Find Articles & Journals

PRTS Subscription Databases

First Search (with access to WorldCat and other databases)

ATLA-Religion

OT Abstracts (Old Testament Abstracts)

NT Abstracts (New Testament Abstracts)

CPI (Christian Periodical Index)

New England Quarterly (This journal contains the best that has been written on New England's cultural, political, social, and literary history. Contributions cover a range of time periods, from before European colonization to the present, and any subject germane to New england's history. You'll see all the articles we have access to marked with a green circle with the PDF links right under the citation.)

RefWorks (web-based bibliographic management system) add: See "How to use RefWorks to build a bibliography"

Note: PRTS students have password access to the above listed.

Theological Journal Library

Access to this full-text journal library of 29 scholarly (primary evangelical) journals is limited to student computer #1 located in the library.

PRTS Library subscribes to several online databases through which currently enrolled students can find journal articles. Some databases only index the articles, and thus require students to find the specific journal in print at PRTS or at a neighboring library such as Cornerstone or Calvin. For example, CPI indexes 140 journals, primarily evangelical titles, but also provides links to numerous full-text journals. Journals that are accessible as "full-text" means that articles may be read entirely online. For example, in ATLA-Religion, about 120 journals provide "full-text" online access, while the other 1600 or so journals are indexed only. To see which titles are indexed in ATLA, click here; to see which are "full-text," click here. OT and NT Abstracts index and annotate article from about 330 scholarly journals.

Journals & magazines in PRTS Library

Periodicals (journals, magazines, and other serial publications) are shelved alphabetically by title. Current issues up to one year old by the Reference section and back issues at the southeast side of the library. These issues may be photocopied since they are not allowed to leave the library. If a particular issue is missing, you may request it by ILL. To see a complete list of all periodicals in the PRTS library, open this file (PDF): PRTS Periodicals: "Note that many of these periodicals are no longer active or current. However, if you want to search for a specific journal title to see which issues are available currently at PRTS, select "Journal Title" (rather than keyword or title, etc) and type the journal name.

Looking for a journal or article that is not indexed in FirstSearch or ATLA? Try these other resources:

Free "open access" online journals: limited full-text access to over 100 journals in religion and theology. (To see a list of available journals, open this file (PDF): Internet Journals on Christianity and other Religions)

RTA (Religious & Theological Abstracts): This abbreviated, free version of RTA provides abstracts to thousands of journal articles. Its only limitation is that it provides no more than five abstracts for a given subject or Scripture text.
Ask-a-Librarian to help you find the article or journal. Most likely they will be able to obtain it using interlibrary loan.