NEW BETHEL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: DIGITAL LIBRARY RESOURCES

NBCU provides a list of free Christian library resources. These resources are updated regularly. 

Books@Atla Currently the mission of the program is publication of open access works on subjects at the intersection of librarianship and religious and theological studies that potentially impact libraries. Books@Atla seeks to provide resources that guide and support innovative library services and enhance professional development.

Bible Study Tools An online collection of Bible versions and translations, commentaries, concordances, dictionaries, and works by important Christian theologians.

BiblicalStudies.org This site aims to make high quality theological material available throughout the world, thus providing Bible teachers and pastors with the resources they need to spread the Gospel in their countries. Features a variety of resources, including full-text journal articles, books, audio and more.

Christian Classics Ethereal Library The Christian Classics Ethereal Library is a digital library of hundreds of classic Christian books selected for edification and education. CCEL texts are stored in our own Theological Markup Language, which is an XML application. Texts are converted automatically into other formats such as HTML or PDF.

Dictionary of African Christian Biography – the mission of the DACB is to collect, preserve, and make freely accessible biographical accounts and church histories – from oral and written sources – integral to a scholarly understanding of African Christianity.

Early Church Texts Early Church Texts gives access to complete Greek and Latin texts which are in the public domain, and to translations (where found available) from the first five centuries. It features carefully-indexed links to authors and their works.

GlobeTheoLib – World Council of Churches (via GlobeEthics) The Global Digital Library on Theology and Ecumenism [GlobeTheoLib] is a multilingual online library offering access free of charge to full-text articles, journals, books and other resources. Its focus is on theology, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, ethics, and ecumenism in World Christianity.

KOHA The world’s first free and open source library system. Koha is a fully featured, scalable library management system. Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes, volunteers, and support companies worldwide.

Liddell-Scott-Jones Greek-English Lexicon

The NTSLibrary – A Christian Online Referral Services Library Project Sponsored by Northwestern Theological Seminary and Northwestern Christian University

OpenBiblio Another open-source library software different from Koha as it is server based, meaning that once you download the program internet access is not required. OpenBiblio is an easy to use, automated library system written in PHP containing OPAC, circulation, cataloging, and staff administration functionality.

Princeton Theological Commons (Princeton Theological Seminary) The Theological Commons is a digital library of 78,924 books and periodicals on theology and religion, including 29,322 volumes from the Princeton Theological Seminary Library.

Society of Biblical Literature The Society of Biblical Research features resources free to all to assist those researching and writing papers in biblical studies. The website also provides access to free books to most countries outside of the United States, Canada, and the European Union through the International Cooperation Initiative (ICI). The ICI project provides free online PDF files to scholars and students who would not otherwise have access to these resources.

Post-Reformation Digital Library The Post-Reformation Digital Library is a database of digital books relating to the development of theology and philosophy during the Reformation and Post-Reformation/Early Modern Era (late 15th-18th c.). Late medieval and patristic works printed and referenced in the early modern era are also included. Materials provided include secondary texts, and materials in English, Latin, Dutch, French and German.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy The SEP was designed so that each entry is maintained and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts in the field. All entries and substantive updates are refereed by the members of a distinguished Editorial Board before they are made public.

Theological Librarianship Theological Librarianship is an online open access journal published by the American Theological Library Association. It includes essays, peer-reviewed articles, bibliographic essays, and book reviews.

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (Abridged Version) Includes a large number of Patristics texts, as well as works by Classical Greek authors.

Third Millennium Ministries Third Millennium Ministries’ free seminary training provides video seminary instruction, audio seminary instruction, audio sermons and lectures, seminary lecture manuscripts, books, magazine articles, and special sections dedicated to the study of Paul’s letters.