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Academic Search Premier
(Duke WWW) |
Articles, some full text, from scholarly and general-interest publications. Useful for locating very current information and book reviews. |
African American newspapers: the 19th century
(Duke WWW) |
Provides the full text of articles from the following newspapers: Freedom's Journal, The Colored American, The North Star, The National Era, Provincial Freeman, Frederick Douglass Papers, and The Christian Recorder. |
African American Song
(Duke WWW) |
Documents the history of African American music by providing streaming audio access to genres such as jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, and narratives. |
America: History and Life
(Duke WWW) |
Contains citations and abstracts, from 1954 to date, covering all aspects of U.S. and Canadian history, culture, and current affairs from prehistoric times to the present. |
American Film Institute Catalog
(Duke WWW) |
Documents 45,000 films or videos made in the United States from 1893 to 1970 (except 1951 to 1960). Films can be searched by keyword, film title, cast, crew, character name, subject, genre, release year, and plot summary. |
American National Biography
(Duke WWW) |
Contains information about nearly 18,000 American men and women who are no longer living. Includes photographs. |
Anchor Bible Dictionary
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A searchable version of the standard print biblical resource. |
Anthropology Plus
(Duke WWW) |
Provides access to the journal literature of physical and cultural anthropology, archeology and related disciplines from the late 19th century to the present. |
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Archive of Celtic-Latin Literature
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Contains Celtic-Latin Literature from 400-1200 CE. |
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index
(Duke WWW)
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Part of the Web of Science, indexes articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, reviews, and more from 1980 to the present. |
ARTstor
(Duke WWW) |
Provides access to a large collection of images covering art, architecture, and archaeology for many time periods and cultures. |
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ATLA Religion Database
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Provides citations to literature covering all aspects of religion and theology, including Buddhism, Christianity and all its denominations, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and others. It indexes articles from 1949 to present, essays from 1960 to present, and includes indexing to Methodist periodicals from 1818 to present. A subset of this database, ATLASerials, is available to registered alumni. |
Bar Ilan's Judaic Library
(CD-ROM only) |
A searchable database of the Talmudic and rabbinical literature. |
Bhagvad Gita
(CD-ROM only) |
A multimedia presentation that includes Sanskrit text, transliteration, translation, explanation and chant of each of the 700 verses. |
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Bible in English
(Duke WWW)
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Contains twenty versions of the Bible in English from 990-1970. |
BibleWorks
(Installed on Divinity School Library pc's) |
A biblical concordance and morphological analysis program containing the full text of 44 versions of the Bible in English, Greek, Hebrew plus 9 other languages. |
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Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon
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German-language biographical and bibliographical dictionary of prominent figures in the history and study of the Christian church in all its branches and denominations. |
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index
(Duke WWW)
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Indexes current and retrospective biographical reference sources that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world. |
Britannica Online
(Duke WWW) |
Contains full-text articles from Encyclopedia Britannica, Britannica Book of the Year (world events since 1993), and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition. |
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Buddha: the Great Legend
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Includes video footage, photographs, illustrations, lectures, music, and timeline on Buddha. |
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Calvin's Institutes
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Includes three separate programs that allow you to search the 1559 Latin text, search the English words in the Beveridge translation, or read either the Lain and/or English text. |
Calvini Opera Database
(CD-ROM only) |
The complete works of John Calvin in the edition of the Corpus Refromatorum. Fully searchable with combination original image and text. |
Catalogue de l'École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem
(CD-ROM only) |
The Catalogue of the French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem is the electronic edition of the card catalog database for the École Biblique's library. |
Catholic Periodical and Literature Index
(Duke WWW) |
A primary index for Roman Catholic journal articles, essays, book reviews and monographic literature; 1981 to date. |
Center for Research Libraries
(WWW) |
A cooperative, member-based library in Chicago with a collection of over 2.4 million titles of specialized research materials (monographs, serials, newspapers, foreign doctoral dissertations, microfilm). Useful verification tool for interlibrary loan requests. |
