LibGuides: E. M. White Library: Resources: Databases and Online Collections

Our library offers a wide array of research databases and eBook collections.

These resources allow patrons to filter for full-text, scholarly peer-reviewed articles, images, video, eBooks and much more. Not sure what database is best for your research? See below for our annotated lists of subject related databases.

If you encounter difficulties finding the information you need when searching our databases, please don't hesitate to reach out and contact us.

How to access databases

**Current LPTS students, faculty and staff may access online materials off-campus*.**

Patrons can access databases by clicking on a database listed below, or by searching in Morgan Discovery. When clicking on a title an online resource, a Microsoft log in page will appear. Enter the same email address and password that you normally would use to access campus email, Canvas or your LPTS Office 365 account.

Visitors from the public or LPTS alumni may access these materials when visiting us in the library building on campus.*

*Alumni may access ATLAS for Alums, a database that is specifically available for Alums (off LPTS campus).

To access the database, click here: ATLAS for Alums.
To learn more about ATLAS for ALUMs, and coverage, click here. ATLAS for Alums Coverage.

Anyone who encounters log in difficulties or have questions regarding accessing databases or other online materials should not hesitate to reach out to library staff via our Help Desk at https://library@lpts.edu or 502-992-9398.

Religious Studies

Religious Studies Databases

Not sure which database to choose? ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials PLUS is a great place to start your research for articles. From there, you may add New Testament Abstracts and Old Testament Abstracts to your search.

African American Historical Serials Collection developed in conjunction with American Theological Library Association (Atla) as an effort to preserve endangered serials related to African American religious life and culture, features more than 170 unique publications spanning from 1829 through 1922. This collection includes periodicals, newspapers and magazines, in addition to reports and annuals from various African American organizations, including churches and educational and service institutions. EBSCOHost
Atla Religion Database with Atla Serials PLUS This database combines with Atla Religion Database to allow access to full text of journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. Includes 530 full text journals. EBSCO Host
AtlaSerials, Religion Collection AtlaSerials®, Religion Collection contains 360+ full text major religion and theology journals. This database is produced by Atla, a membership association of collectors and connectors in religion and theology. EBSCOHost
Digital Karl Barth Library Included in the collection are the English translation of Barth's magnum opus, The Church Dogmatics, in its entirety. The original German version, Die kirchliche Dogmatik, is also included as are the first 45 volumes of Barth's Gesamtausgabe, which includes hundreds of letters, sermons, lectures, conversations, and academic writings. These volumes are supplemented by seven additional German works that have not yet been published as part of the Gesamtausgabe and English translations of thirteen important texts by Barth. Produced in association with the Theologischer Verlag Zürich (TVZ) and Princeton Theological Seminary, Alexander Street Press is pleased to offer the first major online collection of Karl Barth's works combining comprehensiveness with a carefully crafted set of text-analysis tools.
Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts The collection includes digital facsimiles and searchable texts of Protestant Christian reformers including Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Tyndale, Melanchthon, Beza, Bucer, Bullinger, Chemnitz, Episcopius, Oecolampadius, Cranmer, Menno Simons, Arminius, and many others whose writings shaped and defined the Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, Presbyterian, Baptist, Anabaptist, Puritan, and Congregationalist traditions. Some works supplemented by English translations. Selected by scholars from universities across Europe and the U.S. including Harvard, Geneva, Tubingen, Zurich, Cambridge, Princeton, Oxford, Duke, Yale, and Munich.
Ebsco eBook Religion Collection 9,180 titles from over 150 publishers covering a broad range of religious subjects including philosophy, ethics, history of religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, religious texts and more. This compilation of texts explores religious beliefs, faith, cultural systems and world views. EBSCOHost
Encyclopedia Judaica Encyclopaedia Judaica by Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik, eds. 2nded. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. 18015 pp. 22 vols. Provides an exhaustive and organized overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel, from Rabbinic to modern Yiddish literature, from Kabbalah to "Americana" and from Zionism to the contribution of Jews to world cultures, Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd edition is important to scholars, general readers and students. Published by Gale and uses the Gale ebooks interface; don't forget to choose a volume from midway on the screen. Example, if you are looking for the Hebrew word shekinah (shecinah) choose 18 San - Sol and then find the word.
Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception Online The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) is the first and only comprehensive reference work devoted to the Bible and its reception. With 7315 online entries, it is an essential resource for scholars in Biblical, Cultural, and Religious Studies and related fields. Brought to us by De Gruyter. EBR (~18 volumes) is also available in print in the library Reference Room.
Gale Unbound Primary Resource Religion Collections. Access Evangelism in Africa: Correspondence of the Board of Foreign Missions, 1835-1910 Evangelism in India: Correspondence of the Board of Foreign Missions, 1833-1910 Evangelism and the Syria-Lebanon Mission: Correspondence of the Board of Foreign Missions, 1869-1910 Grassroots Civil Rights and Social Action: Council for Social Action
JSTOR Religion and Theology Collection JSTOR is a premier humanities digital library with a powerful research and teaching platform. In addition to the journals in the Religion and Theology collection (title list forthcoming here), we can access more than 6,500 Open Access ebooks from 90 publishers, including Brill, Cornell University Press, De Gruyter, and University of California Press.
Ministry Matters Diverse collection of commentaries, articles, and books designed to aid the minister in preaching, teaching, and study. Open the Research Library tab to see a list of titles.
New Testament Abstracts This datbase containts abstracts of articles, reviews, and software and more than 24,400+ book summaries. Coverage Areas: New Testament general, Gospels-Acts, Epistles-Revelation, Biblical Theology and the World of the New Testament. EbscoHost
Old Testament Abstracts Old Testament Abstracts Online covers an array of subjects including antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology and philology, making it essential for those conducting research in the fields of religion and theology. EBSCOHost

