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The following databases have been categorized by the Divinity School Library staff. Click on a link below to display the databases relevant to your needs.

Off-campus use: In addition to using the Duke VPN, you may click on any database below, submit your Duke netid and password, and receive direct access to the database.

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Church history
ATLA Religion Database
(Duke WWW)
Indexes journals and book essays in religion and theology. Search using "church history."
Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon
(WWW)
German-language biographical and bibliographical dictionary of prominent figures in the history and study of the Christian church in all its branches and denominations.
Catholic Periodical and Literature Index
(Duke WWW)
A primary index for Roman Catholic journal articles, essays, book reviews and monographic literature; 1981 to date.
Christian Cyclopedia
(WWW)
Produced by The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, this update of the Lutheran Cyclopedia provides access to the names and terms of significant people, places, ideas, and institutions in church history and "secular" history.
DYABOLA
(Duke WWW)
Indexes books, articles and essays on antiquities, art and archaeology in the ancient Middle Eastern, classical, early Christian, Byzantine, and early Medieval periods.
Historical Abstracts
(Duke WWW)
Contains citations and abstracts to literature published since 1967 on the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
International Medieval Bibliography
(Duke WWW)
Covering all facets of medieval history and life in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa .
Iter gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
(Duke WWW)
Indexes journals, published from 1843 to the present, pertaining to the all aspects of the European Renaissance (1300-1700) and Middle Ages (400-1500).
Monumenta Germaniae Historica
(Duke WWW)
A comprehensive series of published sources for the study of medieval German history.
Nineteenth Century Masterfile
(Duke WWW)
Provides indexing to nineteenth century periodicals, books, newspapers, and government documents. Includes Index to periodical articles in religion, 1890-1899.
Related websites A selective and annotated list of related web resources.
Historical theology
ATLA Religion Database
(Duke WWW)
Indexes journals and book essays in religion and theology. Search using "History (Theology)."
Calvin's Institutes
(CD-ROM only)
Includes three separate programs that allow you to search the 1559 Latin text, search the English words in the Beveridge translation, or read either the Lain and/or English text.
Calvini Opera Database
(CD-ROM only)
The complete works of John Calvin in the edition of the Corpus Refromatorum. Fully searchable with combination original image and text.
Comprehensive John Calvin Collection
(CD-ROM only)
Includes Calvin's Bible Commentaries, Institutes of the Christian Religion, and more.
Digital library of classic Protestant texts
(Duke WWW)
Contains primary texts, facsimiles, and selected English translations of an extensive range of seminal works from the Reformation and post-Reformation eras. Includes theological writings, biblical commentaries, confessional documents, and polemical treatises written by more than 300 Protestant authors. See also the Quick Reference Guide.

Library of Latin Texts
(Duke WWW)
Based primarily on the Corpus Christianorum: Series Latina and Continuatio Mediaevalis, this product formerly known as CETEDOC strives to offer the best critical texts of Patristic and Medieval Latin Christian authors.
Martin Luther: Exploring His Life and Times, 1483-1546
(CD-ROM only)
Each section, organized around Luther's life and thought, contains narrated and written text, graphics, animation, photographs, music and chronologies.
Master Christian Library
(CD-ROM only)
Provides the full text of over 400 resources including bibles, commentaries, dictionaries and historical works.
Past Masters
(Duke WWW)
Contains classic scholarly editions of the complete works of selected philosophers including Aquinas, Calvin, and Luther's Sermons.
Patrologia Latina
(Duke WWW)
Contains the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855 which includes works of the Church Fathers from A.D. 200 to 1216.
Thomae Aquinatis Opera Omnia
(CD-ROM only)
The complete works in Latin of Thomas Aquinas divided into 118 writings as well as an additional collection of 61 medieval Latin writings.
Related websites A selective and annotated list of related web resources.
American Christianity
ATLA Religion Database
(Duke WWW)
Indexes journals and book essays in religion and theology. Search using "United States--Church history."
American: History and Life
(Duke WWW)
Contains citations and abstracts, from 1954 to date, covering all aspects of U.S. and Canadian history, culture, and current affairs from prehistoric times to the present.
American National Biography
(Duke WWW)
Contains information about nearly 18,000 American men and women who are no longer living. Includes photographs.
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 A definitive resource for research on 17th and 18th century American history and life including such varied topics as agriculture, foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, science, philosophy, the Revolutionary War, temperance, and witchcraft.
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 Provides full-text access to the books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the first nineteen years of the nineteenth century in the United States.
North American women's letters and diaries
(Duke WWW)
Includes records from more than 1500 women from colonial times to 1950.
Pentecostal Evangel Interactive
(CD-ROM only)
Includes individual PDF issues of the original print version of this official organ of the General Council of the Assemblies of God, 1913-1949.
Women and social movements in the United States, 1600-2000
(Duke WWW)
Primary source document collections from colonial times to the present. Items are arranged by social movement, as well as by authors, sources, etc. Includes images.
Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches
(CD-ROM only)
Contains data on church membership and organization from 1916 through 2000.
Related websites A selective and annotated list of related web resources.
 
 

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