Resources

Online Resources:

• Sage Library Catalog – Need to see what books we have on hand at the Sage Library? This is your first stop to see what books, media, and reference resources are located inside the library. You can also access your library card, put books on hold and view your course reserves all from here.
• Research Databases – Looking to start researching your assignments? Go to our research databases page to read full text of journals and books. Look up maps and reference books to support your research
• Open Access e-Books – Access thousands of free full-text books from hundreds of publishers in fields such as theology, social sciences, and humanities.
• Online EBSCO & JSTOR Journals – Wondering what subscriptions to journals we have? Go to our journal listing to see a list of the titles to online journals we subscribe to from EBSCO and JSTOR research database.
• Open Access Online Journals – Can’t find an article you need to support your research? Look here for a listing of freely accessible journals in religion and theology. Click on the title for a direct link to the journal.
• Project Gutenberg – Need to read a classic book like the Rig Veda or Twelve Years a Slave? This source has over 60,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online.
• JSTOR & Artsor Open Access – Doing historical research or need access to images and videos? Browse this resource to find free access to historical journals, books, and millions of videos and digital images.
• Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) – The ARDA Data Archive is a collection of surveys, polls, and other data submitted by researchers and made available online by the ARDA. There are over 1,000 data files included in the ARDA collection. You can browse files by category, alphabetically, view the newest additions, most popular files, or search for a file. Once you select a file you can preview the results, read about how the data were collected, review the survey questions asked, save selected survey questions to your own file, and/or download the data file.
• Interlibrary Loan Request Form – Found the journal article or book you need for your research, but Sage Library doesn’t have it? Submit a request to gain access to this item, by filling out this form. Don’t wait to submit your request, loans can take up to four weeks to fulfill and are not guaranteed.

“How to…” guides:

Library Basics
Search one of these guides to find information on placing holds, book renewals, course reserves and finding textbooks.

• View Your Library Account Online
• Finding Course Reserves – Digital Content
• Finding Course Reserves – Physical Content
• How to Find Affordable Textbooks

Citation & Research Basics
Need help getting started writing or researching your paper? Search one of the following guides to get started with your project.

• Finding and Citing Biblical Commentaries
• Finding Korean Language materials (updated)
• Shortcut Guide to Turabian Citations
• Finding Dissertations and Theses
• Word Study Guide
• Annotated Bibliographies
• Copyright Guide
• Writing Thesis Statements
• Writing Literature Reviews
• Using Citation Tools
• Using Video Conferencing Tools

Database Resource Guides
Need help getting started with one of our databases? Click on one of the guides below to get started navigating each database.

• Searching the Digital Theological Library
• Searching Ebscohost Research Database (EBSCO)
• Searching JSTOR Research Database (JSTOR)
• Searching Oxford Scholarship Online (Oxford Scholarship)
• Searching Oxford Biblical Studies Online (Oxford Biblical Studies)
• Searching Internet Archive
• Searching Project Muse Research Database (Project Muse)
• Searching Open Access Digital Theological Library  (OADTL)