Atlaserials®
ProducerAmerican Theological Library Association (United States)
Access
ProvidersEBSCO
CostSubscription
Coverage
DisciplinesTheology and religious studies
Format coverageJournal articles, plus bibliographic citations featuring PDFs, with searchable texts of articles and reviews
Temporal coverage1949-present, with retrospective indexing for some journal issues back to the nineteenth century
Geospatial coverageGlobal
No. of recordsOver 678,000
Update frequencyMonthly
Links
Websitep.atla.com/research-tool/atlas/
Title list(s)p.atla.com/research/title-lists/

Atlaserials (Atlas) is an online full-text collection of major religion and theology journals used by libraries, librarians, religion scholars, theologians, and clergy. Created by the American Theological Library Association[1] and updated monthly,[2] the database indexes journal articles and bibliographic citations, featuring PDFs, with searchable texts of articles and reviews, related to a wide range of scholarly fields related to religion.[3] The database is available on a subscription basis through a database aggregator.

The total database includes over 588,000 article citations from over 330 journals.[4]

Coverage

The database indexes scholarly works on major world religions. Some records cover articles as far back as the 19th century.[5][6]

Scholarly fields with significant degrees of coverage include:

  • Bible[7]
  • Archaeology
  • Antiquities
  • Human culture and society
  • Church history
  • Mission
  • Ecumenism
  • Pastoral ministry
  • World religions
  • Religious studies
  • Theology
  • Philosophy
  • Ethics

References

  1. ↑ Wilson, Terrie. "LibGuides: Religious History: Finding Periodical Articles: Online Indexes". libguides.lib.msu.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  2. ↑ "ATLA Announces Monthly Updates and Major Product Enhancements". www.atla.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  3. ↑ Wilson, Terrie. "LibGuides: Religious History: Finding Periodical Articles: Online Indexes". libguides.lib.msu.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  4. ↑ "ATLASerials® (ATLAS®)". www.atla.com. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  5. ↑ "Atla Religion Database (Atla RDB) with AtlaSerials (Atlas) | EBSCO". www.ebsco.com. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  6. ↑ "ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials | Indiana University Libraries". libraries.indiana.edu. 2006-04-04. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  7. ↑ "Tutorial Videos". Atla. Retrieved 2023-07-18.


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