Online Research & Study Guide

This page provides a helpful list of free online libraries, dictionaries, and holy books to help you study theology and philosophy. It also includes free tools to practice English writing and look up academic articles for assignments.

Essential Research Resources

ATLA Religion Database (CTI students only - inquire at circulation desk for login)
The premier database for theology, Scripture, ministry, Church history, and religious studies.

JSTOR (CTI students only - inquire at circulation desk for login)
Millions of scholarly journal articles and books across theology, philosophy, history, literature, and the humanities.

Sharing the Word Library
Over 9,000 free theology and ministry books, especially valuable for readers in developing countries.
​Purdue OWL - English Writing Center at Purdue University
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MIT OpenCourseWare - free access to MIT course material.

Google Scholar
The easiest way to search for scholarly articles across the internet.

Project Muse - 200+ journals and books in theology, philosophy, history, literature, and the humanities.

Holy Books of the world​

Theology & Catholic Studies

Catholic Documents
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Official Acts of the Holy See 1865 to present day
EWTN Library Search
New Advent "Catholic Super Site"
Catholic Documents at Catholic Information Network
Christian Classics Ethereal Library (Fathers of the Church and other writers)

Theology and Ministry Journals
​Australian eJournal of Theology
​Global Missiology
Missio Dei Journal
​Yale ISM Review
​Humanum, by the JPII Institute of DC
​Melanesian Journal of Theology - whole issues - select the Melanesian Journal of Theology tab
Melanesian Journal of Theology - individual articles - select Journals and then Melanesian Journal of Theology
​DWU Research Journal

Catholic News & Commentary
L'Osservatore Romano (in English) (Vatican Newspaper)

Scripture & Biblical Studies

Bible Texts
New American Bible
Revised Standard Version
​Latin Nova Vulgata from The Vatican
​The Bible Gateway (Searches many translations and languages)
​Bible.com (Links to many translations and languages)
The Unbound Bible (Great Search Engine, many languages)

Biblical Study Tools
​William Barclay's Daily Study Bible
Free Bible Commentary
Bible History Daily
​Dickinson College Commentaries: Classic texts from antiquity
​The Grail Psalter
Free Bible Commentary
Bible History Daily

Philosophy

Encyclopedias and Reference Works
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Philosophy Resources
EpistemeLinks - a guide to philosophical resources on  the internet
Pathways to Philosophy
Philosophy around the Web
Wi-Phi - open access philosophy resources

Philosophy Journals
​Kritike, a philosophy journal from UST
​Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy

Logic
LogiCola -- Free program that teaches logic

Canon Law

Code of Canon Law (1983 code; English translation)
Code of Canon Law (1983 Code; Latin Text of Codex Iuris Canonici)
A Short History of Canon Law
Advisory Opinions Online Index - Canon Law Society of America
Canon Law Abstracts
Corpus iuris canonici.
JCL Review - Review questions for Canon Law Exams by Fr Jason Gray

Liturgy & Worship

Roman Missal (English)
​Missale Romanum: the Roman Missal in Latin (2002 edition)
General Instruction of the Roman Missal (Australian edition, 2007)
​Notitiae Responses: Answers to questions on liturgy from the Congregation for Divine Worship
​Redemptionis Sacramentum: Vatican instruction on matters to observe or avoid regarding Holy Eucharist
​iBreviary: the Liturgy of the Hours, including Dominican propers (in English)
Universalis: texts for today's  Mass and Liturgy of the Hours

St Thomas Aquinas ​

St Thomas Aquinas (entire corpus in Latin from Uni. of Navarre)
Index to the Entire Corpus of St Thomas Aquinas (the Index Thomisticus)
Summa Contra Gentiles of St Thomas Aquinas (in English, slightly abridged)
Summa Theologiae of St Thomas Aquinas

Melanesian and Pacific Resources

Melanesian Journal of Theology - whole issues 
LCI Goroka has links to PDF downloads on Theology, Mariology, Homiletics, Liturgy, Bl. Peter To Rot and much more.
​South Pacific Journal of Philosophy and Culture
​​DWU Research Journal

Preaching, Scripture, and Pastoral Ministry

Homiletics
Homiletic Directory, 2014 (Cong. for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments)
Preachers Exchange (Fr Jude Siciliano, O.P.)
The Torch - Sunday Preaching (English Dominican Province)
​The Sunday Web Site at SLU: Reflections on the readings, suggested music and intercessions for each Sunday of the year

Natural Family Planning
Billings International 
Symptothermal Method 
Couple to Couple League
NFP and More

Gregorian Chant and Sacred Music

Corpus Christi Watershed - Marvellous source for psalms, antiphons and chants
Gregobase - a huge data base of Gregorian scores
Gregorian Chant Hymns
How To Read Gregorian Chant - a tutorial
Musica Sacra: Resources on Church music from the Catholic Musicians Ass'n of America

General Reference and Libraries

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Webster Dictionary
WordReference.com (Collins)
Logeion Includes Lewis & Short, DuCange and DMLBS (Dictionary of Medieval Latin)
Interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
Memidex
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary

Digital Libraries
​Gutenberg Project - thousands of free texts in the public domain
Christian Classical Ethereal Library
Internet Archive - ​a non-profit library of millions of free texts, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

Social Sciences

Anthropology
​On Knowing Humanity Journal
​Cultural Anthropology

Ethics
​​AMA Journal of Ethics
​End Violence Against Women Now
Human Rights Library - 65,000 documents on human rights
​Transparency International

Faculty Resource
The Wabash Center 
Resources including the Journal on Teaching, a podcast called Dialogue on Teaching, a blog that includes public scholarship on teaching, and an archive for theology and religion syllabi.