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RS 113 Resources

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Selected Electronic Books -- Periodical Databases -- Selected Books in Busse Library -- Selected Websites

Selected Electronic Books

The Acts of the Apostles. Champaign, Ill. (P.O. Box 2782, Champaign 61825) : Project Gutenberg.

Apocalypse. Champaign, Ill. (P.O. Box 2782, Champaign, 61825) : Project Gutenberg.

Augustine. On Christian Doctrine. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Christian Classics Ethereal Library.

Brown, Schuyler. The Origins of Christianity. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press (US), 1993.

Calvin, Jean. Calvin, Commentaries. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Christian Classics Ethereal Library.

The Four Gospels of the New Testament. Champaign, Ill. (P.O. Box 2782, Champaign 61825) : Project Gutenberg.

Luther, Martin. Preface To The Letter Of St. Paul To The Romans. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Christian Classics Ethereal Library.

Murray, Andrew. The True Vine. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Christian Classics Ethereal Library.

Pink, A.W. The Divine Inspiration of the Bible. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Christian Classics Ethereal Library.

Pink, A.W. Why Four Gospels. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Christian Classics Ethereal Library.

Sternberg, Meir. The Poetics of Biblical Narrative. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 1985.

 

Periodical Databases
 

EBSCO Database (password required)

  • EBSCO Academic Search Premier -- Contains full-text articles for over 3,400 scholarly journals and is the world's largest scholarly, multi-discipline, full text database. Subject areas include: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, languages, linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, and ethnic studies.

FirstSearch Databases (password required)

After you key in your login and password, you will need to select again from the list of available databases on the search screen.  To do this click on the dropdown menu in: Jump to Advanced Search: Select a Database to Search.  Select the required database and begin your search. You may initiate an InterLibrary Loan request from FirstSearch databases to the Busse Library. Use the linked NOTE 13A: Searching the FirstSearch Databases for help in using the databases. 

  • ArticleFirst - Index to citations from of over 12,600 journals. Tips on using this database.
  • GPO Monthly Catalog - Index to information printed by the US Government Printing Office. Tips on using this database.
  • PsychInfo -- Index to psychological journal articles, books, chapters, technical reports and dissertations from 1887 to the present.
  • World Almanac - Facts and figures
  • WorldCat - Over 30 million catalog records of books and audiovisuals held in libraries around the world. A good way to see if a book has been published on a topic which you may want to borrow through InterLibrary Loan. Remember to select books with at least 15 library holdings indicated. Tips on using this database.

 

Selected Books in Busse Library

Beasley-Murrary, George Raymond.
Jesus and the last days: the interpretation of the Olivet discourse.
Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, c1993. BS2615.2 .B3847 1993

Bultmann, Rudolf Karl.
Form criticism: two essays on New Testament research.
New York: Harper, c1962. BS2397 .B85x

Dunn, James D.G.
Jesus and the spirit: a study of the religious and charismatic experience of Jesus and the first Christians as reflected in the New Testament.
Philadelphia: Westminster Press, [1975]. BR110 .D86

Fuller, Reginald Horace.
The New Testament in current study.
New York: Scribner, [1962]. BS2350 .F8

Henry, Patrick.
New directions in New Testament study.
Philadelphia: Westminster Press, c1979. BS2350 .H43

Lace, O. Jessie.
Understanding the New Testament.
Cambridge : University Press, 1965. BS2350 .L32

Mbiti, John S.
New Testament eschatology in an African background: a study of the encounter between New Testament theology and African traditional concepts.
London: Oxford University Press, 1971. BS2545.E7 M35 1971

Steinmuller, John E.
A companion to Scripture studies.
New York: J.F. Wagner, [1941-43]. BS475 .S725

Wainwright, Arthur William.
Mysterious apocalyse: interpreting the book of Revelation.
Nashville: Abingdon Press, c1993.
BS2825.2 .W27 1993

Young, Serinity.
Encyclopedia of women and world religion.
New York: Macmillan, c1999. BL458 .E53 1999, Ref.

 

Selected Websites

 

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