DICTIONARIES / ENCYCLOPEDIAS

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

BOOKS

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

  • 207.5 – Religious Education (comprehensive works on religious education and religion as an academic subject)
  • 268 – Christian Religious Education
  • 371.071 – Christian schools

Proquest eBook Collection click here
EBSCO eBook Collection click here

Oxford Religion Handbooks Online: is 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 Collection: offers 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 AND DATABASES

EBSCOhost Database This index 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 9 index, abstract and full-text databases covering education, business, families and society, health, indigenous culture, humanities, literature and culture. The database focuses 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 Online: is 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 Collection: offers 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.

Oxford Index: A free discovery service, the Oxford Index lets you search across Oxford’s digital academic content with a single click, and find related content every step of the way.

Dictionaries / Encyclopaedias

DICTIONARIES / ENCYCLOPEDIAS

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

Books

BOOKS

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

  • 207.5 – Religious Education (comprehensive works on religious education and religion as an academic subject)
  • 268 – Christian Religious Education
  • 371.071 – Christian schools

Proquest eBook Collection click here
EBSCO eBook Collection click here

Oxford Religion Handbooks Online: is 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 Collection: offers 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

JOURNALS

Articles and Databases

ARTICLES AND DATABASES

EBSCOhost Database This index 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 9 index, abstract and full-text databases covering education, business, families and society, health, indigenous culture, humanities, literature and culture. The database focuses 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 Online: is 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 Collection: offers 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.

Oxford Index: A free discovery service, the Oxford Index lets you search across Oxford’s digital academic content with a single click, and find related content every step of the way.