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Indexes & Databases:
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: General
Description: Accessed through EBSCOhost, Academic Search Premier is a multi-disciplinary database that provides full text for more than 4,600 publications, including nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 8,500 journals. This database offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and more. Examples of titles offered in Academic Search Premier include: American Historical Review, American Journal of Political Science, American Libraries, American Sociologist, British Journal of Psychology, British Journal of Sociology, Central European History, Contemporary Literature, Early American Literature, Journal of Social Psychology, Library Journal, Social Forces, Sociological Review, Theological Studies, Women's Studies, etc. In addition to journal coverage, Academic Search Premier provides full text information from a variety of source-types such as scholarly monographs. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1975.
How to Access: Can be accessed online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password. Can be accessed directly or from the EBSCO Research Databases home page.
URL: Basic Search Page
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: Exegesis; Practical Theology; Theology
Description: One of the online databases that can be accessed through EBSCOhost, ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials is the full text version of the ATLA (American Theological Library Association) Religion Database, the premier index of journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. This database provides a collection of major religious and theology journals selected by religion scholars in the United States. This includes more than 575,000 article citations from more than 1,679 journals (560 currently indexed), more than 239,000 essay citations from over 16,800 mulit-author works, more than 530,000 book review citations, and a growing number of mulitmedia citations. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials contains full text journals representing all major religious faiths, denominations and language groups. Coverage in this collection begins in 1949 although indexing for some journal titles extends back into the nineteenth century. Full text is provided for more than 294,000 electronic articles and book reviews, from more than 150 journals selected by leading religion scholars in the United States.
How to Access: Can be accessed online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password. Can be accessed directly or from the EBSCO Research Databases home page.
Find out about the ATLAS for Alumni program.
URL: Basic Search Page
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Type of Resource: CD-ROM Database
Subject Application: Exegesis; Greek; Hebrew
Description: Bible Works provides resources and tools for close exegesis of the original Biblical texts. This program includes over 190 Bible translations in 40 languages, 35 original language texts and morphology databases, 29 lexical-grammatical references, plus a number of practical reference works. These databases are tightly integrated with powerful morphology and analysis tools.
Where Located: Available on the following AGTS Student Computer Center machines: #12, 13, 14, 15, 16
How to Access: Double click on the desktop icon labeled "Bible Works."
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: Exegesis; History-Ancient World; Theology
Description: Built from the Biblical Archaeological Society's 34 years as a leading publisher in the field of Biblical Archaeology, the archive contains information in the areas of religion, archaeology, Bible, history, anthropology, western civilization, Near Eastern Studies, and philosophy. The archive contains all of the editorial material of every issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Bible Review, and Archaeology Odyssey. This includes more than 50 issues now out-of-print and not available in paper copies. About 18,000 photos and images are included, as well as 5,500 articles. The BAS Archive also provides access to the following books: Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Ancient Israel, The Rise of Ancient Israel, Aspects of Monotheism, The Search for Jesus, Feminist Interpretations of the Bible.
How to Access: Can be accessed directly online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password.
URL: www.basarchive.org
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Type of Resource: CD-ROM Database
Subject Application: Exegesis; History-Ancient World; Theology
Description: A database assembled by the editors of Biblical Archaeology Review, the official publication of the Biblical Archaeology Society. The database contains more than 1,300 photographs of Bible sites, archaeological remains, maps, artifacts, inscriptions, ancient manuscripts and breathtaking vistas. The Biblical context of each image is explained in extensive captions written by world-renowned scholars.
Where Located: Available on the following AGTS Student Computer Center machine: #5
How to Access: Double click the desktop icon labeled "Libronix Digital Library ." Check with library staff or Dr. Cotton for further instructions.
