Student Resources

Open Access Resources

There is a wide range of excellent online open-access resources available for students to use, as well as the print collection, EBSCO resources and e-book collections. We have compiled some of the best and encourage you to use these in your studies. 

The New Testament Gateway

This is an excellent web directory of internet resources on the New Testament.

http://www.ntgateway.com

Theology on the Web

Run by Rob Bradshaw, this site aims to make high quality theological material available throughout the world. It provides detailed bibliographies for students and ministers and reprints (in co-operation with authors and publishers) rare and out-of-print theology books and articles.  There are translations of theological articles from a number of languages.  See https://www.theologyontheweb.org.uk/journals.html for journals.

Theology on the Web is a single cross-linked resource made up of five websites:

https://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk provides detailed bibliographies on each book of the Bible, as well as on hermeneutics, archaeology, criticism, language, etc. – in short almost everything connected with the Bible and its study.

https://www.theologicalstudies.org.uk/ throws its net slightly wider, providing material on a range of theologies and theologians, as well as specific doctrines such as the Trinity, for example. The section on practical theology seeks to provide material on how theology is applied in daily life, in such areas as politics and ethics.

https://www.earlychurch.org.uk/ covers early church history until the rise of the medieval Papacy (c.600 AD).

https://www.medievalchurch.org.uk/ covers church history from the rise of the Papacy to the time of the Reformation.

https://www.missiology.org.uk/  provides resources for students of Christian missions from the first Century onwards.

ATLA Annotated Lnks to Websites on Religion and Theology

A selective, annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources of interest to those who are involved in the study and practice of religion: syllabi, electronic texts, electronic journals, web sites, bibliographies, liturgies, reference resources, software, etc. There are resources in Theological Education, Christianity, Biblical Studies, Ethics, Mission, Pastoral Theology and Comparative Religion.

https://wor.atla.com/

Project Gutenberg

The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was the first producer of free ebooks, and continues with the aim to preserve literary and other intellectual works.

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/

Religion Online

This site provides access to more than 6,000 original texts and articles.  Topics include Old and New Testament, Theology, Ethics, History and Sociology of Religion, Communication and Cultural Studies, Pastoral Care, Counselling, Homiletics, Worship, Missions and Religious Education. There are many full-text, peer-reviewed articles.

http://www.religion-online.org

Journals/Periodicals Freely Available Online

Directory of open access journals: religion

This directory defines open access journals as journals that use a funding model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access. Journals are peer-reviewed or undergo editorial quality control. All scientific and scholarly subjects are covered and are in full text. Enter ‘religion’ in the search box to retrieve the full collection of articles.

https://www.doaj.org/subjects

OpenDOAR

OpenDOAR is an authoritative worldwide directory of academic open access repositories.

http://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/opendoar/

Primary & Secondary Sources – Texts Available Online

Bible Gateway

This site provides a searchable online bible in over 100 versions.

https://www.biblegateway.com/

The Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL)

The Christian Classics Ethereal Library is a digital library of hundreds of classic Christian books selected for edification and education.

http://www.ccel.org/

The Internet Sacred Text Archive

This is a freely available archive of electronic texts about religion, mythology, and legends and folklore. Texts are presented in English translation and, where possible, in the original language.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm

Subject Specific Sites

Mundus

This is a gateway to more than 400 collections of overseas missionary materials held in the UK.

http://www.mundus.ac.uk/

Encyclopaedias

Reference works provide a good starting point for any research.

Catholic encyclopedia

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/

Jewish encyclopedia

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/

Encyclopedia of religion and society

http://hirr.hartsem.edu/ency/

Library Catalogues Online

British Library – Holds 14 million books, 920,000 journal and newspaper titles, 58 million patents, 3 million sound recordings.  You can search online, but would need inter-library loan to borrow.

https://www.bl.uk/

COPAC (Combined Public Access Catalogue) – Lists what is available in over 20 British University Libraries, but there is no full text access 

https://copac.jisc.ac.uk/

WorldCat – to search 10,000 libraries worldwide.

WorldCat libraries are dedicated to providing access to their resources on the Web, where most people start their search for information. WorldCat.org lets you find an item of interest and then locate a library near you that owns it.

You may find article citations with links to their full text, authoritative research materials, such as documents and photos of local or historic significance, and digital versions of rare items.

Borrowing depends on whether you have an active membership with a library that owns the item, and whether that library’s website permits remote checkout of an item. You may be able to borrow an item through inter-library loan.

https://www.worldcat.org/

Open Library

Open Library is essentially a catalogue, with catalogue records from some of the major libraries in the world.  There is access to over 20 million edition records online, and to 1.7 million scanned versions of books, as well as links to external sources like WorldCat and Amazon.

https://openlibrary.org/search?q=theology

Blogs & Thinktanks

Teaching Theology: a blog for Christian educators by Graham Cheesman  

https://teachingtheology.org/

THEOS – a public thinktank.

Theos is a public theology think tank which exists to undertake research and provide commentary on social and political agenda and on issues of faith and belief in society. The site was launched in November 2006.

https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/

NTGateway Blog

http://www.ntgateway.com/category/blog/

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