Christian Cyclopedia
(WWW) |
Produced by The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, this update of the Lutheran Cyclopedia provides access to the names and terms of significant people, places, ideas, and institutions in church history and "secular" history. |
Cities of Paul
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Contains 900 images from ancient Asia Minor illuminating the lives of peoples encountered by Paul and other leaders in the earliest churches. |
Comprehensive John Calvin Collection
(CD-ROM only) |
Includes Calvin's Bible Commentaries, Institutes of the Christian Religion, and more. |
Conference Journal Memoirs
(CD-ROM only) |
A searchable database for Methodist conference journal memoirs developed by the United Methodist General Commission on Archives and History. |
Current Research at Duke
(Duke WWW) |
Search citations and abstracts of Duke dissertations and theses published in UMI's Dissertations abstracts database and download the full text of some Duke dissertations and theses published from 1996 forward. |
Currents in World Christianity Missionary Periodicals Database
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Visitors can browse the missionary database by region or periodical title, or conduct a keyword search. Initial returns include title, issuing body, denomination, place, and dates of publication. Full entries include publisher, volume numbers, frequency, circulation, price, region of work, features, and some comments. |
Dead Sea Scrolls
(CD-ROM only) |
Volume 1 comprises a complete collection of digitized images of all the biblical Dead Sea Scrolls. Volume 2 covers all non-biblical Hebrew, Aramaic, Nabatean, and Greek texts from Qumran and a selection of texts from Wadi Murabba'at and Nahal Hever. Volume 3 gives a more complete coverage of all published materials including scrolls identified in 2004 and 2005. |
Digital Karl Barth library
(Duke WWW) |
Currently features Barth's magnum opus, Die kirchliche Dogmatik and the first 36 volumes of Barth's Gesamtausgabe, which includes hundreds of letters, sermons, lectures, conversations, and academic writings. |
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Digital library of classic Protestant texts
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Contains primary texts, facsimiles, and selected English translations of an extensive range of seminal works from the Reformation and post-Reformation eras. Includes theological writings, biblical commentaries, confessional documents, and polemical treatises written by more than 300 Protestant authors. See also the Quick Reference Guide.
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Dissertations & Theses
(Duke WWW) |
Formerly known as Dissertation Abstracts, now includes more than 2.4 million entries in all subject areas from around the world. Provides abstracts for dissertations (July 1980-present); abstracts for master's theses (1988-present); and citations for dissertations dating from 1637. Nearly one million dissertations and theses are available for download in PDF format. |
DYABOLA
(Duke WWW) |
Indexes books, articles and essays on antiquities, art and archaeology in the ancient Middle Eastern, classical, early Christian, Byzantine, and early Medieval periods. |
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Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800
(Duke WWW) |
A definitive resource for research on 17th and 18th century American history and life including such varied topics as agriculture, foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, science, philosophy, the Revolutionary War, temperance, and witchcraft. |
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819
(Duke WWW) |
Provides full-text access to the books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the first nineteen years of the nineteenth century in the United States. |
Early English Books Online (EEBO)
(Duke WWW) |
EEBO reproduces over 125,000 books, pamphlets and broadsides published in English between 1475 and 1700. Topics include philosophy, religion, science, politics, history, poetry, prose, drama, and music. Early English Books Online - Text Creation Partnership allows full-text searching of text-versions of a portion of the titles available in Early English Books Online. |
Egyptian Treasures in Europe
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Each of the twelve CD-ROMs presents 1000-1500 Egyptian objects and artifacts contained within museums in Europe. Objects, archaeological sites, and museum collections may be rotated and viewed. Transliteration and translation of hieroglyphs is available as well as a glossary explaining Egyptian words and concepts.
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Eighteenth century collections online
(Duke WWW) |
The complete works of many 18th century authors, women writers of the 18th century and French Revolution collections are included. Eighteenth Century Collections Online - Text Creation Partnership allows full-text searching of text-versions of a portion of the titles available in Eighteenth Century Collections Online.
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Eighteenth Century Journals II
(Duke WWW) |
Journals from the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center collection of 17th and 18th century newspapers and periodicals. Supports studies of the Eighteenth Century, including Literature, the Theatre, the origins and rise of Romanticism, Politics, Revolution and Rebellion, Social issues, Gender, Society Life, Religion and the influence of the Press.
