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Databases
     (in alphabetical order)

Auto Repair Reference Center
Automotive repair manuals from the Chilton Total Car Care Series, plus illustrated auto repair manuals covering 21,000 vehicles; Technical Service Bulletins; wiring diagrams; and labor time estimates. Available on computers on campus or with a password.

BibleWorks7
BibleWorks is a search enabled computer program designed to assist with research and study of the Bible. This resource includes 115 Bible translations in 35 languages as well as access to multiple books and reference works.  BibleWorks7 is available only on computers in the Library.

Consumer Health Complete
Covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. Available on computers on campus or with a password.

Corpus Thomisticum
This database  is a freely-accessible project provided by Roberto Busa and associates in collaboration with Fundación Tomás de Aquino, IBM, CAEL, Universidad de Navarra. The project provides access to the complete works of Thomas Aquinas, with a bibliography covering all studies on Aquinas and his doctrine, from the 13th century to present. Texts are in Latin and instructions are in English.

Early Church Fathers
The Early Church Fathers is a 38-volume collection of writings from the first 800 years of the Church. This collection is divided into three series, the Ante-Nicene, Nicene, and Post-Nicene Fathers. 
The Early Church Fathers on CD-ROM are available only on computers in the Library. The database is also available online from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library, click here.

EBSCO (Online Journals)
EBSCOhost is a powerful online reference system accessible via the Internet.  A variety of full-text databases and popular databases from leading information providers are available.  Clicking above will search the following databases: Philosopher's Index, Catholic Periodical and Literature Index, ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials, Old Testament Abstracts, New Testament Abstracts, Fuente Académica, Religion and Philosophy Collection, and Academic Search Premier.  There are many more databases to choose from, once in the system.
The online journals are available only on computers on campus, or with a password.

Library of Latin Texts
Library of Latin Texts
is a full-text database of modern critical editions of Latin classical, patristic, and medieval Christian writers including the entire corpus of ancient Latin literature up to the second century A.D. The database also contains a significant amount of Neo-Latin Literature (after 1500) including decrees from modern ecumenical councils up to Vatican II and sixteenth century translations into Latin of important medieval works. 
Library of Latin Texts is available only on computers in the Library.

Literary Reference Center
The primary goal of LRC is to assist students with homework and research assignments of a literary nature.  Available on computers on campus or with a password.

Novelist
NoveList  is a comprehensive readers' advisory solution for fiction lovers.  With its intuitive interface and extensive feature content, NoveList will help you to answer the question of what to read next. Available on computers on campus or with a password.

Points of View
Designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects.  Each essay includes a series of questions and additional material to generate further thought. Available on computers on campus or with a password.

Religious & Theological Abstracts
This database provides objective summaries of articles appearing in scholarly journals in the fields of Religion and Theology from 1948 on.  It currently abstracts more than 400 journals, with summaries produced by a team of scholars from around the world.  Coverage includes journals relating to Christianity, Judaism, and other world religions. 
Religious & Theological Abstracts is available only on computers on campus.

Salud en Español
This is the Consumer Health Complete Database completely in Spanish.  Salud en Español provee reportes completos basados en evidencias y fichas de datos relacionados a todos los aspectos de la salud y el bienestar. Available on computers on campus or with a password.

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
The TLG Digital Library contains virtually all an
cient Greek texts surviving from the period between Homer (8th century B.C.) and A.D. 600, and a large number of texts deriving from the period between A.D. 600 and 1453.  Coverage is fulltext from the 8th century B.C. - 1453 A.D. with no citations and no abstracts.   Thesaurus Linguae Graecae is available only on computers in the Library.

Unbound Bible
Hosted by Biola University in La Mirada, California, the Unbound Bible is a collection of searchable Bibles with various English versions; Greek; Hebrew; ancient translations; & dozens of other languages.  Also included are mapping features, and the ability to display the Bible side by side in multiple translations.

Welcome to the Catholic Church
          -presented by Harmony Media
A comprehensive guide to the Catholic Church presented in six major overviews—Divine Revelation, Church Teaching, the Mass and the Sacraments, Prayer and Spirituality, Saints and History, and Church Organization. Portions of eleven major Catholic resources have been included in this CD to provide the user with accurate and current teachings of the Catholic Church. 
Welcome to the Catholic Church is available only on computers in the Library.

WorldCat
WorldCat
, or World Catalog, lists all types of library materials from libraries worldwide. The libraries that own each item are also listed. No full-text is available online for items listed in WorldCat
The library's catalog has this resource listed as OCLC FirstSearch.  Link to WorldCat from off-campus.