Therapy and Human Development

EBSCO Academic Search Complete
APA PsycInfo APA PsychInfo the world's largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. Produced by the American Psychological Association, it is an indispensable tool for the discovery of global scholarly research. Currently, there are 2, 281 journals included but the list changes often so be sure to check the title list as needed. EBSCOHost
Child Development and Adolescent Studies This database is produced by NISC, is today’s source for references to the current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21. Book reviews and abstracts from hundreds of journals and a bibliography of thousands of technical reports, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations covering biomedical and social sciences worldwide are indexed. More than 342,000 records are included with over 10,000 new records added each year. EBSCOHost
Family and Society Studies Worldwide This database includes more than 2.1 million records from 1902 to the present including: Book chapters, books, conference papers, professional journals, statistical documents, and theses and dissertations. Comprised of four database files, Family & Society Studies Worldwide meets educational needs of professionals in all fields of social work, social science and family practice. It indexes publications from a wide range of social science disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, psychology, demography, health sciences, education, economics, law, history and social work. This is not a full-text database. EBSCOHost
Family Studies Abstracts This database includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to family studies, including marriage, divorce, family therapy, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 53,500 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline. EBSCOHost
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection This database includes nearly 480 full-text journals covering: emotional and behavioral characteristics, mental processes, observational and experimental methods, and psychiatry and psychology. This collection offers particularly strong coverage in child and adolescent psychology and various areas of counseling. EBSCOHost
psychotherapy.net Psychotherapy.net offers a library of 50 training videos featuring the leading practitioners of the psychotherapy field.
Sociological Collection This database provides coverage of more than 500 full text journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. Sociological Collection offers information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.

General Research

General research databases cover a wide variety of topics and are ideal for general research and statistics.

Unsure where to start? EBSCO Academic Search Complete is an excellent general database.

Bartleby.com Reference Works The Bartleby.com site, originally created at Columbia University, includes a host of e-texts, all browsable and searchable.
Britannica Academic Edition
Choice Book Reviews
Data.gov The home of the U.S. Government’s open data. Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.
EBSCO Academic Search Complete
EBSCO Business Source Premier
Project MUSE Provides access to e-books and e-journals largely in the humanities and social sciences.
PubMed Central The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
Science.gov Science.gov is a gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results.
United States Census Bureau The Census Bureau is the federal government’s largest statistical agency. We are dedicated to providing current facts and figures about America’s people, places, and economy. -- U.S. Census Bureau website
World Fact Book Provided by the CIA. "The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities." -- website

Please see Databases A-Z below for more databases.

A - Z Database List

The A-Z Database List provides access to all the databases available to the current LPTS community.

Database A-Z List

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Our library offers a wide array of research databases and eBook collections.

These resources allow patrons to filter for full-text, scholarly peer-reviewed articles, images, video, eBooks and much more. Not sure what database is best for your research? See below for our annotated lists of subject related databases.

If you encounter difficulties finding the information you need when searching our databases, please don't hesitate to reach out and contact us.

How to access databases

**Current LPTS students, faculty and staff may access online materials off-campus*.**

Visitors from the public or LPTS alumni may access these materials when visiting us in the library building on campus.*

*Alumni may access ATLAS for Alums, a database that is specifically available for Alums (off LPTS campus).

To access the database, click here: ATLAS for Alums.

To learn more about ATLAS for ALUMs, and coverage, click here. ATLAS for Alums Coverage.

Anyone who encounters log in difficulties or have questions regarding accessing databases or other online materials should not hesitate to reach out to library staff via our Help Desk at https://library@lpts.edu or 502-992-9398.

Religious Studies

Religious Studies Databases

Therapy and Human Development

Therapy and Human Development

General Research

General research databases cover a wide variety of topics and are ideal for general research and statistics.

Please see Databases A-Z below for more databases.

A - Z Database List