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: General
Description: The foundation of Britannica Online (BOL) is the most current edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, the largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world. In addition to the encyclopedia, BOL includes:
- World Data Analyst – Britannica’s exclusive database of current and past statistics on the countries of the world
- Gateway to the Classics – An extensive collection of significant works in literature, philosophy, history, and science
- Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary & Thesaurus – Completely integrated into the site and easily accessible
- Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Quotations – A lively collection of more than 4,000 quotations, both contemporary and classic
- Full-text journal and magazine articles from EBSCO and Proquest journals – more than 700 titles, hand-selected for college needs
- BBC & New York Times daily headlines – top stories from two trusted sources
- The Web’s Best – a collection of Web sites carefully selected by Britannica’s editorial department
- World Atlas – Access Britannica maps through this interactive resource
- Advanced search capabilities and Britannica’s exclusive “Workspace”, a research organizer.
How to Access: Can be accessed online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password.
URL: www.search.eb.com/
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: Counseling
Description: Accessed through EBSCOhost, Child Development & Adolescent Studies, 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. This database includes all of the issues of Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography from 1927 - 2001 previously published by the Society for Research in Child Development plus new coverage on Child Rights and welfare issues. 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.
How to Access: Can be accessed online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password. Can be accessed directly or from the EBSCO Research Databases home page.
URL: Basic Search Page
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: Counseling; Exegesis; General; History-Ancient World; History-Church; Missions; Practical Theology; Theology
Description: Collection of doctoral dissertations and master's theses. This database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities, adding some 47,000 new dissertations and 12,000 new theses each year. Materials included range from the first U.S. dissertation accepted in 1861 to those accepted as recently as last semester.
Each record in the database includes a bibliographic citation and an abstract. Citations for dissertations published from 1980 forward include a 350-word abstract written by the author while citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include a 150-word abstract. The full text for nearly two million of these titles is available for purchase in paper, electronic, and microform formats. In addition, institutional subscribers receive online access to the complete file of dissertations in digital format starting with titles published from 1997 forward. This means that a 24-page preview of the dissertation is available in electronic format for no charge and that it is possible, for a fee, for individual students to download an electronic version of the entire dissertation.
How to Access: Can be accessed online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password.
URL: search.proquest.com/pqdt
Database Guide
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: General
Description: Academic Complete, an e-book collection spanning all academic subject areas, includes a growing selection of more than 70,000 e-books from over 500 trusted publishers, including Ashgate Publishing Group, Brill Academic Publishers, Harvard University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, Oxford University Press, University of Chicago Press, and University of Michigan Press.
Key features and benefits include:
- Available any time through any web-enabled device including the iPad
- Easy-to-use interface localized in multiple languages
- ebrary InfoTools™, which turns every word into a portal to additional information in the library and on the web
- Notes and highlights that are automatically stored on a personal bookshelf
- Ability to copy/paste and print text with automatic citations and URL hyperlinks back to the source
- Personal bookshelves with moveable folders that can be shared with others
- Multiple options for searching, navigating, and browsing
- ADA 508c compliant content, text-to-speech, and other accessibility features
How to Access: Can be accessed directly online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password.
URL: site.ebrary.com/lib/agts
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: General
Description: EBSCOhost offers a broad range of full text and bibliographic databases designed to meet the reference needs of all library types worldwide. AGTS has subscribed to a number of databases that can help meet the research needs of students in the fields of theology and counseling. Accessing the main page of EBSCOhost provides access to the full range of EBSCO databases available to AGTS patrons and enables patrons to search multiple databases at once.
How to Access: Can be accessed directly online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password.
URL: search.ebscohost.com (Select "EBSCOhost Web", the first option provided)
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: Missions
Description: eHRAF is a collection of ethnography. It covers selected cultures from around the world and contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life. It is a compilation of mostly descriptive documents written by anthropologists, sociologists, other social scientists, travelers, and missionaries. The unique feature of the HRAF system is that every paragraph of every source is marked by subject using over 760 subject categories (OCM-Outline of Cultural Materials), so that information can be rapidly retrieved.
How to Access: Can be accessed directly online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password.
