to the Study of the Ancient Near East on the Web

Abzu guides the user to data on the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean world... [more info]

Home Page of Meir Bar-Ilan

Meir Bar-Ilan is a Senior Lecturer at Bar-Ilan University. His home page contains much useful information on Second Temple Judaism and the OT Pseudepigrapha, much of it in modern Hebrew, some in English. [more info]

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Home Page of Robert A. Kraft

Professor Bob Kraft is a pioneer in using computer technology for teaching and research. His home page has links to a number of courses he has taught online, as well as to his own online publications, and many other resources useful for our course. [more info]

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Millennium Studies and Apocalypticism

A repository of articles, position papers, and abstracts are the work of those associated with the Center for Millennial Studies at Boston University.
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Virtual Religion Index

A collection of internet resources compiled by faculty at Rutgers University and categorized by subject.

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Wabash College Internet Guide to Religion

A selective, annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources of interest to those who are involved in the study and practice of religion: [more info]

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