Subject Guide for Theology & Ethics
FINDING ARTICLES
EBSCO's Religion searches two databases, ATLA Religion Database ™ and the multidisciplinary Academic Search ™ Premier. These databases provide information on topics such as world religions, church history, and religion in social issues. The full text of 230 religion and theology journals is included in this group of databases.
JSTOR is a non-profit organization that archives scanned images of journal issues and pages. Alvernia University has access to the Arts & Sciences I, II and IV Collections. These collections include many of the core research and society published journals in key fields in the humanities and social sciences, and a limited number of journals in the sciences.
Philosopher's Index provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy. This database does not contain the full text of articles.
EBSCO's Sociology databases searches SocINDEX™ with Full Text and the multidisciplinary Academic Search ™ Premier. SocINDEX™ with Full Text encompasses the broad spectrum of sociological study with abstracts for more than 815 "core" coverage journals dating as far back as 1895. The full text for 397 "core" and 150 "priority" coverage journals dating back to 1908, are covered. Books/monographs, conference papers, and other non-periodical content sources are also included.
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FINDING AUTHORITATIVE WEB SITES
Alvernia Library’s Internet Reference Library
The Internet eference Library has a list of selected Religion Web sites. The Internet Reference Library can be accessed from the Electronic Resources page of the Library Web site.
Alvernia Library Research Page
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FINDING BOOKS, VIDEOS, DVDS, & CDS
A collection of over 15,000 eBooks is now accessible from NetLibrary. eBooks are full text electronic versions that can be borrowed and returned over the Internet.
WorldCat 179 million records
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Alvernia's Catalog is the best tool for finding items in Alvernia Library's collection. You can search for books, audiobooks, books in the Best Seller collection, audio-visual materials (videos, DVD's and CD's), course reserves, and journals in our print collection. Item records indicate if the item is available. Students, faculty and staff with an Alvernia ID card can place a hold on items that are currently in circulation.
The Dewey Decimal System is used to classify books in the Alvernia Library. Books on theology & religion can be found in the 200’s.
Examples of books with background information on theology and ethics are listed below:
Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics R170.3 E56 1998
Encyclopedia of Bioethics R174 E56 2003
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Religions R200.9 C178 2002
Human Rights and the World's Major Religions R201.7 H112 2005
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Religion R203 E56 1979
Erdmans Dictionary of the Bible R220.3 E26 2000
Holman Bible Atlas R220.9 B859 1998
The Encyclopedia of Christianity R230 E56 1999
Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms R230.03 M158 1996
Dictionary of Moral Theology R241 R642
The Papal Encyclicals R262.91 C278
New Catholic Encyclopedia R282.03 C383 2003
Eastern Definitions: A Short Encyclopedia of Religions of the Orient R290.3 R495
Atlas of the World’s Religion R291 A881 1999
Who's Who in Classical Mythology R291.1 G762 2002
Encyclopedia of Science and Religion R291.17 E56 2003
Encyclopedia of American Religious Experience R291.0973 E56
Religions of the World 291 R382 2002
International Encyclopedia of the Social Services
This encyclopedia covers articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences.
Updated: January 8, 2009