URL: http://ehrafWorldCultures.yale.edu
Powerpoint Tutorial - Dr. Newberry
Users Guide created by Yale Staff
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Type of Resource: CD-ROM Database
Subject Application: Islam; Missions
Description: This database is the electronic version of Brill's Encylopaedia of Islam. This Encyclopaedia is one of the most significant reference resources on this subject. The Encyclopaedia provides extensive articles on a wide range of subjects, primarily focusing on the pre-modern period but also including some contemporary topics.
Where Located: Available on the following AGTS Student Computer Center machines: #12, 13, 14, 15, 16
How to Access: Double click the folder on the desktop called "Local Databases" and then double click the icon labeled "Encyclopaedia of Islam."
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: Counseling; General; Missions
Description: ERIC, the Educational Resources Information Center, provides a guide to published and unpublished sources on thousands of educational topics. ERIC includes information from RIE (Resources in Education) and CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education). ERIC contains more than 1,300,000 records and links to more than 323,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966. In addition to education-related journals, sources include research papers, dissertations, conference proceedings, literature reviews, reports, syllabi, and curricula. Topics covered include childhood through higher education, testing and measurement, adult and workplace literacy, math and science, needs of special populations, and more.
How to Access: Can be accessed online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password. Can be accessed directly or from the EBSCO Research Databases home page.
URL: Basic Search Page
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: Counseling; Missions
Description: Produced by NISC, Family & Society Studies Worldwide provides comprehensive coverage of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare. Coverage spans from 1970 to the present indexing publications from a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, sociology, psychology, demography, health sciences, education, economics, law, history, and social work. Source documents include professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, statistical documents, theses and dissertations, and other sources. FSSW is an anthology of 4 database files providing access to over 1,306,000 records. Specific topics addressed include:
- family therapy & treatment
- parenting & child rearing
- social work & policy
- foster care, stepfamilies, adoption
- work & gender roles
- sexual behavior & attitudes
- trends in marriage & family
- intermarriage, cross-cultural issues
- child & adolescent research
- aging & gerontology
- family violence, forms of abuse
- families with special problems
- marriage, divorce, remarriage
- at-risk families & individuals, homelessness
- family relationships & dynamics
- family law & related issues
- minority groups & diversity training
- family counseling & education
- blended families, military families
- household statistics, demography
- organizations & services
How to Access: Can be accessed online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password. Can be accessed directly or from the EBSCO Research Databases home page.
URL: Basic Search Page
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: Counseling; Exegesis; History - Ancient World; History - Church; Missions; Practical Theology; Theology
Description: The online version of the National Periodical Library's print index Guide to Social Science and Religion in Periodical Literature. Every item in the Guide is indexed by subject, and each entry includes the name of the periodical in which it was published, date, volume and issue numbers, page number, author, and the approximate number of words in the article. The full contents of each published index since 1993 is available on the website. This same information is also available through a search engine, which provides users the ability to search by key words and phrases or by subject and subheading.
How to Access: Can be accessed online from any machine connected to the AGTS network.
URL: nplguide.com
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: General
Description: Accessed through EBSCOhost, Humanities International Complete provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), this database includes all data from Humanities International Index (more than 2,300 journals and more than 2.9 million records) plus unique full-text content, much of which is not found in other databases. The database includes full text for more than 1,200 journals. Humanities International Complete provides resources concerning all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought.
How to Access: Can be accessed online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password. Can be accessed directly or from the EBSCO Research Databases home page.
URL: Basic Search Page
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: General
Description: Accessed through EBSCOhost, Jewish Studies Source offers a multidisciplinary view into the study of Jewish civilization from its historical origins to the present. Content within the collection is meant to cover all facets of Judaism and provide context by drawing across multiple areas of study.
