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ATLAReligion

Revised 10/6/2008

Database name: ATLAReligion
Short database name:  ATLA
Available on: FirstSearch Test Server and Production Server

Why select this database?

The ATLAReligion Database is a comprehensive database designed to support religious and theological scholarship in graduate education and faculty research. The file contains citations from international titles and 13,000 multi-author works in and related to the field of religion. It also includes a full range of index citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, book reviews, and serials indexed in ATLA's print indexes: Religion Index One (RIO), Religion Index Two (RIT), Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBRR), and the ATLA RDB. Though coverage is from 1924 to the present, not all publications begin in 1924.

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Subjects included
Citations from international titles and multi-author works in and related to the field of religion. Offers expansive coverage of subdisciplines in the fields of theology and religion.   Also covers religious research in related fields such as the following:
Bible archaeology and antiquities pastoral ministry
church history ethics philosophy
ecumenism religious studies theology

Coverage/update frequency

Covers 1924 to the present.
New records are added quarterly.

Record display information

List of FirstSearch fields for ATLA Religion  and the MARC fields to which they correspond:

Field Name MARC field(s)
Date 008/<date>
LC Control Number 010/a
Canceled or invalid LC Control Number 010/z
ISBN 020/a
Canceled or invalid ISBN
020/z
ISSN 022/a
Invalid ISSN 022/y
Canceled ISSN 022/z
SICI Code 024/a
Accession Number 035/a
Cataloging Source 040/a,b,c
Language of Librettos 041/e
Title Statement 245/a,b,c,h,n,p,s
Variant Title 246/a,b,I,n,p
Edition Statement 250/a,b
Publication Information 260/a,b,c
Pagination 300/a,b
Current Publication Frequency
310/a,b
Former Publication Frequency 321/a,b
Enumeration / Chronology 362/a,z
Series Statement 440/a,n,p,v,x
Series Statement (Title Traced Differently) 490/a,v,x
General Notes 500/a
With Note 501/a
Bibliographic, Etc. Note 504/a
Content Notes 505/a,b
Abstract 520/a
Language 546/a
Issuing Body Note
550/a
Linking Entry Complexity Note 580/a
Local Note 590/a
Subject Added Entry, Personal Name 600/a-d,n,p,q,s,t,v,x,y,z,2,4
Subject Added Entry, Corporate Name 610/a-d,n,p,s,t,v,x,y,z,2
Subject Added Entry, Conference Name 611/a,c,d,e,n,p,t,v,x,y,z,1,2
Subject Added Entry, Uniform Title 630/a,d,f,l,n,p,s,t,v,x,y,z,2
Subject Added Entry, Topical Term 650/a-d,e,v,x,y,z,2
Subject Added Entry, Geographic Name 651/a,d,v,x-z
Index Term, Genre/Form 655/a,b,2
Local Subject Added Entry, ATLA Classification Code 690/a
Added Entry, Personal Name 700/a-d,L,p,q,t,x,4
Added Entry, Corporate Name 710/a-d,g,n,p,q,s,t,4
Added Entry, Conference Name 711/a,c,d,e,n,4
Added Entry, Uniform Title 730/a,d,f,k,L,n,p,s
Source 773/a,g,r,t,x,z,7
Relationship Entry 779/a,b,d,g,h,I,k,n,t,x,z,7
Preceding Entry 780/t,x,7
Succeeding Entry 785/t,x,7
Source (for Essay) 799/d,g,q,t
Source 794/g,t,x
Series Added Entry, Uniform Title 830/a,n,p,v,x
Instructions To Get Full Text 856/I
Full Text Format (e.g., ASCII, PDF) 856/q
URL to External Website or Link to Full Text Article (Direct Article Access) 856/u
OCLC DAA (Direct Article Access) 856/x
Materials Specified 856/3
Database from which Full Text Article Is Accessed 856/8
ATLA Product Code 909/a
Local Subject Added Entry, Scripture Citations 909/b,c,d,f,h,v
ATLA Record Stream (RIO, RIT, IBRR, IMAGE) 909/g
Date (for Issue)
940/a
Language (for Issue) 940/b
ISBN (for Issue) 940/c
Canceled or invalid ISBN (for Issue) 940/d
Title Statement (for Serial or Issue) 940/e,f,g,h,I,j,5
Variant Title (for Serial) 940/k,l,m,o,p,6
Added Entry, Uniform Title (for Serial) 940/q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x
Source (for Issue) 940/y,z
URL (for Issue) 940/1
ATLA Record Stream (for Issue) 940/2
ATLA Product Code (for Issue) 940/3
Update Code (for Issue) 940/4
ATLAS Coverage and Exclusions 946/6,7,8,9
LC Control Number (for display)
947/g
Canceled or invalid LC Control Number (for display) 947/h
Record Date 947/n
Library Holdings 948
Detailed holdings information is available in FirstSearch Z39.50 Configuration Guide - Element Set Names.
Volume 949/a
Issue 949/b
Pages 949/c
Date 949/e
First Page Number 949/f
Marketing Defined Date 949/g
Document Type 949/i
OCLC Record Display Type 949/x
Update Code 953/c
Index Coverage 984/j,k,l,m,n
Full Text (for indexing only) 991/7
System Control Number
997/4
Language Note 997/5
ATLA RDB Title Abbreviations 997/6

Indexes

What follows is a list of FirstSearch indexes and the combination of USE and STRUCTURE attributes that can be used to access them.

