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ATLA Religion (ATLAReligion)

Religious and theological literature for students and faculty

Why select this database?

  • Supports religious and theological scholarship in graduate education and faculty research.
  • Contains thousands of citations from international titles and multi-author works in the field of religion.
  • Includes a full range of index citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews from three ATLA print indexes: Religion Index One (RIO), Religion Index Two (RIT), and Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBRR).
  • Spans over 50 years with selected records going back to 1818.
Database details
Subjects
anthropology philosophy
business psychology
history religion
law sociology
medicine theology
Sources 1,589

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Number of records Over 1,300,000
Dates covered 1949 to present
Updated Quarterly
Producer information

American Theological Library Association (ATLA)
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USA
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Fax: +1-312-454-5505
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Copyright

ATLA Religion Database is copyright © 1997- 2008 by the American Theological Library Association. All rights reserved.

Index labels and examples of an expert search in ATLA Religion

Use a colon after an index label (for example, au:) when you are not certain of your search terms. Use an equal sign after an index label (au=) for an exact match search. You can search with an index label from any search screen. The information you type overrides any default menu selections. The following examples show sample rather than actual searches.

Search indexes Labels Examples
Keyword kw: desert and father+
[keyword searches the Source, Subject, and Title indexes]
Accession number no: atla0000008052
Author au: aptroot
Author phrase au= aptroot marion
Classification code cd: religion and mythology
Classification code phrase cd= study of religion and mythology
Conference name phrase cn= world council of churches
[searches for name as author]
Corporate name phrase co= thomas nelson publishers
[searches for name as author]
Descriptors de: sacrament+
Descriptors phrase de= monastic libraries
Document type phrase dt= article
kw: rome and dt=article
kw:rome and dt=article or dt=book

Valid type values:
article: records for journal articles, indexed in RIO
book: records for reviewed books or multi-authored books, indexed in IBRR and RIT
essay: records for individual essays collected within multi-authored books, indexed in RIT
review: records for books reviewed, indexed in IBRR
serial: records for serial titles indexed in the ATLA database; includes periodicals and annuals

First page pg: pg:486 and so:speculum
Genre/Form ge= poems
Issue is: so:one in christ and is:4
Language ln= kw:rome and ln=latin
[use to refine other search terms]
Named conference phrase cf= world missionary conference
[searches for name as subject]
Named corporation phrase nc= presbyterian church
[searches for name as subject]
Named person phrase na= lao-tzu
[searches for name as subject]
Notes/Comments nt: includes translations
Product code pc: pc: atlas and kw: tao

Codes are:
andover—Identifies those index records from the Andover Review (Boston, Mass) from vol. 1, no: 1 (Jan 1884) through vol. 19, no. 114 (Nov./Dec. 1893).
atlas ATLA Serials—Identifies those index records that are part of the ATLA Serials product, an online full-text collection of major religion and theology journals.
esscol ATLA essay collection—Identifies the subset of records describing multi-author essay collections and the individual essays within the multi-author work.
ibrr Index to Book Reviews in Religion—Identifies the ATLA workflow for book reviews and the corresponding book described within the reviews.
mri Methodist Reviews Index—Identifies articles and book reviews from five periodicals related to Methodism: Methodist Review, Methodist Quarterly Review, United Brethern Review, Religion in Life, and Quarterly Review. Indexing span 1818-1985.
rdb ATLA Religion Database—Identifies all records that are contained with the ATLA Religion Database, an index to journal articles, book reviews and collections of essays in all fields of religion.
rip Retrospective Indexing Project—Identifies those index records from 133+ periodical titles that pre-date the beginning of Religion Index One (RIO ). The periodical coverage extends backwards for decades and, in some instances, even a century or more.

Publication date pd: 1996
Publisher pb: brill
Publisher phrase
pb= springer verlag
Publisher location pl= jerusalem
Record stream rs: rs:rio and kw: rome

Valid stream values:
ibrr1 Index to Book Reviews in Religion
rio2 Religion Index One:Periodicals
rit3 Religion Index Two: Multi-Author Works
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Related record number rr: atla0000021898
Scripture citation sr: ruth 4
Scripture citation phrase sr=

ruth 4 18-22

Note: This index works with all punctuation except the colon. Remove colons from your search phrase or browse the index to see the exact citation format as indexed.

Series se: folger
Series phrase se= folger institute symposia
Source so: feminist
Source phrase so= journal of feminist studies in religion
Standard number sn: 0362-1596
0918016851
Subject su: sacrament+
Subject all phrase sa= world war 1939-1945 religion
Subject phrase su= sex and religion
Title ti: fireball lotus
Title phrase ti= celibate passion
Update code ud: ud:20020731 and ti:missiology
Volume vo: vo:4 and so:regeneration quarterly
Year yr: kw:rome and yr:1995-1996
[use to refine other search terms]

Refine your results by combining these labels with your search terms:

Refine by Label Example
Document type article book essay dt= dt=article
review serial
Record stream ibrr1 Index to Book Reviews in Religion rs: rs:rio
rio2 Religion Index One:Periodicals
rit3 Religion Index Two: Multi-Author Works
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1 Index to Book Reviews in Religion. Identifies the ATLA workflow for book reviews and the corresponding book described within the reviews. Records with this code have been created or included within the IBRR workflow. Used as a valid value in the ATLAReligion and ATLAS record stream indexes.
2 Religion Index One:Periodicals. Identifies the ATLA workflow for serials and journal articles. Records with this code have been created or included within the RIO workflow. Used as a valid value in the ATLAReligion and ATLAS record stream indexes.
3 Religion Index Two: Multi-Author Works. Identifies the ATLA workflow for multi-author works and the individual essays within a multi-author work. Records with this code have been created or included within the RIT workflow. Used as a valid value in the ATLAReligion record stream index.
4 Identifies the ATLA workflow for full-text images that correspond to the item described within an ATLA Religion Database bibliographic citation. This code may be used in conjunction with the ATLAS product code to identify citations that correspond to available full-text images within ATLAS. Used as a valid value in the ATLAReligion record stream index.