Background Information

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [Stanford University]
• Encyclopedia Britannica Online [Encyclopedia Britannica Online]
• Oxford English Dictionary [Oxford University Press]
• Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary [Merriam-Webster, Inc.]
• Gale Virtual Reference [Gale] - Scholarly encyclopedias in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
  • Includes The Encyclopaedia Judaica, Encyclopedia of Buddhism, Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Encyclopedia of Religion, Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions
• ARTstor [ARTstor] - digital library of more than one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences.
• Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon [EliYah]

Books, eBooks, DVDs, CDs, etc.

• Start with PrinCat to search for Principia College library materials.
• Use I-Share to expand your search to include other academic libraries in Illinois. Requested materials usually arrive within 3-5 days.
  
• Use WorldCat if you need to expand your search beyond I-Share. WorldCat materials are available through interlibrary loan. They usually arrive within 7-14 days.

Journal Articles

• ATLA (American Theological Library Association) [EBSCOHost] - journal articles, book reviews and essay citations selected by leading religion scholars in the United States with full text of many religion journals.
• JSTOR [JSTOR] - academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
• Academic Search Premier [EBSCOHost] - more than 4,600 scholarly, popular, and trade journals from multiple disciplines.
• Project Muse [Johns Hopkins University Press] - select collection of academic journals in the humanities and social sciences.
• For additional resources, see the Find Articles page.

Current Newspapers and Other News Sources

• LexisNexis Academic [LexisNexis] - International, national and local news sources including the Christian Science Monitor and the New York Times.

• For additional news sources, see the News Sources page.

Conference Papers and Proceedings

• PapersFirst [OCLC FirstSearch] - Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.
• ProceedingsFirst [OCLC FirstSearch] - Index of conference proceedings worldwide.

Special Collections Available on the Internet

• Image Database for Biblical Studies [Yale Divinity School]
• Philosophic Resources on the Internet [EDSITEment]