  1. For any FirstSearch label where multiple USE attributes are listed all the attributes will provide the exact same search result sets.
  2. Any USE attribute that is not marked as a restrictor is available via the SCAN service.
  3. Restrictors are specially implemented indexes and are not available for scanning. Terms for these must be ANDed with other terms to limit the size of the result set. See the table provided for each restrictor to determine valid terms and their associated meaning.

FirstSearch Indexes and USE and STRUCTURE attributes used to access them:

Index Description Use Attribute Structure Attribute Indexed Fields and Subfields
Keyword (kw) Any 5110 2

245/a,b,c,h,n,p,s
246/a,b,I,n,p
440/a
490/a
500/a
501/a
504/a
505/a,b
520/a
550/a
580/a
590/a
600/a-d,n,p,q,s,t,v,x-z,2,4
610/a-d,n,p,s,t,v,x-z,2
611/a,c,d,e,n,p,t,v,x-z,1,2
630/a,d,f,l,n,p,s,t,v,x-z,2
650/a-d,e,v,x-z,2
651/a,d,v,x-z
655/a,b,2
690/a
730/a,d,f,k,l,n,p,s
773/t
779/t
780/t
785/t
794/t
909/b,c,v
940/e,k,q

Keyword All Any

1016

2 008
010/a,z
020/a,z
022/a,y,z
245/a,b,c,h,n,p,s
246/a,b,I,n,p
440/a,x
490/a,x
500/a
501/a
504/a
505/a,b
520/a
550/a
580/a
590/a
600/a-d,n,p,q,s,t,v,x-z,2,4
610/a-d,n,p,s,t,v,x-z,2
611/a,c,d,e,n,p,t,v,x-z,1,2
630/a,d,f,l,n,p,s,t,v,x-z,2
650/a-d,e,v,x-z,2
651/a,d,v,x-z,2
655/a,b,2
690/a
700/a-d,L,p,q,s,t,x,4
710/a-d,g,n,p,q,t,4
711/a,c,d,e,n,4
730/a,d,f,k,L,n,p,s
773/t,x,z
779/a,t,x,z
780/t,x
785/t,x
794/t,x
830/x
909/b,c,v
940/e,k,q
949/e,g
Accession Number (no) Control number-local 12 2 035/a
Author (au, au=) Author-name 1003 1, 2, 101 700/a-d,L,p,q,s,t,x,4
710/a-d,g,n,p,q,t,4
711/a,c,d,e,n,4
779/a
Classification Code (cd, cd=) Classification-code 5699 1,2 690/a
Conference (cn=) Author-name-conference 1006 1 711/a,c,d,e,n,4
Corporate Name (co=) Author-name-corporate 1005 1 710/a-d, g,n,p,q,t,4
Descriptors (de, de=) OCLC Defined 5650 1, 2 650/a-e,v,x-z,2
Document Type (dt=) Code-record-type 1001 1 949/i
First Page (pg) OCLC Defined 5006 2 949/f
Full Text (tx) Body of text 1010 2 991/7
Genre/Form (ge=) Genre-form 5655 1 600/v
610/v
611/v
630/v
650/v
651/v
655/a,b
Issue (is) OCLC Defined 5004 2 949/b
Language (ln=) Code-language 54 1 546/a
Named Conference (cf=) OCLC Defined 5611 1 611/a,c,d,e,n,p,t,v,x,y,z,1
Named Corporation (nc=) OCLC Defined 5610 1 610/a,b,c,d,n,p,s,t,v,x,y,z
Named Person (na=) OCLC Defined 1009 1 600/a,b,c,d,n,p,q,s,t,v,x,y,z,2,4
Notes/Comments (nt:) Note 63 2 500/a
501/a
504/a
505/a,b
520/a
550/a
580/a
590/a
Place of Publication (pl) Name-geographic-place-publication 59 2 260/a
Product Code OCLC Defined 5681 2 909/a
Publisher Name (pb) Name-publisher 1018 2 260/b
Publication Date (pd) Date 30 2 949/e,g
Record Stream (rs) OCLC Defined 5907 2 909/g
Related Record Number (rr) OCLC Defined 5908 2 035/a
773/7
779/7
780/7
785/7
Scripture Citation (sr) OCLC Defined 5909 2 909/b,c,v
Scripture Citation (sr=) OCLC Defined 5909 1 909/f,h
Series (se, se=) Title-series 5 1,2 440/a,n,p,v,x
490/a,v,x
779/k
830/a,n,p,v,x
Source (so, so=) Title-host-item 1033 1,2 773/t
780/t
785/t
794/t
940/e,k,q
Standard Number (sn, sn=) Identifier-standard 1007 1,2 010/a,z
020/a,z
022/a,y,z
440/x
490/x
773/x,z
779/x,y
780/x
785/x
794/x
830/x
Subject (su) Subject 21 2 600/a-d,n,p,q,s,t,v,x-z,2,4
610/a-d,n,p,s,t,v,x-z,2
611/a,b,c,e,d,n,p,t,v,x-z,1,2
630/a,d,f,l,n,p,s,t,v,x-z,2
650/a-e,v,x-z,2
651/a,d,v,x-z,2
655/a,b,2
690/a
909/b,c,v
Subject (su=) Subject 21 1 600/a-d,n,p,q,s,t,v,x-z,2,4
610/a-d,n,p,s,t,v,x-z,2
611/a,b,c,e,d,n,p,t,v,x-z,1,2
630/a,d,f,l,n,p,s,t,v,x-z,2
650/a-e,v,x-z,2
651/a,d,v,x-z,2
690/a
909/d
Subject All (sa=) OCLC Defined 5090 1 Entire field starting:
600/a
610/a
611/a
630/a
650/a
651/a
655/a
690/a
909/b
Title (ti, ti=) Title 4 1,2 245/a,b,c,h,n,p,s
246/a,b,I,n,p
730/a,d,f,k,l,n,p,s
Update (ud) Date/time last modified 1012 2 953/c
Volume (vo) OCLC Defined 5013 2 949/a
Year (yr) Date-publication 31 2,4,5 008

