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Note about Print Resources  (Ref. means book is in the Reference area on the 1st floor.   All other books are on the shelves on the 2nd floor)

Note about Off-Campus Access  To access databases and NetLibrary electronic books, make a note of the titles you are looking for and then go to the 'Off-Campus Access" link on the library homepage under "Find Articles."  Click on "Databases by Title."  Click on the database you need or NetLibrary.  You will then need to enter your name and barcode number from your student I.D. card to gain access.  Greenwood Press ebooks are only available from on campus. 

Selected  Titles:  Print and Electronic  /  Use these for an overview of your topic
  Bibliographies, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Atlases

Christian Religion

  • American Evangelicalism:  An Annotated Bibliography                         Ref. BR1644 .U6 M34 1990
  • Bible Atlas Online / Maps by biblical periods                                               Link to Web site
  • Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought                           Ref.  BR95 .B58 1995
  • Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics                                                              BJ1251 .B54 2006
  • Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine                                                      BT80 .C29 1994
  • Complete Library of Christian Worship                                                          Ref.  BS680 .W78 B53 1993 Vols. 1-7
  • Dictionary of Christian Theology                                                                       Ref.  BR95 .R47
  • Dictionary of Church History                                                                               Ref.  BR95 .W496
  • Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels                                                                 Ref. BS2555.2 .D53 1992
  • Encyclopedia of Early Christianity                                                                    Ref.  BR162.2 .E53 1990
  • Encyclopedia of the Early Church                                                                     Ref.  BR66.5 .D5813 1991 Vol. 1-2
  • New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967)                                                                  Ref.  BX841 .N44 1967 Vols. 18-19
  • New Catholic Encyclopedia (2003) Online Reference Books              Link to Book
  • New Westminster Dictionary of the Bible                                                      Ref.  BS440 .G4
  • Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church                                                    Ref.  BR95 .D8 1997
  • Theological Dictionary of the New Testament                                            Ref.  BS2312 .K5813 1964 Vols. 1-10
  • Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament                                              Ref.  BS440 .B5713 Vols. 1-15
  • MacMillan Bible Atlas                                                                                               Ref.  G2230 .A2 1993
  • World Christian Encyclopedia:  A Comparative Study of                       Ref.  BR157 .W67 2001 V. 1-2
  •     Churches and Religions in the Modern World, AD1900-2000
  • See Also:  Selected Videos / Christianity:  The First Thousand Years  and Great Preachers
  • See Also:  Language Resources for Hebrew and Greek  in the Language & Literature Section
  • New Resource!  The PC Study Bible: Professional Reference Library from BibleSoft.  This software is installed on one computer in the library.  Ask any librarian to direct you to it! 

American Religion

  • Encyclopedia of American Religions                                                               Ref.  BL2525 .M449 1989
  • Encyclopedia of American Religious History                                              Ref.  BL2525 .Q44 1996 Vols. 1-2
  • Encyclopedia of Religion in the South                                                             Ref.  BR535 .E52 1997
  • Encyclopedia of Religions in U.S.: One-Hundred Religious                  Ref.  BL2520 .E53 1991
  •     Groups Speak for Themselves
  • Handbook of American Women and Religion                                               Ref.  BL2525 .B45 1998
  • Historical Atlas of Religion in America                                                           Ref.  G1201 .E4 N4 2000
  • Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America                  Ref.  BL2525 .I58 2006 Vols. 1-5
  • See Also:  Selected Videos / Searching for God in America
  • See Also:  Selected Web Sites / Pluralism Project

World Religion

  • Dictionary of Comparative Religion (McKenzie Mem. Religion Collection)              BQ114 .D5
  • Eliade Guide to World Religions                                                                                   BL80.2 E415 1991
  • Encyclopedia of African & African American Religions                         Ref.  BL2462.5 .E53 2001
  • Encyclopedia of Religion (1986)                                                                        Ref.  BL31 .E46 1986 Vols. 1-16
  • Encyclopedia of Religion (2005) Online Reference Books                    Link to Book
  • Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics                                                                Ref.  BL31 .E4 Vols. 1-13
  • Encyclopedia of Religion and War                                                                     Ref.  BL80.3 .E53 2004
  • See Also:  Selected Videos / The Long Search
  • See Also:  Selected Web Sites / World Religions Index

