This guide is suggested for graduate students in theology.

Theology Proseminar Research Guide

Books

Library Catalog
Use the online Library Catalog to find books and journal titles, whether in print or online format. The Library's catalog has a number of different search options; keyword and subject searches are good starting points when first exploring a topic. Search results can narrowed with facets, which appear to the right of the results. Topic, era, language are some of the available facets.
WorldCat
Books that are not owned by Falvey Memorial Library can be found via WorldCat. WorldCat is an online catalog that includes the collections of most U.S. libraries as well as a large number of libraries abroad. Titles owned by the Library are tagged, titles not held by Falvey can be requested through interlibrary loan with the "Borrow from another library" link.
E-Z Borrow and Interlibrary Loan
Interlibrary loan is available for books and journals that are not owned by Falvey. EZ-Borrow is generally faster than interlibrary loan, since the books come from a local library network. EZ-Borrow can also be used for books that the Library owns, but that are currently unavailable.
Dissertations and Theses Full Text

Reference Works/Some Selected Resources

Print

Religion Past and Present. Vol.1- .(Sept.2009: Vol. 6) REF BL31.R4213 2007 (Engl. ed. of Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart.Second Floor BL31.R42)
Theologische Realenzyklopädie. Vol. 1-36. Second Floor BR95.T47
Encyclopedia of Christian Theology. Vol.1-3. REF BR95 .D5313 2005
Encyclopedia of Christianity. Vol.1-5. REF BR95.E8913 1999
Handbook of Catholic Theology. REF BX1745.5 .L4913 1995
Encyclopedia of the early Church. Vol.1-2. REF BR66.5.D5813 1992
New Interpreter's Bible. 13 vols. REF BS491.2 .N484 1994
New Jerome Biblical Commentaty REF Inf. Desk BS491.2 .N485 1990
Concordance to the Greek New Testament REF BS2302 .M8 2002
Greek-English Concordance to the New Testament REF BS2302 .K657 1997
Lampe, G.W.H. Patristic Greek Lexicon. REF BR95.L3
Augustine through the Ages: An Encyclopedia. REF + Circ. B655.Z69A84 1999

Online

Primary Sources

Online

Past Masters
Contains full-text of scholarly editions of many philosophers, theologians and literary writers, ex: Anselm, Aquinas, Aristotle, Augustine, Descartes, Hegel, Hume, Nietzsche)
Library of Latin Texts
ON CAMPUS ACCESS ONLY. Contains full-text of almost all the items in the Corpus Christianorum Series Latina and Continuatio Medievalis. It also contains text from the beginning of Latin literature through to the texts of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965).
Corpus Augustinianum Gissense (CAG)
Contains all known works by Saint Augustine in the best available critical editions. CAG 2 also includes a bibliographic database of more than 27,000 references to secondary literature on Augustine's life and works. Available at http://citrixweb.villanova.edu. A CAG 2 user manual in pdf format is also on Citrixweb. (Collection of the Augustinian Institute, Falvey Memorial Library)
Corpus Thomisticum
Patrologia Graecae
A complete electronic version of Jean-Paul Migne’s Patrologiae Graecae. PG contains more than 160 volumes of Greek material (with Latin translations) relevant to the study of the history of the Christian Church from its beginnings through the Council of Florence in 1439
Patrologia Latina
A complete electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina. Covers the history of Latin Christianity until AD 1216
Thesaurus Lingua Graecae
A research center at the University of California, Irvine, has collected and digitized most literary texts written in Greek from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in 1473. It currently provides access to 2,500 authors and 10,000 works.
Thesaurus Lingua Latina.(CD-ROM;Ref.Desk)
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Databases

General databases

Academic OneFile
Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995.
Arts and Humanities Search
Citation index to articles in more than 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals and selected articles from more than 5,800 social science and science journals.
Humanities Full Text
Indexes and abstracts articles in more than 300 periodicals in archaeology, art , classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, the performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history and world literature.
JSTOR
A searchable and browsable archive of full-text core journals in the humanities, social sciences and mathematics.

Databases for Theology and Religious Studies

ATLA Religion Database
The leading international database indexing citations in all scholarly fields of religion.
Catholic Periodical and Literature Index
The database covers all aspects of the Catholic faith and lifestyle, and includes index citations of articles and reviews published in Roman Catholic periodicals, Papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers.
New Testament Abstracts
A research and bibliographic aid of the New Testament and its historical milieu.
Old Testament Abstracts
Features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs,multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. Topics covered include antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology and much more.
Religious and Theological Abstracts
An English language index of periodical literature produced with summaries of articles of various languages from scholarly journals in the fields of theology and religion covering Christianity, Judaism, and other world religions. Biblical, systematic, historical, and practical theology are some of the specific areas included.

Selected Other Databases

Historical Abstracts
An annotated reference guide to the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Includes journal articles, book reviews and dissertations.
America: History & Life
A complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. The database also includes citations and links to book and media reviews.
Philosopher's Index
Indexes and abstracts books and more than 480 journals of philosophy and related fields in many languages.
Philosophy Online
Provides searchable full-text online access to current and back issues of a selection of philosophy journals and series. Villanova only has access to those journals for which we have print subscriptions. Summer 2009: Completely redesigned, with more content, and additional functionality.
L'Annee Philologique
This database covers Greek and Roman antiquity and includes volumes from 1969 to 2001 of the index L'Annee Philologique. It indexes 1,500 periodicals each year as well as 500 articles in collections and conference papers.
International Medieval Bibliography (IMB) Online
A comprehensive, current bibliography of articles in journals and miscellany volumes (conference proceedings, essay collections or Festschriften) worldwide.

Style Guides and Citation Management Software

Research and Documentation Online
Guide to the major documentation styles
Chicago Manual of Style Online
Print copy: Reference-Information Z253 .U69 2003

Organize your research and create bibliographies more easily:

Last Modified: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009