DICTIONARIES / ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Some of the titles available in the Adelaide Theological Library Reference collection:

  • Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling (2005)/ edited by Rodney J. Hunter [253.03 D554.E]

BOOKS

Browse the shelves in Adelaide Theological Library at the following locations for books about:

  • 253 – Pastoral theology
  • 259 – Pastoral care
  • 259.1 – Families
  • 259.2 – School chaplaincy
  • 259.3 – Aged care chaplaincy
  • 259.4 – Hospital chaplaincy
  • 259.5 – Prison chaplaincy
  • 259.6 – Pastoral care of the bereaved
  • 355.347 – Military chaplaincy

Grove Pastoral series offers clear and concise explorations of pastoral ministry, pastoral theology and pastoral care. [253 G883]

  • Proquest eBook Collection Chaplaincy books click here
  • Proquest eBook Collection all books click here
  • EBSCO eBook Collection all books click here

Oxford Religion Handbooks Onlineis a collection of 113 peer reviewed electronic handbooks on Religious issues. The collection contains in-depth research and high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field. Oxford Handbooks is one of the most prestigious and successful strands of Oxford’s scholarly publishing. Click here for the complete list of titles. For information: https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/page/about 

Oxford Very Short Introductions – Religion Collectionoffers short original introductions to a wide range of religious subjects. Each eBook is written by experts in a given field to provide key points, facts, analysis and insights on topics. The books are an excellent resource to develop your core understanding on a given subject. The Religion subject area offers access to 70 key eBook introductions from ‘Abrahamic Religions’ to ‘Zionism’. Click here for the complete list of titles. For information: https://www.veryshortintroductions.com/page/about

ARTICLES / DATABASES

EBSCOhost Database is an essential resource for Christian Education. Indexed journals are selected for inclusion according to their scholarly merit and scope.

Informit education database A collection of 6 index, abstract and full-text databases covering all aspects of education and focusing on content from and about Australia with some New Zealand and Asia Pacific content.

Australasian Religion Index is an author and subject index covering over eighty religious and theological serials published in Australia or New Zealand and representing all religious traditions.

Oxford Religion Handbooks Onlineis a collection of 113 peer reviewed electronic handbooks on Religious issues. The collection contains in-depth research and high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field. Oxford Handbooks is one of the most prestigious and successful strands of Oxford’s scholarly publishing. Click here for the complete list of titles. For information: https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/page/about 

 

Oxford Very Short Introductions – Religion Collectionoffers short original introductions to a wide range of religious subjects. Each eBook is written by experts in a given field to provide key points, facts, analysis and insights on topics. The books are an excellent resource to develop your core understanding on a given subject. The Religion subject area offers access to 70 key eBook introductions from ‘Abrahamic Religions’ to ‘Zionism’. Click here for the complete list of titles. For information: https://www.veryshortintroductions.com/page/about

OPEN ACCESS RESOURCES

Sharing the word: Full text open source theological library resources freely available through the Internet. It is specifically intended to assist seminarians, theology students, clergy and pastoral workers.

Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines

Global Ethics.net is a global network of persons and institutions interested in various fields of applied ethics. It offers access to a large number of resources on ethics, especially through its leading global digital ethics library and facilitates collaborative web-based research, conferences, online publishing and information sharing.

Pubmed comprises more than 28 million citations for biomedical literarture from MEDLINE, life science journals and online books.  Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. For full text copies of the articles contact the library.

Transforming Chaplaincy aims to better equip healthcare chaplains to use research to guide, evaluate, and advocate for the daily spiritual care they provide patients, family members and colleagues. Transforming Chaplaincy also collects resources for chaplainseducatorshealthcare administrators, and researchers to support their continued advancement into research-literate chaplaincy. They publish a monthly newsletter and disseminate other research and training news and developments through Facebook and Twitter. Under “Resources” they have curated a list some of the most useful tools and articles. The short citations link to an abstract or description; from there you can find the article on PubMed, the publisher’s site, or download the full text (where applicable).

For full text copies of the articles contact the library.

