Research Databases

Research Databases By Title

Spanning over 86 volumes and this collection is one of the most trusted and long-running scholarly commentaries series for Biblical Studies scholars. This prestigious commentary series represents the pinnacle of biblical scholarship.

With over 7 million words of authoritative content, the Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary remains the gold standard reference for Biblical Studies. It is an unprecedented interfaith exploration of the Bible that is multicultural and interdisciplinary in scope.

Current scholarly and professional titles published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and other distinguished publishers; with 60,000 chapters in PDF from over 4,000 per-reviewed books; includes 2,800 classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology dating from the 1600s and more than 1,500 authored entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology. Use the controlled vocabulary from APA's Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms® for enhanced searching.

Includes over 5 million pages from the late 1200s through the 1893 World Parliament of Religions. Content shows social, political and economic life during this historical time of the world; includes many volumes in Aramaic, Arabic, Greek, and Hebrew and documents the recovery of languages used during the biblical era.

Consists of around 15,000 titles published from 1894 through 1923; includes material about understanding Eastern religions, shifts in religious identification of Americans and in non-western religions. Includes content on the evangelical movement, debates in science & religion, missionary activities, biographies of theologians, and Native Americans and their religion.

A small collection of classic Christian books available for streaming or download from authors like Oswald Chambers, E.M. Bounds, C. S. Lewis, George MacDonald, D.L. Moody, Andrew Murray, A.W. Pink, Hannah W. Smith, and R. A. Torrey.

Brill is a publishing house with a rich history and a strong international focus. Brill’s publications focus on the Humanities and Social Sciences, International Law and selected areas in the Sciences. The SDC & SCS Library provides access to 5 religious eBook collections from Brill, including: Asian Studies, Biblical Studies - Ancient Near East & Early Christianity, Classical Studies, Middle East & Islamic Studies, and Religious Studies Theology and Philosophy. Using the Brill interface you can search the entire Brill titles that are available, items we do not own can be requested via interlibrary loan.

More than 3,000 Cambridge University Press ebooks plus new titles to come covering the social sciences especially in Communication, Film, History, Management, Mass Media, Sociology, & Psychology.

Currently offers nearly 400 eBooks from trusted printed volumes published since the 1960's through 2018; value added to nearly any aspect of historical research; includes extensive bibliographic reference linking and personal archives; subjects include ancient history, American history, histories of Africa, Britain, China, India, Iran, Latin America and more, English literature, Judaism, literature, philosophy, and religion.

Contains over 125,000 titles from a large selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter. Includes leading university presses such as Oxford University Press, State University of New York Press, Cambridge University Press, University of California Press, MIT Press, Harvard University Press and more. Additional academic publishers include Elsevier Ltd., Taylor & Francis Ltd, Sage Publications, Ltd. and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

You need credible content from authoritative, scholarly sources. eBook Central delivers, with breadth and depth of eBooks from scholarly sources, including university presses and other top publishers. Includes full-text access to over 140,000 eBooks. eBook Central is designed with mobile in mind. Access the site from your tablet or phone, and download eBooks for offline reading.

Electronic book collection of over 13,300 titles representing many subject areas including - American history, sociology, medical science, business, literature, education computer science, technology, psychology and religion. Search the library’s entire e-book collection through the library catalog.

Contains over 435 reference eBooks including subjects such as business, education, history, law, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, nation & world, religion, social science and technology.

Provides information for library materials by author, title, subject, keyword, and phrase. Books, e-books, and web streaming are just a few formats available.

OverDrive is a service offered by the SDCC & SCS Library that lets you borrow digital content such as eBooks and audiobooks anytime, anywhere. Every OverDrive collection is slightly different because each library picks and curates the digital content that is provided. You can access eBooks through your web browser or through the OverDrive App available from the Apple Apps Store, Google Play Store or the Windows Store.

All you need to get started with free digital content is an Internet connection and your SDCC or SCS username/password.

A full-text collection of over 4,000 of Sage's highest rated eBooks, handbooks and encyclopedias covering a range of subjects.

SpringerLink delivers fast, accurate access to the depth and breadth of our online collection of Science, Technology and Medicine and Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) books, journals, reference works and protocols covering a vast range of disciplines.

Provides content in subjects relevant to the SDC community from several prominent academic publishers, including Taylor & Francis, Routledge, CRC Press, Psychology Press, Garland Science & Focal Press.

Access to over 5,000 academic eBooks on one of the world's most extensive multidisciplinary collections of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. Featuring a clean and easy-to-use interface, this online service provides intuitive navigation, enhanced discoverability, expanded functionalities and a range of personalization and alerting options.