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Resources with Full-Text
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Combined Search

Religious Studies: Combined Database Search
Search multiple databases: Academic Search Complete, ATLA Religion, MLA Bibliography, and Religion and Philosophy Collection
Type: Index with some Full-text

Core Databases

Academic Search Complete by EBSCOhost
A large, multi-disciplinary database with citations, abstracts and many full-text articles.
Type: Full-text

ATLA Religion
Provides full-text for over 50 religious journals maintained by the American Theological Library Association.
Type: Index with some Full-text

Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive
Provides access to the Biblical Archaeology Review and additional research materials from the BAS.
Type: Full-text

Encyclopaedia Judaica
The 22 volume encyclopedia features thousands of articles pertaining to Jewish culture and is fully searchable online.
Type: Full-text

Encyclopedia of Religion
The encyclopedia offers over 3000 entries from a cross-cultural perspective.
Type: Full-text

JSTOR: Arts and Sciences Collection
Provides a retrospective, full-text collection that includes many of the core research and society published journals in key fields in the humanities and social sciences.
Type: Full-text

Literature Online (LION)
A complete literature reference database which includes author biographies as well as literary criticism.
Type: Full-text

MLA International Bibliography
The Modern Languages Association database provides indexing of journals in the fields of literature, folklore, linguistics and modern languages.
Type: Index with Citations

Religion and Philosophy Collection
Provides extensive full-text coverage of more than 300 full-text journals related to theology and philosophical studies.
Type: Index with some Full-text

Related Databases

Art Full Text
Provides comprehensive indexing for more than 500 international art publications including periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. The database also includes the full-text of 200 journals with coverage beginning in 1997.
Type: Full-text

Catalog of Art Museum Images Online (CAMIO)
The growing collection contains images of paintings, photographs, sculpture and other media from participating museums and institutions.
Type: Digital Media

Gale Power Search
Provides a large collection of current periodical literature including newspapers, magazines and some academic journals.
Type: Full-text

Google Scholar @ Marylhurst
The Google Scholar search is configured to connect to Shoen Library's resources improving the availability of some content.
Type: Web Page

Marylhurst Digital Thesis Collection
Theses from Marylhurst graduates are available online through this portal. Each thesis has been added at the request of the author.
Type: Full-text

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
Covers Islam from its roots to its role in the modern world.
Type: Full-text

Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Provides accessible coverage of major themes in the study of philosophy.
Type: Full-text

Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions
Covers more than 2,300 religious groups and discusses the historical development of religious families.
Type: Full-text
Selected Web Pages

Selected Web Pages

Bible Gateway
Features a search interface for several versions of The Bible.
Type: Web Page

Encyclopedia Mythica
The encylopedia contains many definitions and articles about figures in mythology, folklore and religion.
Type: Web Page

Religion Online
The web site links to over 5,500 articles pertaining to cultural and religious themes.
Type: Web Page

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