Jewish Studies Source contains over 400 full-text titles. Sources comprising the collection include full-text for leading academic journals within the discipline, monographs, related articles from major periodicals and newspapers, and over 1600 biographies of leading historical and contemporary Jews. This database includes 123 full-text journals & magazines, including such unique entries as; Aleph: Historical Studies in Science & Judaism, American Jewish Archives Journal, Ars Judaica, Bridges: A Jewish Feminist Journal, East European Jewish Affairs, Hebrew Studies, Holocaust & Genocide Studies, Images: Journal of Jewish Art & Visual Culture, Jewish Political Studies Review, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, Journal of Jewish Education, Journal of Semitic Studies, Korot, Michael: On the History of the Jews in the Diaspora, Modern Judaism, Post Holocaust & Anti-Semitism, Studies in Jewish American Literature, Studies in Jewish Education, Zutot: Perspectives on Jewish Culture, KASHRUS, Contemporary Jewry (formerly Jewish Sociology & Social Research), Western States Jewish History (formerly Western States Jewish Historical Quarterly), and YIVO Annual of Jewish Social Science. In addition, Jewish Studies Source contains the entire Jewish Telegraphic Agency database from 1922 to present.
How to Access: Can be accessed online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password. Can be accessed directly or from the EBSCO Research Databases home page.
URL: Basic Search Page
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: General
Description: Accessed through EBSCOhost, Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.
How to Access: Can be accessed online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password. Can be accessed directly or from the EBSCO Research Databases home page.
URL: Basic Search Page
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Type of Resource: CD-ROM Database
Subject Application: History - Church; Missions; Theology
Description: This database from the Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center in Springfield includes a collection of Pentecostal periodicals from the early 1900s to the present in PDF format. Periodicals include the Pentecostal Evangel (1913-1969), Latter Rain Evangel, Leaves of Healing, Word and Work, Word and Witness, and several others. Also included are General Council Minutes and Reports and audio recordings of interviews with significant A/G leaders and missionaries about the early years of the denomination.
Where Located: Available on all AGTS Student Computer Center machines.
How to Access: Double click the folder on the desktop entitled "Historical Pentecostal Archives." This folder will provide a link to the "Directory" for the collection as well as a variety of links to related PDF files that are not included in the "Directory."
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: General
Description: Professional Development Collection, designed for professional educators, provides a highly specialized full text collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 700 journals. Examples of titles offered in Professional Development Collection include: Booklist, Curriculum Administrator, Education, Education Digest, Educational Leadership, High School Journal, Journal of Education, Journal of Educational Research, Phi Delta Kappan, Reading Teacher, School Library Journal, and many others. The majority of full text titles included in the database are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in the Professional Development Collection dates as far back as 1965.
URL: Basic Search Page
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: Counseling
Description: ProQuest Psychology Journals™ provides abstracts and indexing for more than 615 titles, with over 520 titles available in full text. Users get access to charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements essential to psychological research.
Additionally, ProQuest Psychology Journals includes 4,000 full text dissertations representing a range of psychology disciplines including behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial, personality, physiological, psychobiology, psychometrics and social psychology. Dissertation content is available for the years spanning 2000 through 2005.
ProQuest Psychology Journals encompasses a wide range of topics from leading psychology and psychosomatic publications. In addition to clinical and social psychology, it also provides coverage of related disciplines including genetics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology, social welfare, and more. A number of the titles are heavily cited and have a strong set of ISI impact factors. Titles with some Full Text include:
- The American Journal of Psychiatry
- Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
- The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
How to Access: Can be accessed online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password.
URL: search.proquest.com/psychology
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: Counseling
Description: An American Psychological Association (APA) database that can be accessed through EBSCOhost, PsycARTICLES is a definitive source of searchable full text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles on current issues in psychology. The PsycARTICLES database covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology. The database contains more than 150,000 searchable full text articles from 70 journals published by the American Psychological Association and 8 from allied organizations. It contains all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal. Examples of titles offered in PsycARTICLES include: American Psychologist, Behavioral Neuroscience, Canadian Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychoanalytic Psychology, Psychotherapy: Theory/Research/Practice/Training, etc. Coverage spans from 1894 to the present; nearly all APA journals go back to Volume 1, Issue 1.
How to Access: Can be accessed online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password. Can be accessed directly or from the EBSCO Research Databases home page.