Dictionaries / Encyclopaedias

DICTIONARIES / ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Some of the titles available in the Adelaide Theological Library Reference collection:

  • Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling (2005)/ edited by Rodney J. Hunter [253.03 D554.E]
Books

BOOKS

Browse the shelves in Adelaide Theological Library at the following locations for books about:

  • 253 – Pastoral theology
  • 259 – Pastoral care
  • 259.1 – Families
  • 259.2 – School chaplaincy
  • 259.3 – Aged care chaplaincy
  • 259.4 – Hospital chaplaincy
  • 259.5 – Prison chaplaincy
  • 259.6 – Pastoral care of the bereaved
  • 355.347 – Military chaplaincy

Grove Pastoral series offers clear and concise explorations of pastoral ministry, pastoral theology and pastoral care. [253 G883]

  • Proquest eBook Collection Chaplaincy books click here
  • Proquest eBook Collection all books click here
  • EBSCO eBook Collection all books click here

Oxford Religion Handbooks Onlineis a collection of 113 peer reviewed electronic handbooks on Religious issues. The collection contains in-depth research and high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field. Oxford Handbooks is one of the most prestigious and successful strands of Oxford’s scholarly publishing. Click here for the complete list of titles. For information: https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/page/about 

Oxford Very Short Introductions – Religion Collectionoffers short original introductions to a wide range of religious subjects. Each eBook is written by experts in a given field to provide key points, facts, analysis and insights on topics. The books are an excellent resource to develop your core understanding on a given subject. The Religion subject area offers access to 70 key eBook introductions from ‘Abrahamic Religions’ to ‘Zionism’. Click here for the complete list of titles. For information: https://www.veryshortintroductions.com/page/about

Journals
Articles / Databases

ARTICLES / DATABASES

EBSCOhost Database is an essential resource for Christian Education. Indexed journals are selected for inclusion according to their scholarly merit and scope.

Informit education database A collection of 6 index, abstract and full-text databases covering all aspects of education and focusing on content from and about Australia with some New Zealand and Asia Pacific content.

Australasian Religion Index is an author and subject index covering over eighty religious and theological serials published in Australia or New Zealand and representing all religious traditions.

Oxford Religion Handbooks Onlineis a collection of 113 peer reviewed electronic handbooks on Religious issues. The collection contains in-depth research and high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field. Oxford Handbooks is one of the most prestigious and successful strands of Oxford’s scholarly publishing. Click here for the complete list of titles. For information: https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/page/about 

 

Oxford Very Short Introductions – Religion Collectionoffers short original introductions to a wide range of religious subjects. Each eBook is written by experts in a given field to provide key points, facts, analysis and insights on topics. The books are an excellent resource to develop your core understanding on a given subject. The Religion subject area offers access to 70 key eBook introductions from ‘Abrahamic Religions’ to ‘Zionism’. Click here for the complete list of titles. For information: https://www.veryshortintroductions.com/page/about

Open Access Resources

OPEN ACCESS RESOURCES

Sharing the word: Full text open source theological library resources freely available through the Internet. It is specifically intended to assist seminarians, theology students, clergy and pastoral workers.

Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines

Global Ethics.net is a global network of persons and institutions interested in various fields of applied ethics. It offers access to a large number of resources on ethics, especially through its leading global digital ethics library and facilitates collaborative web-based research, conferences, online publishing and information sharing.

Pubmed comprises more than 28 million citations for biomedical literarture from MEDLINE, life science journals and online books.  Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. For full text copies of the articles contact the library.

Transforming Chaplaincy aims to better equip healthcare chaplains to use research to guide, evaluate, and advocate for the daily spiritual care they provide patients, family members and colleagues. Transforming Chaplaincy also collects resources for chaplainseducatorshealthcare administrators, and researchers to support their continued advancement into research-literate chaplaincy. They publish a monthly newsletter and disseminate other research and training news and developments through Facebook and Twitter. Under “Resources” they have curated a list some of the most useful tools and articles. The short citations link to an abstract or description; from there you can find the article on PubMed, the publisher’s site, or download the full text (where applicable).

For full text copies of the articles contact the library.