Database Indexes available at Cardinal Beran Library
Online theological databases are available via the Ebsco search engine available through UST Doherty Library. On-campus users click on the title of the database to be searched.
Off-campus users must provide your UST Webmail name and password.
Paper copies of each index listed below are held by the Beran Library.
Catholic Periodical Index (CPLI) coverage 1981 - updated annually
- Primary resource for journal articles on Roman Catholicism
- Minimal overlap of indexed titles in ATLA Religion Index. Headings have Catholic bias, ie. Eucharist--not Lord’s Supper.
- Published by the Catholic Library Association
- Quarterly paper indexes upstairs in Periodical Reading Room
ATLA RELIGION INDEX 1949-current updated annually
- Includes indexing for journal articles, and essays in books
- Protestant emphasis, in order not to contain overlap with Catholic resource Compiled by the American Theological Library Association
- Quarterly paper indexes upstairs in Periodical Reading Room (most current).
Old Testament Abstracts 1978-current
- Contains abstracts of articles published in other journals. One issue per year contains annual scripture index.
- Produced by Catholic Biblical Association
- Paper issue published quarterly--current issues shelved upstairs in Periodical Reading Room.
New Testament Abstracts
- Contains abstracts of articles published in other journals.
- One issue per year contains annual scripture index.
- Produced by Catholic Biblical Association Paper issue published quarterly--current issues shelved upstairs in Periodical Reading Room.
CD-Databases On Site Use
- Religious and Theological Abstracts -current only to 1997
- Catechism of the Catholic Church--full text (English, Spanish, French)
- Catholic Desktop Library--Church Documents--full text
- Early Church Fathers
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