Christian Ministries Research Guide

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
You can use library electronic resources from any computer on or off campus. See a complete listing of electronic resources by name, provider, or subject. Databases covering Christian ministries are listed below.

• Academic OneFile (Gale/Infotrac) - scholarly database containing journals, podcasts, and transcripts
• Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) - scholarly database containing peer-reviewed journals
• Expanded Academic (Gale/Infotrac) - scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images
• Guide to Social Science and Religion - index to periodicals covering religion and social science
• Lexis-Nexis Academic - news, business, legal, medical, and reference information
• MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO) - bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations with links to many full text articles
• Oxford Reference Online: Religion & Philosophy - Find facts, definitions, church denominations, and more from Oxford reference titles.
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• PsycINFO (EBSCO) - index for psychology journals, books, etc. with links to many full text articles
• Religious and Theological Abstracts - indexes religion and theology
• Theological Journal Library - online journals on CD available on library reference computers only. Go to computer desktop and open Bible Resources folder. See reference librarian for help.

More electronic resources are available through the Boston Public Library. However, you must first take a minute to sign up for a BPL eCard.

• Boston Public Library Religion Resources

PRINT INDEXES
Print indexes are located in the Reference Room and are arranged by title. A print index will lead you to journal articles. When using a print index you will need to search each year separately, unlike an electronic database which lets you search across many years at one time.

CURRENT PRINT INDEXES COVERING CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES

• Christian Periodical Index
• New Testament Abstracts
• Old Testament Abstracts

JOURNALS

• Gordon's Periodical List is a complete list of all journals available through Jenks Library (full text in databases, online, and print).
• • You can search for a journal title in Periodical List.
  • You can also see subjects under the broad categories of Philosophy, Psychology, Religion and Education in Periodical List. Click on a subject to view the journals available.
• Print journals are located in the periodicals area on the 4th floor of Jenks. Please note that journals are arranged alphabetically by title, not by subject area.

BOOKS, DVDs, VIDEOS, CDs

• Search the online catalog to find materials on topics in Christian ministries.
• If you want to browse the shelves, some related call numbers are:

BM	Judaism
BP	Islam
BR	Christianity
BS	Bible
BT	Doctrinal Theology
BV	Practical Theology
BX	Christian Denominations

• Location Guide

WEB SITES

• Bible Study Helps
• • Bible Gateway
  • Blue Letter Bible
  • Study Light
• Christian Ministries Resource Network - scroll to the bottom of the page to Youth Ministry Program Resources.

Recommend a Website - Do you know of a good Web site to add to our list?

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