The Clermont College Library web page can be accessed at http://www.ucclermont.edu/library. Subject guides may be found on the Library’s web page under “Research Help.” If you are not on campus, use the ‘Off Campus Access’ link on the Library’s website to loginand validate that you are a member of the Clermont College community.
Articles (Indexes and Databases)
Religion and Philosophy Collection http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=rlh Index & abstracts covering such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. Includes or has links to full text.
ATLA Religion Databasehttp://rave.ohiolink.edu/databases/login/reli Index to articles, book reviews, and essays in religion and theology. Includes or has links to some limited full text.
Academic Search Completehttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?profile=ehost&defaultdb=a9h Provides citations and full text to articles published in journals and magazines. This database covers a wide variety of topics and includes articles on the study of the bible.
E-Reference
Oxford Reference, Religion and Philosophy http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/SUBJECT_SEARCH.html?subject=s22 Reference books on Religion and Philosophy online, includes: A Dictionary of the Bible; The Oxford Companion to the Bible; The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible
Credo Reference http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://www.credoreference.com Contains full-text covering every major subject from publishers of reference materials, includes: Who's Who in the New Testament, Routledge; Atlas of the Bible, Andromeda; Macmillan Dictionary of the Bible. Click on “Subjects” to choose Religion.
Reference Books
The Interpreter’s Bible: the Holy Scriptures in the King James and revised standard versions with general articles and introduction, exegesis, exposition for each book of the Bible REFERENCE BS491 .I65 vol. 1-12. The following volumes will be of interest to NT students: v. 7 General articles on the New Testament, Matthew, Mark; v. 8 Luke, John; v. 9 Acts, Romans; v. 10 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians; v.11 Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews; v. 12 James, Peter, John, Jude, Revelation
Strong’s exhaustive concordance of the Bible REFERENCE BS425 .S8 2007; accompanying CD is on RESERVE
The Bible: a history : the making and impact of the Bible REFERENCE BS445 .M52 2004
The Anchor Bible dictionary REFERENCE BS440 .A54 1992 vol. 1-6
A Dictionary of the Bible REFERENCE BS440 .B73 1996
The Cambridge companion to the Bible REFERENCE BS 475.3 .C36 2008; older edition in stacks and may be checked out: BS 475.2 .C26 1997
Who’s who in the Bible REFERENCE BS570 .W56 1980
Who's who in the New Testament REFERENCE BS2430 .B67
Atlas of the Bible REFERENCE BS630 .R6 1985
Books and Media
General books on the Bible can be found in the University of Cincinnati’s online catalog, (http://uclid.uc.edu/search) using subject headings such as:
Bible as literature
Bible Criticism, interpretation
Bible commentaries
Bible N.T. Acts - Commentaries
Bible N.T. Epistles of Paul -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History
If you find no materials on your topic through a subject search, you can do "Keyword" searches using key concepts. Or, you can browse the shelves in the Clermont College Library under the Library of Congress Classification of “BS.”
Please note that Clermont has few books on these subjects and you may have to order books from other UC libraries using "Request" in the online catalog. Requested items arrive in 5 working days. You can also search OhioLINK's Central Catalog (http://olc1.ohiolink.edu/search/) and order materials from other libraries across Ohio with a delivery time of 5 working days.
