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OpenAccess Databases

In addition to our purchased databases, use the drop-down menu below to access other online databases and research guides recommended by the MTS–Michigan Library.

eJournals

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Research Databases

Each of these databases are offered to provide the student assistance in research in the particular field of study. The MTS–Michigan Library has a wealth of other resources in these fields of study. Please visit the library during open hours or Contact the library staff for further assistance.

ATLA/S Religion Database 

Offered through EBSCO Host, requires your my.moody user name and password. "ATLA Religion Database provides information on topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues. ATLA Religion Database contains more than 1.4 million bibliographic records and PDF and full text articles, covering the research literature of religion in over 60 languages. It includes more than 488,000 article citations from more than 1,500 journals (506 currently indexed), more than 215,000 essay citations from over 15,700 multi-author works, more than 446,000 book review citations. Coverage spans from 1949 to the present. This database is produced by the American Theological Library Association."   

Arts and Humanities Search (FirstSearch)
Index of the world's leading arts and humanities journals.

Biblical Archaeology Society Archives
Online access to Biblical Archaeology Review, with full-text browsing of issues starting in 1985.
 
 
Lists all books currently in print as well as known forthcoming books.
 
Britannica
Online version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, a reference covering a wide variety of subject areas.

Cambridge Journals
Access to subscribed journals from Cambridge Press. Subscribed journals include New Testament Studies and Scottish Journal of Theology

Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle’s website features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; articles published since September 1989; vibrant discussion forums; and career-building tools such as online CV management, salary databases, and more.
Counseling and Therapy in Video
Counseling and Therapy in Video provides the largest and richest online collection of video available for the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling. The collection's wealth of video and multiplicity of perspectives allow students and scholars to see, experience, and study counseling in ways never before possible. Over 700 hours of video are contained within the database.

Dissertations and Abstracts Online
Dissertations and theses from institutions in North America and Europe

EBSCO eBooks
Select full-text books drawn from subject including business, humanities, and science.

Encyclopedia Judaica (eBook)
Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik, eds. 2nd ed. 22 vols.

ERIC
Subjects relating to education

JSTOR
JSTOR maintains a trusted archive of important scholarly journals, and provides access to these journals as widely as possible. JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated.

Library Catalog
Access to the MTS-Michigan Library Catalog.
 
Literature Resource Center 
  
MEDLINE
Comprehensive coverage of the medicine, dentistry, and nursing fields.

MEL
Database Offered through the Michigan Electronic Library.  Using MEL Databases on Campus requires no login on.  Off campus, you will be required to enter a valid Michigan driver's license number or state ID. "MeL databases contain full-text articles from magazines, journals and newspapers as well as digital books.

New Testament Abstracts
New Testament Abstracts Online is a product of a partnership between ATLA and Boston College. The database contains more than 46,000 article abstracts, over 1,600 review abstracts, 17,000 book abstracts, and 61 software abstracts. Each year an additional 2,000 articles from more than 500 periodicals in numerous languages are selected for inclusion. In addition, approximately 900 current books are also summarized annually. Article coverage in the database dates back to 1985.  
OCLC FirstSearch
Access OCLC databases such as: ArticleFirst, Electronic Books (Ebooks), Electronic Collections Online (ECO), PapersFirst, and ProceedingsFirst.

Old Testament Abstracts
Old Testament Abstracts is a product of a partnership between ATLA and the Catholic Biblical Association. The database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, 
multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. Abstracts from over 450 journals are included. All abstracts are in English, regardless of the language of the original work. 
Topics covered include antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology and much more. Coverage in the database dates back to 1978.

Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 
The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church contains over 6,000 A-Z entries, and offers unrivalled coverage of all aspects of this vast and often complex subject. From theology; churches and denominations; patristic scholarship; and the Bible; to the church calendar and its organization; popes; archbishops; saints; and mystics.
 

Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion 
The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion is one of the best ready-reference access points to the Jewish religion. It is an essential, go-to resource for students, scholars, and researchers.
 

Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature 
350 essays from leading scholars, encompassing the range and depth of American literary historyfrom the 1600s to the present day.

Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt 
Includes 600 articles by leading scholars on subjects such as the social, political, religious, and the artistic legacy of this civilization.
 

Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature 
Covers the entire history of literature in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in the major literary languages.
 

Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation 
Definitive source for information about the entire range of religious and social changes that altered the face of Europe in the sixteenth century.
 

Patrologia Latina 
The Patrologia Latina Database is an electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855, and the four volumes of indexes published between 1862 and1865. It is comprised of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216. The database contains the complete Patrologia Latina, including all prefatory material, original texts, critical apparatus and indexes.

ProQuest eLibrary 
Full-text material of general reference interest in numerous media forms.
 

PsychArticles:
Offered through EBSCO Host, requires my.moody ID & password. "PsycARTICLES, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 100,000 articles from 59 journals - 48 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1894 to present."

PsychINFO:
Offered through EBSCO Host, requires my.moody ID & password. "PsycINFO , from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 97 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. Journal coverage, which spans 1887 to present, includes international material selected from more than 2,100 periodicals in more than 25 languages."

Religious and Theological Abstracts:
This database offers objective summaries of articles from a wide range of religious, biblical and theological journals.  Full access requires your my.moody user name and password. 

Worldcat
Worldcat provides access to a worldwide index of books, journals, web resources and other material cataloged by OCLC libraries worldwide. It is a great resource for discovering where you can find the resources (books, etc.) you are looking to use.