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Empire Online
(Duke WWW) |
British Empire full-text documents from the 15th century to the 20th century. Documents are arranged into 5 sections: Cultural Contacts, 1492-1969; Empire Writing & the Literature of Empire; The Visible Empire; Religion and Empire; and Race, Class, and Colonialism, c. 1783-1969.
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Encyclopaedia Judaica
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A searchable version of the 2nd edition. Also searches the Encylopedia of Religion, Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World and Encyclopedia of Bioethics. |
Encylopaedia of Islam
(Duke WWW) |
A major resource in Middle Eastern and Islamic studies, with the online version bringing remote access to over 13,000 articles including two original indices (Index of Proper Names, Index of Subjects) and the Supplement.
Note: Click on Brill fonts PC in the top frame to download and install the required fonts developed for the display and searching of the transliterations.
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Encyclopedia of Religion
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A searchable version of the 2nd edition. Also searches the Encylopaedia Judaica, Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World and Encyclopedia of Bioethics. |
Essay and General Literature Index
(Duke WWW) |
Indexes essays and articles contained in collections of essays and other works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. |
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Film Indexes Online
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Searches the American Film Institute, which focuses on American films from 1893 to 1970 (except 1951-1960), and the Film Index, which focuses on international cinema from 1930 to the present. |
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Gesprochenes Jiddisch
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A database of spoken Yiddish from texts in the European-Jewish culture. |
Global Books in Print
(Duke WWW) |
Includes Whitaker's Books in Print, International Books in Print and more. Coverage is international, but limited to English language publications. |
Granger's World of Poetry
(Duke WWW) |
Locate a poem by author, title, first line, last line, subject, or keyword. Indexes poetry in published in anthologies; contains full-text poems in the public domain and some poet biographies. |
Great Cessation and Contemplation
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A provisional publication of the English translation of Mo-ho chih-kuan by T'ien-t'ai Chih-i. |
Gutenburg Digital
(WWW and CD-ROM) |
The Göttingen copy of the Gutenberg Bible, the Model Book and the Helmasperger Notarial Instrument are accompanied by explanatory texts about Gutenberg and his life, the early period of letterpress printing and its impact. |
Hand press book database
(Duke WWW) |
Includes more than a million records of European hand press printing dating from 1455-1830. |
Historical Abstracts
(Duke WWW) |
Indexes more than 200 journals that cover history from 1450 to the present outside of the U.S. and Canada. |
Humanities Abstracts
(Duke WWW) |
Covers 500 English-language journals in the areas of archaeology, classics, art, performing arts, philosophy, history, music, linguistics, literature, and religion. |
Humanities International Complete
(Duke WWW) |
Includes all data from the American Humanities Index, plus more international content. |
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IBZ-Online (Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur)
(Duke WWW) |
Indexes articles published since 1981 in a wide variety of German and non-German journals. |
In principio incipit index of Latin texts
(Duke WWW) |
Contains over one million incipits (the first words of a work) covering Latin literature from the pre-classical days to the Renaissance. Bibliographical references for each incipit are provided. |
| In the First Person (WWW) |
A primary text collection of letters, diaries, memoirs, oral histories, and autobiographies from more than 15,000 people. |
Index of Christian Art
(Duke WWW) |
A thematic and iconographic index of early Christian and medieval art objects. |
Index Islamicus
(Duke WWW) |
Indexes the literature of Islam and Middle Eastern studies from 1906 to date. Books are indexed beginning in 1976; reviews are indexed beginning in 1993. |
Index theologicus
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Formerly known as ZID (Zeitschriften Inaltdienst Theologie), indexes articles published in theological and religious studies periodicals, in festchrift and in congress publications since 1988 |
Index to Jewish Periodicals
(Duke WWW) |
Indexes Jewish history, activity and thought in English-language articles, book reviews, and feature stories in more than 160 journals. |
Index Translationum
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Indexes translations of books from 1979 to present published in UNESCO member countries. |
International Medieval Bibliography
(Duke WWW) |
Covering all facets of medieval history and life in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa . |
Iter gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
(Duke WWW) |
Indexes journals, published from 1843 to the present, pertaining to the all aspects of the European Renaissance (1300-1700) and Middle Ages (400-1500). |
JAINA E-library Project
(CD-ROM only) |
A collection of 600 E-Books with over 250,000 pages of Jain Literature |
Jewish History Resource Center
(WWW) |
Contains more than 6000 links to websites dealing with Jewish History from Biblical times to present. |
