ATLA Religion Database

ATLA Religion Database (FirstSearch) 1949 - present.     Save to del.icio.us

ATLA Religion Database provides information on topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues. This database is the definitive index for religious and theological literature. ATLA Religion Database contains more than 1.4 million bibliographic records covering the research literature of religion in over 60 languages. Most coverage spans from 1949 to the present, while an ambitious retrospective indexing project provides citations of select titles back to their original publication date. [Source: EBSCOhost ATLA Religion Database information page, accessed June 8, 2006.] Link to EBSCOhost web user's guide.

Journals are selected for inclusion according to their scholarly merit and scope. Journals representing all the major religious faiths, major denominations, and numerous language groups are included. ATLA's indexing of multi-author works, such as Festschriften and conference proceedings, is unique among religion databases. Unlike indexes that catalog books of essays as a single entry, ATLA indexes each individual essay in such works. [Source: ATLA Catalog 2005-2006--ATLA Religion Database, accessed June 8, 2006]