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Access DatabaseA leading, multidisciplinary database covering 17,924 journals and magazines (4,642 in full text), including 16,035 peer-reviewed journals (3,873 in full text) — along with 75,000 videos from the Associated Press from 1930 to present on various topics, events, and famous people.
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Access DatabaseHighWire Press publishes many free or open access journal articles in science and medicine. Browse this list for journals covering your subject. Then click on the relevant journal titles and search their content from their websites.
Access DatabaseJBMW “is a semi-annual, academic journal dedicated to facilitating a scholarly conversation on gender, marriage, singleness, personhood, family, and the many intersections that exist between these topics and biblical studies, church history, and systematic and practical theology.” Full-text articles from 1995 to the current issue are available from the journal’s webpage. Browse journal articles (and other resources) in the Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood’s Resource Library or search the journal through Google Scholar’s advanced search feature. To access that feature, click on the three bars at the top left in Google Scholar; and then click on “Advanced search” on the menu that pops out. Then enter “Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood” in the “Return articles published in” box; and then enter your search terms in the other box(es) under “Find articles.”
Access DatabaseJBIB publishes peer-reviewed articles discussing how a Christian worldview impacts business. Full-text articles from 1995 to present are available from the journal’s webpage. The ACU Library also has JBIB in print. The journal can be searched through the Business Source Premier database (2014 to present) or through Google Scholar’s advanced search feature. To access that feature, click on the three bars at the top left in Google Scholar; and then click on “Advanced search” on the menu that pops out. Then enter “Journal of Biblical Integration in Business” in the “Return articles published in” box; and then enter your search terms in the other box(es) under “Find articles.”
Access DatabaseThis full-text journal of the Religious Communication Association is a publication for the religious communicator and the communication scholar and includes reviews of current publications in the field of religious communication.
Access DatabaseJournal of Markets & Morality is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty. The journal promotes intellectual exploration of the relationship between economics and morality from both social science and theological perspectives. Journal content can be searched from its website.
Access DatabaseJETS publishes conservative scholarship in biblical studies and theology. The Evangelical Theological Society’s website provides full-text articles of the Bulletin of the Evangelical Theological Society (BETS) and JETS from 1958 to about two years ago. The ACU Library has more recent issues of JETS in print. The journal can be searched through the Academic Search Premier database (Dec. 2012 to present) or through Google Scholar’s advanced search feature. To access that feature, click on the three bars at the top left in Google Scholar; and then click on “Advanced search” on the menu that pops out. Then enter “Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society” in the “Return articles published in” box; and then enter your search terms in the other box(es) under “Find articles.”
Access DatabaseA multidisciplinary, online library with deep coverage of important journals and over 6,500 scholarly, open access eBooks. Search JSTOR for past issues of important journals. The ACU Library subscribes to the following full-text JSTOR collections: Arts & Sciences I, Arts & Sciences II, Arts & Sciences III, Arts & Sciences VII and Religion & Theology.
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Access DatabaseThis database provides indexing and abstracting for key library and information science journals, books, research reports, and more from 1960 to present. It also includes profiles of LISTA’s most frequently indexed authors, including which subject terms are most commonly applied to their articles and in which publications the author has been published.
Access DatabaseThis peer-reviewed journal covers the origins, history, context, and theology of the New Testament and early Christianity. Search its content in Cambridge Core (indexed Sept. 1954 to present; full text 2017 to 2019) or in Academic Search Premier (indexed 1994 to present). The ACU Library has New Testament Studies in print or microfiche 1954 to 2004, 2006, and 2011.
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Access DatabaseA full-text database with deep coverage of over 100 psychology and behavioral health journals published by the American Psychological Association and two other publishers.
Access DatabaseAPA PsycINFO is the American Psychological Association’s premier abstracting and indexing database for psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines. It provides searchable citations and abstracts for peer-reviewed journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, and other scholarly literature—ideal for research in behavioral science and mental health.
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Access DatabaseSearch or browse a multidisciplinary database of over 1000 open access eBooks. This database also includes the Child & Adolescent Mental Health eCollection, a set of 98 eBooks great for topics in child development, behavioral health, family studies, psychology, and education.
Access DatabaseThis multidisciplinary database includes open access content and over 1,490 full-text journals from the Taylor & Francis Social Science & Humanities Library.
Access DatabaseUse this database to search the content of some major conservative theological journals. Search by subject or Bible verse(s); or browse by journal title and author. Some of these journals are available full-text online through their publishers’ websites (see the Christian Periodical Index Full-Text Journals and Magazines list) or physically at the ACU Library. These journals can also be searched through Google Scholar’s advanced search feature. To access that feature, click on the three bars at the top left in Google Scholar; and then click on “Advanced search” on the menu that pops out. Then enter the journal’s title in the “Return articles published in” box; and then enter your search terms in the other box(es) under “Find articles.”
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