Searching for: 'Religion' (18) databases found
America: History & Life [via EBSCOhost][MORE INFO]
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America: History and Life is a complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. The database comprises almost 400,000 bibliographic entries. This database covers over 2,000 journals published worldwide. In addition to covering all key English-language historical journals, coverage includes selected historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals, and a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities. Over 90of the articles included are published in English-language journals. In addition to articles, each year America: History and Life includes approximately 6,000 citations of book and media reviews from a selection of over one hundred key journals in US and Canadian history and related fields, as well as citations to abstracts of dissertations published in these areas. (Updated monthly)
Concurrent user limit: 6
ATLA Religion Database with ALTASerials[MORE INFO]
ATLAS Full Text Plus is the full text version of the ATLA Religion Database (ATLA). This database is a collection of major religion and theology journals selected by some of the major religion scholars in the United States. Coverage of this database dates back to 1949.
Biblical Archaeology Society Archive[MORE INFO]
The BAS Archive contains the editorial content of each issue of the bimonthly magazines Biblical Archaeology Review (1975-2003), Bible Review (1985-2003) and Archaeology Odyssey (1998-2003), as well as five books published by the Biblical Archaeology Society:
-Ancient Israel: From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple
-Aspects of Monotheism: How God is One
-Feminist Approaches to the Bible
-The Rise of Ancient Israel
-The Search for Jesus: Modern Scholarship Looks at the Gospels
Also known as: BAS Archive
Bibliography of Asian Studies[MORE INFO]
The online Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS), references western-language monographs, articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia that have been published since 1971. (Updated quarterly)
Also known as: BAS Online
Blackwell Reference Online[MORE INFO]
Blackwell Reference Online contains full-text versions of reference titles from Blackwell Publishing including the highly regarded Blackwell Companions and Blackwell Handbooks. Temple currently has access to over 350 titles in the areas of Anthropology, Art, Business & Management, Classics, Communication & Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Economics, Gender Studies, Geography, History, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Medicine, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Race & Ethnicity Studies, Religion, and Sociology.
Cambridge Companions [via Cambridge Collections Online][MORE INFO]
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added 10/9/09
Over 2,000 essays from 200 authoritative guides in Cambridge Univesity Press' Companions series. Covers literature, philosophy, religion, classics and cultural studies.
Diamond: The Libraries' Catalog[MORE INFO]
Diamond is the catalog of books, movies, music, and other materials held by the Temple University Libraries.
Encyclopaedia of Islam [via Gale Virtual Reference Library][MORE INFO]
The Encyclopaedia of Islam covers the many-sided nature of Islam and the Muslim world, with articles on art, history, law, philosophy, politics, religion, and more. The user can browse the alphabetical entries, or select from the Subjects index or the Names index. Searching options include using English or transliterated terms to query Full Text, Headwords (article entries), Keywords, bibliographies, or Contributors.
Also known as: Encyclopedia of Islam [via Gale Virtual Reference Library]
Films on Demand
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Over 5,000 educational films available for immediate online viewing /
150 new titles added 11/17/09.
Films on Demand is a library of thousands of streaming videos across all disciplines from
Films Media Group. All Temple users can search and view films or specific segments of films. If you establish a user account from within Films on Demand you can also create playlists from the various films/segments for your own use or for sharing with other Temple users.
Also known as: FMG,Films Media Group
Gale Virtual Reference Library[MORE INFO]
Includes fulltext versions of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources across all subject areas.
Also known as: GVRL
Historical Abstracts [via EBSCOhost][MORE INFO]
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Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). Currently over 2,000 journals published throughout the world are covered in the database. In addition to including the key historical journals from virtually every major country, Historical Abstracts includes a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities that are of special interest to researchers and students of history. (Updated monthly)
Concurrent user limit: 6
Index Islamicus[MORE INFO]
The Index Islamicus database indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. It is produced by an editorial team working at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, established to transmit knowledge about Islamic and Middle East studies, which have tradionally been part of the curriculum of SOAS. Records included in the database cover 1906 to the present.
Material cited in the Index Islamicus includes not only work written about the Middle East, but also about the other main Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere. Over 3,000 journals are monitored for inclusion in the database, together with conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews. Journals and books are indexed down to the article and chapter level. (Updated annualy)
OAIster[MORE INFO]
OAIster is a union catalog of digital records that began at the University of Michigan, built by harvesting records using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). Today, OAIster is one of the world's largest aggregators of records, boasting more than 19 million items from more than 1,000 contributors. Records contain a digital object link allowing users access to the object in a single click.
Digital resources in OAister include:
--Digitized (scanned) books and articles
--Digital text
--Audio fles (WAV, MP3)
--Video fles (MP4, Quicktime)
--Photographic images (JPEG, TIFF, GIF)
--Data sets (downloadable statistical information
Proquest Dissertations & Theses[MORE INFO]
Previously known as Digital Dissertations, this is the definitive guide to more than 2 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Proquest Disseretations & Theses helps you identify more than 90 percent of the doctoral dissertations accepted each year in North America. The database also covers thousands of dissertations and theses from around the globe.
Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1861, and more than 55,000 new citations are added to the database every year. Full-text Temple University dissertations from as far back as the 1950's are included along with 24-page previews of thousands of other dissertations.
Proquest Dissertations & Theses @ Temple University is a subset of the larger database, including only dissertations and theses from Temple University.
Also known as: Digital Dissertations
RAMBI - The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies[MORE INFO]
Selective bibliography of articles in the various fields of Jewish studies and in the study of Eretz Israel. Covers thousands of periodicals and collections of articles--in Hebrew, Yiddish, and European languages--mainly from the holdings of the Jewish National and University Library.
Religion MultiSearch[MORE INFO]
Search multiple religion databases simultaneously
Religious and Theological Abstracts[MORE INFO]
Religious and Theological Abstracts provides summaries of articles appearing in scholarly religion and theology journals.
WorldCat[MORE INFO]
More than 32 million records describing items owned by libraries around the world. Each record contains library holdings. Coverage/update frequency: from about 1000 A.D. to the present; adds new records daily. Includes holdings of 6,700 OCLC Member Libraries & Institutions.