Databases

ACLS Humanities E-Book (HEB) is an online collection of over 5,400 books of high quality in the humanities and related social sciences.

The ACT UP Oral History Project is a collection of interviews with surviving members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, New York. ACT UP, founded in March of 1987, is a diverse, non-partisan group of individuals, united in anger and committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis. 

The purpose of the ACT UP Oral History Project is to present comprehensive, complex, human, collective, and individual pictures of the people who have made up ACT UP/New York. These men and women of all races and classes have transformed entrenched cultural ideas about homosexuality, sexuality, illness, health care, civil rights, art, media, and the rights of patients. These interviews reveal what has motivated them to action and how they have organized complex endeavors.

The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is an independent scholarly organization that aims to foster dialogue about researching, writing, and teaching black thought and culture. They support the research of scholars in the field through an array of fellowships, awards, and prizes, including the Pauli Murray Book Prize and the C.L.R. James Research Fellowships. They publish the popular blog Black Perspectives, the leading online platform for public scholarship on global Black thought, history, and culture.

ALEX is the database of congregations currently and historically affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada. ALEX contains participation and stewardship data for these congregations since the calendar year 2000. It also provides the authoritative list of the 2,900 congregations currently in covenant relationship with the Disciples.

*To access this resource, please contact the Library at [email protected] for the username and password.

The Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple, sponsored by the Special Collections of Library and Information Access at San Diego State University, is designed to give personal and scholarly perspectives on a major event in the history of religion in America. 

Its primary purpose is to present information about Peoples Temple as accurately and objectively as possible. Included are remembrances of those who died and those who survived the tragedy of 18 November 1978 in order to respect their lives and humanize their deaths; documentation of the numerous government investigations into Peoples Temple and Jonestown through materials released under the Freedom of Information Act; and a presentation of Peoples Temple and its members in their own words: through articles, tapes, letters, photographs and other items.

Named ASLV (American Sign Language Version), this video-accessible version offers Deaf and hard-of-hearing users the option to view the Bible, as opposed to reading it, in their own language. This not only better encourages Deaf and hard-of-hearing to engage in studying Scripture, it reduces misunderstandings and misinterpretations.

The ASLV project was created with the assistance of 53 Deaf translators over a period of thirty-eight years. Similar to the online Bible text, the ASLV video library is available online on the Deaf Mission website and via an app. 

ARDA (Association of Religion Data Archives) contains a wide variety of statistical data, historical timelines, tools for congregations, and data analysis. Supports graphing tools and mapping.

Search the Atla and EBSCO databases for articles on your research topic.

Our EBSCO collection includes the Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials, Academic Search Premier, EBSCO eBooks, Old Testament Abstracts, and New Testament Abstracts. 

The Atla Digital Library brings together digital collections of scholarly, historical, and cultural significance that are relevant to the study, teaching, and learning of religion and theology.

Research in Ministry® (RIM®) is a thesis and dissertation abstract database where users can search for and share the outcomes of research conducted in programs of study related to ministry, theology and religion.