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Databases

Articles	Online Books	More
MasterFILE Premier	NetLibrary eBook Collection	Biography Resource Center
General OneFile	Oxford Reference Online
Religion & Philosophy Database

Periodicals on Church History and Christian History

Catalog

Helpful Subjects:
Christian Sects	Liturgics	Religious Institutions
Christianity	Popes	Saints
Church History	Religion	Sects
Cults	Religions	Theology

Reference Books

Browse Call Numbers BR 95 - BR 1710

	Book of Saints	Ref BX 4655 .B6
	Catholic Fact Book	Ref BX 842 .D44
	Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine	Ref BT 77.3 .H68
	Charts of Cults, Sects, & Religious Movements	Ref BR 516.5 .H68
	Charts of the Western Church	Ref BR 149 .P48
	The Christian Life in the Middle Ages and Other Essays	NetLibrary eBook
	Chronological and Background Charts of Church History	Ref BR 146 .W33
	The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church	Oxford Reference Online
	Dictionary of Bible and Religion	Ref BR 95 .D46
	Dictionary of Christian Theology	Ref BR 95 .A54
	Dictionary of Christianity in America	Ref BR 515 .D53
	Dictionary of Saints	Ref BX 4655.8 .D44
	Dictionary of Theology	Ref BR 95 .R313
	The Early Christian World, v.1 and v.2	NetLibrary eBook
	Encyclopedia of American Religions	Ref BL 2525 .M449
	Encyclopedia of Christianity	Ref BR 95 .E8913
	Encyclopedia of Early Christianity	Ref BR 162.2 .E53
	Encyclopedia of Protestantism	Ref BX 4811.3 .E54
	Encyclopedia of Religion	Ref BL 31 .E46
	Encyclopedia of Religion in the South	Ref BR 535 .E52
	Handbook of Denominations in the United States	Ref BL 2525 .M425
	Macmillan Atlas History of Christianity	Ref G 1046 .E4 L5
	New 20th-Century Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge	Ref BR 95 .N395
	New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge	Ref BR 95 .S435s
	New Westminster Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship	Ref BV 173 .N49
	The Oxford Dictionary of Popes	Oxford Reference Online
	The Oxford Dictionary of Popes	Ref BX 955.2 .K45
	The Oxford Dictionary of Saints	Oxford Reference Online
	The Oxford Dictionary of Saints	Ref BR 1710 .F34
	Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church	Ref BR 95 .O8
	Rand McNally Bible Atlas	Ref BS 630 .K7
	Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States	Ref BL 2525 .R4689
	Religious Heritage of America	Ref BL 2530 .U6 S5
	Routledge Historical Atlas of Religion in America	Ref G 1201 .E4 C3
	This Day in Religion	Ref BR 149 .G66
	Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology	Ref BR 95 .W494
	World Christian Encyclopedia	Ref BR 157 .W67

Websites

Christian Classics Ethereal Library: This library has selected full text classic Christian books in electronic format.
(http://www.ccel.org)
Christian History Section in Yahoo!: This section in Yahoo! leads to a variety of sites of historical interest from various points of view.
(http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Religion_and_Spirituality/Faiths_and_Practices/Christianity/History/)
Early Christian Writings: Once a document is selected, the first source is the text. Other links tell about the text.
(http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/)
Early Church Fathers: The Internet Sacred Text Archive offers early Christian writings.
(http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/index.htm)
Ecole Initiative: The Ecole Initiative is in the process of creating a hypertext encyclopedia of Early Church History.
(http://www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb/)
Guide to Early Church Documents: This Guide from the Institute for Christian Leadership includes creeds, patristic texts, and other early church documents.
(http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/christian-history.html)
New Advent: The New Advent Catholic Web Site includes many excellent links, such as The Fathers of the Church, with full text of their writings, and the 1913 edition of The Catholic Encyclopedia, which has full text articles in the public domain.
(http://www.newadvent.org/)
Religious Texts and Resources: This site is divided into primary religious and sacred texts, biblical, church writers, Islam, Koresh (Branch Davidians), Mormon, Native Americans, and religious studies resources.
(http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/texts.html)
Wabash Center Internet Guide to Religion: This is an annotated guide of electronic resources selected for students and teachers of religious studies. Look in the list for Christianity.
(http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/resources/guide_headings.aspx)