Restrictors

The following restrictors can be used only in conjunction with an index search.   They must be added to an index search with the Boolean AND in order to receive results:

Restrictor Type Input Use Attribute Structure Attribute
Year All years
Single year
Range of years
--
19xx, 20xx
19xx - 20xx
31 2,4,5
Document Type All records
Article
Book
Essay
Review
Serial
--
article
book
essay
review
serial
1001 1
Language English
Non-English
english
nonenglish
54 1
Record Stream IBRR
RIO
RIT
IMAGE
ibrr
rio
rit
image
5907 2
Product Code ATLAS
ESSCOL
RDB
atlas
esscol
rdb
5681 2
Limit to Full Text Limit to full text --
fulltext
6002 2
Limit to Holdings OCLC Institution Symbol Enter symbol for OCLC institution 56 2

Note: To find the OCLC symbol for an institution, please see the online version of OCLC Participating Institutions.

Sorting

Search results in the ATLA Religion database can be sorted by Author (1003) and Title (4), Citation Date (30), and Source (1033).

General punctuation rules

(exceptions are made, but these are generally correct):

Punctuation Rule Punctuation Rule
" Delete and collapse $ Delete and collapse
' (apostrophe) Delete and collapse % Delete and collapse
. Delete and collapse * Delete and collapse
, (comma) Delete and collapse + Delete and collapse
; Delete and collapse > Delete and collapse
: Delete and collapse < Delete and collapse
() Delete and collapse @ Delete and collapse
<> Delete and collapse ? Delete and collapse
{} Delete and collapse -- Delete and collapse
[] Delete and collapse / Substitute a space
= Delete and collapse - Retain and index
! Delete and collapse & Retain and index
# Delete and collapse

Searching tips

Keyword All searches (1016): The Keyword All search finds information in these fields: Author (700/a-e,L,p,q, s,t,x,4, 710/a-d,g,n,p,q,t,4, 711/a,c,d,e,n,4, 779/a),Source (773/t, 794/t, 780/t, 785/t, 940/e,k,q), Subject Headings (600/a-d,n,p,q,s,t,v,x-z,2,4, 610/a-d,n,p,s,t,x-z,2 611/a,c,e,d,n,p,t,v,x-z,1,2, 630/a,d,f,l,n,p,s,t,v,x-z,2, 650/a-e,v,x-z,2, 651/a,d,v,x-z,2, 655/a,b,2, 690/a, 909/b,c,v), Title (245/a,b,c,h,n,p,s, 246/a,b,I,n,p, 730/a,d,f,k,l,n,p,s), Notes (500/a, 501/a, 504/a, 505/a,b, 520/a, 550/a,580/a,590/a), Publication Date (949/e,g), Year (008) and Standard Number (010/a,z, 020/a,z, 022/a,y,z, 440/x, 490/x, 773/x,z, 779/x,z, 780/x, 785/x, 794/x, 830/x).

Using limiters: You can limit searches by Year (31), Document Type (1001), Record Stream (5907), Product Code (5681), Language (54) and Library Holdings (56). Limit to Full text (6002) is used to limit to full text from other databases. Full text availability is dependent upon your institution's access arrangements.

Copyright

The ATLA Religion database is copyrighted 1997- 2008 by the American Theological Library Association. All rights reserved.