Journey from Sikh to Khalsa
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A multimedia presentation on Sikh history. |
JSTOR
(Duke WWW) |
A database of archived issues of academic journals. |
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LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe
(Duke WWW) |
Provides access to a wide range of domestic and international news, business, and legal information sources. The majority of sources are indexed from the early 1990s to present. Especially useful for finding current book reviews appearing in newspapers. |
Library of Latin Texts
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Based primarily on the Corpus Christianorum: Series Latina and Continuatio Mediaevalis, this product formerly known as CETEDOC strives to offer the best critical texts of Patristic and Medieval Latin Christian authors. |
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Literature Online (LION)
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A fully-searchable library of over 250,000 full text works of English and American literature dating from 600 CE. It includes 20 different versions of the English Bible from the tenth to the twentieth century. |
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Martin Luther: Exploring His Life and Times, 1483-1546
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Each section, organized around Luther's life and thought, contains narrated and written text, graphics, animation, photographs, music and chronologies. |
Master Christian Library
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Provides the full text of over 400 resources including bibles, commentaries, dictionaries and historical works. |
Monumenta Germaniae Historica
(Duke WWW) |
A comprehensive series of published sources for the study of medieval German history. |
New Testament Abstracts
(Duke WWW) |
A standard work for finding abstracts for articles about the New Testament. Article coverage in the database dates back to 1985. |
Nineteenth Century Masterfile
(Duke WWW) |
Provides indexing to nineteenth century periodicals, books, newspapers, and government documents. Includes Index to periodical articles in religion, 1890-1899. |
North American women's letters and diaries
(Duke WWW) |
Includes records from more than 1500 women from colonial times to 1950. |
NoveList
(Duke WWW) |
A readers' advisory tool that helps fiction readers of all ages find new authors and books. Searchable by reading level, author, title, subject, plot, and more. |
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Old Testament Abstracts
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A primary resource of bibliographic information for the study of the Hebrew Bible. Indexes journal articles, books, collected essays and Festschriften; 1978 to date. |
Oxford Art Online
(Duke WWW) |
Covers every aspect of the visual arts - painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts, and photography - from prehistory to the present day. |
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(Duke WWW) |
An illustrated collection of more than 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2001. |
Oxford English Dictionary
(Duke WWW) |
The online OED contains the full-text of the 20-volume second edition and the three additions published between 1993 and 1997. Revised entries will be added quarterly. For an introduction, visit the Guided Tour. |
Oxford Islamic Studies Online
(Duke WWW) |
Encompasses over 3,000 A-Z reference entries, biographies, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur'anic materials, primary sources, images, and timelines. |
Oxford Music Online
(Duke WWW) |
Covers all aspects of music, including composers, performers, other persons involved with music, terminology, musical genres and forms, orchestras, institutions, and cities and towns with significant musical traditions. The Grove Dictionary is international in scope, and covers both classical and popular music. |
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Oxford Reference Online (Duke WWW)
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A searchable collection of Oxford reference encyclopedias, dictionaries, and companions covering a variety of subjects including religion. |
Packard Humanities Institute (PHI) Database
(CD-ROM only) |
The 2 cds contain Latin and Bible texts from the Center for the Computer Analysis of Text at the University of Pennsylvania, the Duke Data Bank of Documentary Papyri, and texts in Arabic and Coptic. |
Past Masters
(Duke WWW) |
Contains classic scholarly editions of the complete works of selected philosophers including Aquinas, Calvin, and Luther's Sermons. |
Patrologia Latina
(Duke WWW) |
Contains the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855 which includes works of the Church Fathers from A.D. 200 to 1216. |
Pentecostal Evangel Interactive
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Includes individual PDF issues of the original print version of this official organ of the General Council of the Assemblies of God, 1913-1949. |
Periodicals Index Online
(Duke WWW) |
Indexes thousands of selected periodicals in the humanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1990/91. The scope is international, including journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages. |
Philosopher's Index
(Duke WWW) |
Indexes and abstracts books and over 350 journals in the field of philosophy and related disciplines from 1940 to the present. |
POIESIS philosophy online journals
(Duke WWW) |
Provides the full-text of current, recent, and back issues of a growing number of philosophy journals. |
Proquest
(Duke WWW) |