URL: Basic Search Page
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: Counseling
Description: PsycBOOKS, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a database of more than 30,000 chapters in PDF from nearly 2,000 books published by APA and other distinguished publishers. The database includes most scholarly titles published by APA from copyright years 1953 - 2005. It also includes 100 out-of-print books, a total of more than 1,500 "classic books of landmark historical impact" in psychology, and the exclusive electronic release of more than 1,500 authored entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology. PsycBOOKS is indexed with controlled vocabulary from APA’s Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.
How to Access: Can be accessed online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password. Can be accessed directly or from the EBSCO Research Databases home page.
URL: Basic Search Page
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: Counseling
Description: One of the databases that can be accessed through EBSCOhost, The Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database providing nearly 560 full text publications, including more than 500 peer-reviewed journals. The database covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the collection. Examples of publications offered in the Collection include: American Journal of Family Therapy, Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Clinical Neuropsychologist, Current Psychology, European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, European Journal of Neuroscience, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, International Journal of Psychotherapy, International Journal of Social Psychiatry, International Review of Psychiatry, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, Journal of Cognitive Neurosciences, Journal of Mental Health, Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, Psychotherapeut, Social Psychiatry and Pschiatric Epidemiology, etc.
The Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection can be searched independently, but also allows users to conveniently link to full text from citations within PscyINFO. All full text publications included in this database are indexed in PsycINFO. The majority of full text titles in this database are available in searchable PDF or scanned-in-color. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1965.
How to Access: Can be accessed online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password. Can be accessed directly or from the EBSCO Research Databases home page.
URL: Basic Search Page
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: Counseling
Description: An American Psychological Association (APA) database that can be accessed through EBSCOhost, PsycINFO contains approximately three million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports, all in the field of psychology. Journal coverage, which spans from the 1800s to the present, includes international material selected from around 2,500 periodicals in dozens of languages. More than 60,000 records are added each year and 98% of the covered material is peer-reviewed. It also includes information about the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business and law. Examples of titles offered in PsycINFO include: Academic Medicine, Academic Psychiatry, Behavior Genetics, Behavioral Disorders, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, Journal of Psychology, Psychoanalytic Psychology, Psychological Assessment, Psychological Medicine, etc.
How to Access: Can be accessed online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password. Can be accessed directly or from the EBSCO Research Databases home page.
URL: Basic Search Page
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: Doctor of Ministry; Practical Theology
Description: RIM Online is a database from the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) that replaces the print index version (1981-1998) with the same name. RIM indexes and abstracts project reports and theses from over 50 Doctor of Ministry programs accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada and also includes links to records of works from schools that participate in the Theological Research Exchange Network. The database covers the years 1981-present and is updated quarterly.
How to Access: Can be accessed directly online.
URL: rim.atla.com/star/rimonline_login.htm
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: Misc.
Description: Published annually by the Federal Government since 1878, The Statistical Abstract of the United States serves as a comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. In the spring of 2011, the Census Bureau announced that the edition that year would be the last one produced at government expense. ProQuest has now taken on responsibility for updating and releasing this publication. The ProQuest online edition includes a number of enhancements including line-item access to tables, monthly updates, and table-specific capabilities for narrowing results by source, data date, subject, or type of data breakdown.
How to Access: Can be accessed online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password.
URL: search.proquest.com/statistical
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Type of Resource: Online Database (Direct Institutional Internet Access)
Subject Application: Islam; Missions; Practical Theology
Description: The World Christian Database (WCD) includes detailed information on 9,000 Christian denominations and on religions in every country of the world. Extensive data are available on 238 countries and 13,000 ethnolinguistic peoples, as well as on 5,000 cities and 3,000 provinces. The WCD incorporates the core data from the World Christian Encyclopedia (WCE) and World Christian Trends (WCT). However, statistics in the WCD constitute a significant update of the data published in WCE/WCT in 2001. WCD is an initiative of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
How to Access: Can be accessed online from any machine connected to the AGTS network or by AGTS students who have a password.
URL: www.worldchristiandatabase.org
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