Great News! Many of these library resources have been previously unavailable to students from off-campus, however, they are now available to all current students! You will no longer need to enter your 13-digit student ID number, instead to access these databases you will first be directed to a login page for MBTS' BlackBoard system. After you have logged into BlackBoard you will have access to each of these resources.
If you have issues with this new login system, please contact the MBTS Helpdesk at (816) 414-3763 or at helpdesk@mbts.edu
For assistance using these databases please contact Mrs. Judy Howie, Reference Librarian at (816) 414-3728 or at jhowie@mbts.edu
Academic journal database containing many full text articles. Includes ATLA Religion Database which indexes religious journals, essays, etc. Also includes Christian Periodical Index, Old Testament Abstracts and New Testament Abstracts.
Through the WorldCat database, which contains records of materials in libraries worldwide, MBTS Library students, faculty, and staff can find books, , videos, DVDs, magazine articles and other items in libraries around the world.
Ebrary Academic Complete is an eBook database. This database includes a wide variety of topics and publishers including a significant collection of religious/ethics/philosophy titles from significant publishers like Brill and Academic/University Presses. These titles also appear in our existing library catalog (http://wilo.missouri.edu). You may create your own Bookshelf of items to read, take notes, or hold for later use.
Ebrary can merge your old bookshelf with your new account so that you have all of your previous bookshelf items again. To do this, please click the Help button on your ebrary site, choose “Contact Support” and complete the support form. It is especially helpful if you include the following information:
The Southern Baptist Periodical Index is a continuation of a project coordinated by the Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1965 through 1984.It is a cumulative cover-to-cover index to around 35 periodicals issued each year by historically Southern Baptist Convention-related agencies, institutions, and associations at the national level of organization. Subject coverage ranges widely but includes theology, Baptist history and practice, worship, church music, church administration and development, religious education and ministry, Baptist colleges/universities/seminaries, missions and missions education, family life and parenting, and Christian life. Indexed periodicals include reviews of books, motion pictures and videos, compact discs, web sites, etc., ranging from the scholarly to the popular.
Religious and Theological Abstracts provides objective summaries of articles appearing in scholarly journals in the fields of religion and theology from a wide variety of periodical literature, including Christian, Jewish, and other world religions. English language abstracts of articles in English, Hebrew, Afrikaans, and major European languages are provided.
A database published by the Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique, under the direction of Éric Rebillard, with the American Philological Association and the Database of Classical Bibliography, Dee L. Clayman, General Editor,
with the support of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France) et du National Endowment for Humanities (USA).
The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) is a research center at the University of California, Irvine. Founded in 1972 the TLG has collected and digitized most literary texts written in Greek from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453. Its goal is to create a comprehensive digital library of Greek literature from antiquity to the present era.
The award-winning Britannica Online® delivers fast and easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information. The rich combination of the insightful Encyclopædia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools provides the variety of reliable sources that students need to consult when conducting thorough research—all from one database. Written by Nobel laureates, historians, curators, professors, and other notable experts, the Encyclopædia Britannica articles are trusted resources with balanced, global perspectives and unique insights that users will not find anywhere else.
This Research in Ministry database indexes and abstracts project reports and theses from over 50 Doctor of Ministry programs accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the US and Canada. RIM Online cumulates the print version (1981-1998) and is updated quarterly and covers submission including 2002 (year to date).
ERIC is an online digital library of education research and information. ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC provides ready access to education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision-making, and research.
Scholarly but heavily illustrated and readable articles and books about ancient Israel and other lands and peoples portrayed in the books of the Bible. Studies and reports illuminate the use of archaeological methods to assess the historicity of scripture, and all biblical references are linked to the scriptural texts. The journals Biblical Archaeology Review since 1975, Bible Review since 1985, and Archaeology Odyssey since 1998, and the books Ancient Israel: From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple; Aspects of Monotheism: How God is One. Symposium at the Smithsonian Institution October 19, 1996; Feminist Approaches to the Bible: Symposium at the Smithsonian Institution September 24, 1994; The Rise of Ancient Israel: Lectures Presented at a Symposium Sponsored by the Resident Associate Program, Smithsonian Institution October 26, 1991; and The Search for Jesus: Modern Scholarship Looks at the Gospels: [a] Symposium at the Smithsonian Institute, September 11, 1993.
Oxford Biblical Studies Online provides a comprehensive resource for the study of the Bible and biblical history. The integration of authoritative scholarly texts and reference works with tools that provide ease of research into the background, context, and issues related to the Bible make Oxford Biblical Studies Online a valuable resource not only for college students, scholars, and clergy, but also anyone in need of an authoritative, ecumenical, and up-to-date resource. In addition to the Bible texts, Oxford Biblical Studies Online offers quick access to over 5,000 A-Z entries from the Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Oxford Companion to the Bible, and a wealth of other Oxford references. Users can easily navigate to hundreds of topical essays within the Oxford Study Bibles themselves, in The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies, The Oxford History of the Biblical World, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Bible, Oxford Bible Atlas, and other works, and access hundreds of searchable images and maps from these major scholarly publications.
RefWorks -- an online research management, writing and collaboration tool -- is designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies. If you need to manage information for any reason -- whether it be for writing, research or collaboration -- RefWorks is the perfect tool. Use the tutorials and information resources on this site to work smarter with RefWorks!