Provides online access to an extensive collection of published material. You can search for information in thousands of different journals, newspapers, and magazines. |
Proquest Religion
(Duke WWW) |
Indexes 90 popular and scholarly religious studies periodicals and includes some full text. It covers 1986 to date and is updated daily. |
PsychInfo
(Duke WWW) |
Indexes and abstracts over 1,300 leading journals, dissertations and technical reports in psychology, psychiatry, the behavioral sciences, neuroscience, and neuropsychology. |
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RAMBI: The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies
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A selective bibliography of articles published throughout the world in the field of Judaica. Material mainly from the holdings of the Jewish National and University Library. |
Reference Universe
( Duke WWW) |
Reference Universe is a searchable database of back-of-the-book indexes to subject encyclopedias and other reference works in a wide variety of subject areas. |
Repertorium der lateinischen Sermones des Mittelalters fur die Zeit von 1350-1500
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The Inventory of Latin Sermons of the Middle Ages 1150 to 1350, edited by Professor J. B. Scheyer was published in nine volumes. This CD-ROM is a supplement to this work that includes more than an addition 100 authors and collections of sermons. |
Roper Center
(Duke WWW) |
Preserves data from polls conducted by many leading survey research organizations. |
Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy
(Duke WWW) |
Contains the full text of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Includes original essays covering the philosophical canon and philosophy from all time periods worldwide. |
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Social History of Christianity in South Africa, 1487 to 1994
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Includes selected archival documents and a special issue of the Journal for Theology in Southern Africa |
Social Science Electronic Data Library
(Duke WWW) |
Provides direct data access to 8 topical data archives. |
Social Services Abstracts
(Duke WWW) |
Provides bibliographic coverage of current research and book reviews focused on social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development. |
Sociological Abstracts
(Duke WWW) |
Indexes and abstracts more than 2,500 of the world's leading journals, books, and dissertations in the fields of sociology, social psychology, social welfare, planning and policy, and development. |
Sol and Evelyn Henkind Talmud text databank
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Contains Talmud texts from the Saul Lieberman Institute of Talmudic Reserach of the Jewish Theological Seminary. |
South African Theological Bibliography
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Contains citations to journal articles from 1923-1994; dissertations from 1923-1993, and single- and multi-author works from 1956-1993. |
Sri Aurobindo : Selected Writings
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Contains the major works of Sri Aurobindo. Includes PDF files of several works within the Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo |
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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A dynamic, Web-only reference work suitable for professionals and students in the field of philosophy, as well as others interested in authoritative discussions on philosophical topics. |
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG)
(Duke WWW) |
The database permits full-text searching of almost all Greek texts in critical editions of the original Greek from the 8th century BCE through 200 CE. |
Thomae Aquinatis Opera Omnia
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The complete works in Latin of Thomas Aquinas divided into 118 writings as well as an additional collection of 61 medieval Latin writings. |
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Un Tal Jesus
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Based on a radio program, this multimedia CD-ROM includes maps and 144 Spanish narratives based on the life of Jesus |
United Methodist Worship Library
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Contains the full-text United Methodist Hymnal and United Methodist Book of Worship as well as other music and worship resources. |
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Women and social movements in the United States, 1600-2000
(Duke WWW) |
Primary source document collections from colonial times to the present. Items are arranged by social movement, as well as by authors, sources, etc. Includes images. |
Works of John Wesley: The Bicentennial Edition
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In addition to 14 volume Jackson edition, the CD also contains the Bicentennial Edition volumes 1-4, 7, 18-24 which includes a modern editions of Wesley's hymns, sermons, and journals. |
WorldCat
(Duke WWW) |
Contains more than 40 million records describing items owned by libraries around the world. Updated daily, the items included date from around 1000 CE to the present. Useful tool for verifying information for interlibrary loan requests. |
Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches
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Contains data on church membership and organization from 1916 through 2000. |
Zondervan Image Archives
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Includes 5,000 color photos of Bible and church history sites and artifacts. |
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