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Religious Studies Research Guide
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ATLA Full Text Plus (EBSCOHost) - Search major religion and theology journals selected by some of the major religion scholars in the United States.

Catholic Periodical and Literature Index - citations to articles published in Roman Catholic periodicals, papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers.

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Religious Studies Journals and Online Journals

EBSCOhost Religion Databases - search four major religion databases at once.

JSTOR - an archival collection of over 300 full-text journals. It includes the full text of Asian Folklore Studies, Folklore Studies, Church History, History of Religions, Journal of Religion, Religion and American Culture.

Sage journals online A full text database of Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine journals.

Project Muse - Full-text , user-friendly online access to over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers.

Library of Latin texts - Texts from the beginning of Latin literature (Livius Andronicus, 240 BC) through to the texts of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Covers all the works from the classical period, the most important patristic works, a very extensive corpus of Medieval Latin literature as well as works of recentior latinitas including texts from the Reformation and Counter-Reformation. The complete works of writers such as Cicero, Virgil, Augustine, Jerome, Gregory the Great, Anselm of Canterbury, Bernard of Clairvaux and Thomas Kempis are included.

CQ researcher - Current events - detailed information on themes ranging from technology, health and international affairs. Each report contains background, current situation assessments, pro/con statements and bibliographies that point to resources for further research.