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- Credo Reference Academic Core (This link opens in a new window)
A comprehensive collection of subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are short reference videos and high-resolution images. Useful background information source.
- Oxford Reference Online: Premium (This link opens in a new window)
A comprehensive collection of scholarly encyclopedias and dictionaries published by Oxford University Press. A useful background information source for starting your research. Simultaneous user limit: 5.
- Britannica Academic (This link opens in a new window)
Provides access to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, an interactive world atlas, a world data analyst tool, images, timelines, videos, and primary sources.
Discipline-Specific Background Sources:
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Jesuits by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9780521769051Publication Date: 2017
The Oxford Dictionary of PopesCall Number: Online and Reference Main Level BX955.2 .K45 2010ISBN: 9780199295814Publication Date: 2010
Use Additional Online Resources
- American Scholars of Religion Video CollectionThe American Scholars of Religion Project is a collection of short commentaries or vignettes that preserve and illustrate the thinking and scholarly personality of a diverse sample of American scholars of religion. This video project was conceived, created and produced by Dr. Alfred Benney, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Fairfield University.
- Bible GatewayAllows you to search different versions of the bible by keyword and topics.
- BibliaclerusSpecifically Catholic commentaries on books of the Bible. Part of the larger Biblia Clerus resource.
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Catholic Studies Course Guides
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