7/13/07 -- 2 New Online Resources

The Library is pleased to announce the availability of two new online resources:

The Virtual Reference Library -- Gale's Virtual Reference Library provides online access to 11 reference sets:

    Contemporary American Religion (1999)
    Dictionary of American History (2003)
    Encyclopaedia Judaica (2007)
    Encyclopedia of American Religions (2003)
    Encyclopedia of Education (2003)
    Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World (2004)
    Encyclopedia of Religion (2005)
    Encyclopedia of Science and Religion (2003)
    Encyclopedia of World Cultures (1996)
    Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (2000)
    New Catholic Encyclopedia (2003)

You can search across all 11 reference sets at once, or you can narrow your search to individual titles. To connect from off campus, contact the library (630-620-2104 or library@seminary.edu) for the password.

SAGE Journals Online -- A full-text backfile for 298 journals

SAGE Journals Online allows you to search the contents of over 460 journals published by SAGE. For 298 of those journals, the full text articles are available online through 1998 (the "backfile"). At the present, you have to be using a computer on campus to be able to access the full text articles. Northern students, employees, or faculty members can contact the library (630-620-2104 or library@seminary.edu) to request a copy of an article from the backfile. See http://www.seminary.edu/BGL/sage.htm for more information about SAGE Journals Online.