Global Christian Heritage: Beginnings-1500
Core Resources
- ATLA Religion Database & ATLA Serials - This database, produced by the American Theological Library Association, indexes journals and essay collections in religion, with links to full text. Its coverage extends from 1949 to the present, with some retrospective indexing underway.(SPU Only)
- Index Theologicus (lxTheo) - indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus Festschriften and congress publications. Its coverage extends from 1970 to the present.
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- L’Année Philologique - covers all aspects of ancient Greek and Roman civilizations: literature and linguistics, including early Christian texts and patristics, history, art, archaeology, philosophy, religion, mythology, music, science, and scholarly subspecialties such as numismatics, papyrology and epigraphy.(SPU Only)
- Augustinus Literatur Portal - indexes Augustine studies, using the entries of the Augustinus-Lexikon as subject headings.
- BIDP (Bibliographical Information Database in Patristics) - Although patristic literature remains its major preoccupation, the BIDP touches on all disciplines studying patristic Christianity. This database is most effectively searched in French.
- Bibliographia Thomistica - This new search engine shares some content with the printed yearbook Thomistica: A New Yearbook of Thomistic Bibliography (which replaces Rassegna di Letteratura Tomistica). While all users have access to the most common types of searches, collaborators and subscribers may log in as advanced users, with access to additional types of searches.
- Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity - The Center for the Study of Christianity has compiled centuries of academic research on Syriac Christianity into a bibliography accessible to scholars in Syriac studies, early and medieval Christianity, rabbinic Judaism, Islam, comparative religion and Semitic linguistics.
- Philosopher's Index - indexes journals and essay collections in philosophy and related fields, with some full text available online. Its coverage extends from 1940 to the present.(SPU Only)
- TOCS-IN (Tables of Contents of Interest to Classicists) - provides tables of contents to a selection of journals in classics, Near Eastern studies, and religion, and offers some links to abstracts and full text. Its coverage extends from 1992 to the present.
Additional Resources
- Academic Search Premier - This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. Its coverage ranges from 1984 to the present, with some back files (to 1975) and searchable cited references available.(SPU Only)
- Bibliography of the History of Art - This is a scholarly resource on European art from late antiquity to the present, American art from the colonial era to the present, and global art since 1945.(SPU Only)
- Dissertation Abstracts - covers the full range of academic subjects found in dissertations, with coverage extending from 1861 to the present.(SPU Only)
- Google Scholar - This search engine searches for scholarly research across many disciplines and sources. By starting your Google search from the SPU pages, the results will link to SPU-owned full-text.
- International Bibliography of Art - This is a scholarly resource on European art from late antiquity to the present, American art from the colonial era to the present, and global art since 1945.(SPU Only)
- JSTOR - offers digitized versions of core scholarly journals in many disciplines.(SPU Only)
- MLA International Bibliography - MLA International Biography is a core index to literary criticism and the humanities, with emphasis on literature, folklore, languages, and linguistics. Its coverage extends from 1926 to the present.(SPU Only)
- Philosopher's Index - indexes journals and essay collections in philosophy and related fields, with some full text available online. Its coverage extends from 1940 to the present.(SPU Only)
- RAMBI: The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies - provides a selective bibliography of articles in the various fields of Jewish studies and in the study of Eretz Israel. Material listed in RAMBI is compiled from thousands of periodicals and from collections of articles in the Jewish National and University Library. Coverage extends from 1966 to the present.
- Religion & Philosophy Collection - offers 300-plus full-text journals, covering world religions, denominations, biblical studies, history of philosophy & religion, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, and moral philosophy.(SPU Only)
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature - RILM is a comprehensive guide to publications on music from all over the world, with over 30,000 new records added every year, covering a variety of document types.(SPU Only)
- Research Library Complete - covers a broad range of topics, with coverage extending from 1971 to the present.(SPU Only)
- ViVa Women's History - ViVa is a current bibliography of women’s and gender history in historical and women’s studies journals. It offers descriptions of selected articles from 180 international journals, with coverage from 1975 to the present.
Print Resources
Bibliographie Annuelle du Moyen Âge Tardif.
Medioevo Latino: Bollettino Bibliographico della Cultura Europea da Boezio a Erasmo (Secoli VI-XV) - REF D111 .M35.
Religious and Theological Abstracts - Index Area, SPU Library.
Resources at Other Libraries
Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature - A University of Washington database.
Bibliographia Internationalis Spiritualitatis.
Bibliographia Patristica: Internationale Patristische Bibliographie - University of Washington Suzzallo/Allen Stacks Z7791 .B5.
Catholic Periodical and Literature Index.
Elenchus of Biblica - Lemieux Library Periodicals, Seattle University. Section XX on the history of the biblical sciences (Historia Scientiae Biblicae) is an ongoing index to the literature on the history of interpretation.
Historical Abstracts - A University of Washington database.
International Medieval Bibliography - A University of Washington database.
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Revue d'Histoire Écclesiastique, Bibliographie - A University of Washington database, University of Washington Stacks.