Non-Christian Religion

  • Blackwell Dictionary of Judaica                                                                        Ref.  BM50 .C615 1992
  • The Jewish Religion: A Companion                                                                  Ref.  BM50 .J28 1995
  • Concise Encyclopedia of Islam                                                                          Ref.  BP40 .G42 1991
  • Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World                                  Ref.  DS35.53 O95 2001 Vols. 1-4
  • See Also:  Selected Videos / Islam:  Empire of Faith

Biographical Sources

  • Biographical Dictionary of American Cult and Sect Leaders            BL2525 .M448 1986
  • Biography Resource Center                                                                               Link to Database
  • Butler's Lives of the Saints                                                                                  Ref.   BX 4654 .B8 1963 Vols. 1-4
  • Oxford Dictionary of the Saints                                                                         Link to Book (NetLibrary)
  • Dictionary of American Religious Biography                                             Ref.   BL72. B68 1993
  • Oxford Dictionary of Popes                                                                                 Ref.   BX955.2 .K45 1986f
  • Who's Who in Christianity                                                                                    Link to Book (NetLibrary)
  • Who's Who in Religion                                                                                            Ref.   BL2530 .U6 W48
  • Who's Who in the Old Testament: Together with the Apocrypha      Ref.   BS570 .C64 1971
  • Who's Who in the New Testament                                                                    Link to Book (NetLibrary)
  • Who's Who in the Bible (contains Who's Who Old & New Testament)     Ref.  BS2430 .B67

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Search Catalog (HAL) / find books that relate to your topic
  Do keyword search in online catalog    (Limit results to Bluefield College or search all HAL libraries to find books to order through interlibrary loan)

Do keyword search in World Catalog (find books to order through Interlibrary Loan)  Click on the database "World Catalog."  When search screen comes up, choose the option "WorldCat" at top of screen rather than "ArticleFirst"

Browse the Shelves by Call Number Area / find books or sections within books on your topic
  BL     Religion                                  BR     Christianity
          Mythology
          Rationalism                            BS     The Bible

BM   Judaism                                   BT     Doctrinal Theology

BP    Islam                                        BV     Practical Theology
         Bahaism
         Theosophy, etc.                    BX     Christian Denominations

BQ   Buddhism


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Find Articles / Use indexes/databases  to find full text articles, abstracts or citations from journals.  Browse journals online or in Easley Library's print collection.
  Electronic Indexes/Databases Available Through Easley Library:

ATLA (ATLAS) Regligion Database / This includes Religion Indexes 1 and 2.  Find full-text articles or an abstract or citation for  a print journal we may have in the library.

For more databases in the subject area of Christian Studies, go HERE   

Electronic  database freely available on the Internet:

Print Indexes

  • New Testament Abstracts
  • Old Testament Abstracts

 Selected Print Journals

  • Baptist History and Heritage
  • Biblical Illustrator
  • Christian Century
  • Christian History and Biography
  • Christianity Today
  • Evangelical Missions Quarterly
  • Hymn
  • Journal for the Study of the New Testament
  • Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
  • Journal of Biblical Literature
  • Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith
  • Southern Baptist Journal of Theology
  • Touchstone
  • Worship Leader
  • Your Church 

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Selected Videos

  • Christianity:  The First Thousand Years - 4 videos                                                         BR162.2 .R58 1998
  • Great Preachers - 10 videos (10 sermons by famous contemporary preachers)         BV4211.2 .G74 1997
  • Islam:  Empire of Faith - 1 video (rise and growth of Islam throughout the world)       BP50 .I846 2000
  • The Long Search - 13 videos (the basic beliefs of the major world religions)                BL80.2 .L66 1977
  • Searching for God in America - 8 videos (conversations with religious leaders)        BL2525 .S47 1996

Selected CD's

  • Pictorial Library of Bible Lands /  collection of high resolution Bible Lands electronic images / more than 600 pictures                  DS44.5 .B65 2004 Vols. 1-10                                                                                                         

Selected Web Sites / additional helpful information
  Association of Religion Data Archives / Data on American and international religion (national profiles, maps, church membership overviews, denominational heritage trees, tables, charts)

Christian Classics Ethereal Library / Classic Christian writings

Internet Sacred Text Archive / Sacred texts of world religions

New Testament Gateway / "award winning web directory of internet resources on the New Testament"

Pluralism Project / studies of the emerging meanings of religious pluralism in America

Religion Online / writings by recognized religious scholars on a variety of topics

Revised Common Lectionary / Readings for the Biblical year

Virtual Religion Index / a  guide to a wide variety of quality web sites in religion

World Religions Index / "Equipping Christians to understand other world faiths and religious philosophies" (personal stories, articles, data, guide to web sites)                              

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