E-resources
The JKM Library maintains a growing selection of electronic resources to support your research activities, all accessible with your OpenAthens login. (Alumni can email us for the usernames and passwords for the alumni links.)
You can search for ebooks in the collections below, or through our online catalog, Primo.
The databases contain articles from journals, magazines, or newspapers, or entries from various kinds of reference works, like encyclopedias. Some you will be able to download directly in full text, and some will give you the option to find them in full text.
If there is no full text available, you will need to look up the source in a library. Try our online catalog first, searching "All I-Share Libraries." If not, try visiting the University of Chicago's Regenstein Library using your privileges as a member of the MTS or LSTC communities. If all else fails, email us, and your library staff will do what we can!
NEW! Starting in the fall of 2024, all EBSCO resources will have a new look. You can now watch our 10-minute video tutorial on all of the differences! Auxiliary links to the old interface will remain until it is phased out in January 2025.
As always, no matter which EBSCO database you click on first (e.g. Atla Religion Database), you can then choose additional databases—even all of them!—and search them together. Click on "Searching:" in the new interface, or "Choose Databases" in the old.
Bibliographic Resources
- Chicago Manual of Style Online (18th Edition)
- Turabian: A Manual for Writers – Citation Quick Guide (at CMOS Online)
Religion and the Humanities
- Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials Plus® (old interface here) (watch a video tutorial!)
(alumni access: new interface or old interface) - Academic Search Complete (old interface here)
- EBSCO Religion and Philosophy Collection (old interface here)
- Humanities Source Ultimate (NEW!) (old interface here)
- ⤷ JKM Recommends: Combined EBSCO Religion and Humanities search
- JSTOR
- Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion
Religion eBook Collections
- Atla Historical Monographs Collection (1400s–1922, page scans) (new interface doesn't work yet)
- Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture
- EBSCO eBook Collections (old interface here)
- Oxford Handbooks Online (easier to look for them in Primo)
- ProQuest Ebook Central Religion Collection
Bible
- Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (alumni access here)
- Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries (alumni access here)
- Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries (Ministry Matters Legacy)
- Abingdon New Testament Commentaries (Ministry Matters Legacy)
- ⤷ Find more Abingdon OT/NT Commentaries at the New Research Library
- Augsburg Fortress Hermeneia commentaries (at Project MUSE)
- Biblical Archaeology Society Library
- Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) Online (DeGruyter, vols. 1–22 as of 2024)
- Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls (at Oxford Reference)
- Ministry Matters Legacy Library
- Ministry Matters Research Library (New)
- The New Interpreter's Bible (Ministry Matters Legacy)
- The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible (Ministry Matters Legacy)
- Oxford Bibliographies in Biblical Studies
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpretation
- Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and the Arts
- Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Gender Studies
- Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law
- Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology
- Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
- Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible
Church History and Theology
- Encyclopedia of Christianity Online (Brill, 5 vols.)
- Oxford Bibliographies of the Renaissance and the Reformation
- Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Martin Luther ⚠
- Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion in America
- Oxford Encyclopedia of South Asian Christianity
Environmental Science and Religion
- Agricola (old interface here) (from the USDA National Agriculture Library)
- Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (at Oxford Reference)
- GreenFILE (old interface here)
Islam
Pastoral Theology
Social Issues
- EBSCO eBook Diversity and Ethnic Studies Collection (old interface here)
- EBSCO Ethnic Diversity Source (old interface here)
- EBSCO Family Studies Abstracts (old interface here)
- EBSCO Family and Society Studies Worldwide (old interface here)
- EBSCO Left Index (old interface here)
- EBSCO LGBTQ+ Source (old interface here)
- EBSCO Urban Studies Abstracts (old interface here)
- EBSCO Violence and Abuse Abstracts (old interface here)
- EBSCO Women's Studies International (old interface here)
- ⤷ JKM Recommends: Combined EBSCO Social Issues search
Theses and Dissertations
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses @ JKM (LSTC Ph.D. dissertations)
- Learn@JKM (LSTC and McCormick D.Min. and ACTS D.Min. in Preaching theses)
- EBSCO Open Dissertations (American Doctoral Dissertations database)
- Atla Research in Ministry (dissertations in ministry, theology, and religion)
Supplementary E-resources
As a member of CARLI, and thanks to grants from the State of Illinois, JKM also offers a range of other electronic resources that may be helpful to our patrons and their families.
Read a book or magazine for fun, keep up with the news, help your children with their school work, or find out all sorts of things you want or need to know!
School-Age Resources
- EBSCO Book Collection: Nonfiction (all grades)
- EBSCO Elementary Grades K-5 (database, ebooks, and reference)
- EBSCO Middle Grades 6-8 (database, ebooks, and reference)
- EBSCO eBooks for Grades K-8
- EBSCO eBooks for High School
- EBSCO MAS Ultra for High School (magazines, ebooks, and reference)
- EBSCO Points of View Reference Source (for current issues debates)
- Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
General Subject-Area Reference Sources
- EBSCO Biography Reference Source
- EBSCO History Reference Source
- EBSCO Literary Reference Source
- EBSCO Science Reference Source
Fiction and Non-Fiction eBooks
News and Periodicals (current and historical)
- EBSCO MasterFILE (magazines and ebooks)
- EBSCO Newspaper Source
- EBSCO Newswires
- EBSCO Time Magazine Archive (1923–2000)
Education and Psychology
- Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
- EBSCO Child Development and Adolescent Studies
- EBSCO Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
- EBSCO Professional Development Collection
- EBSCO Library and Information Science Source
Business Information
- EBSCO Business Source
- EBSCO Small Business Source
- EBSCO eBook Business Collection
- EBSCO Regional Business News
Government and Law
- EBSCO Legal Information Source (public-level)
- EBSCO Legal Source (professional-level)
- EBSCO Military and Government Collection
Medical Information
- EBSCO Consumer Health Complete
- EBSCO Health Source: Consumer
- EBSCO Health Source: Nursing/Academic
- EBSCO MEDLINE Ultimate (professional-level)
- EBSCO Alt HealthWatch (alternative medicine)
- Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary
Hobbies and DIY
