E-Resources, Databases & Journals

EBSCO, ProQuest, RTA, Cambridge, TREN, & other

eResources and eBooks are accessible in the Allison Library.  For remote access current Regent students use their RWL username and password and current Carey students can request usernames and passwords from the Carey Registrar's office (info@carey-edu.ca attention Faith Knoll).

Regent and Carey Alumni database access

Bibliotheca Sacra (online)

Full-text is available from Volume 91 no. 361 to the current year -1. There is a 12 month embargo on electronic access to articles.

Cambridge Journals

Full text access to several journals (limited volumes but includes current issues). Database is accessible within the Allison Library, within Regent College, or via Exproxy with an RWL.

Crux Index 1979 - 2011

EBSCO - journals & eBooks

  • ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials
  • Christian Periodical Index
  • Catholic Periodical and Literature Index
  • New Testament Abstracts (NTA)
  • Old Testament Abstracts (OTA)
  • Instructions using EBSCO databases

Guide to Social Sciences and Religion in Periodical Literature index

Trial subscription.  85 journals indexed. [citation index only; no abstracts or full text]

ProQuest Religion Database

Over 220 journals covering religious issues and perspectives including: religious news and information, commentary on topics of general interest from the perspective of a particular religion, details on doctrines and philosophies, reports on religious history and archeology, and formal theological studies. Primarily represents Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Buddhism.

RTA (Religious and Theological Abstracts)

Indexed since 1958 and updated annually, RTA provides summaries of articles appearing in scholarly journals in the fields of religion and theology. Abstracts from a wide variety of periodical literature including Christian, Jewish, and other World religions are available in English, Hebrew, Afrikaans, or major European languages.

Sage Publications

Ten journals: most with access to full text content from the current and previous year issues. Database is accessible within the Allison Library, within Regent College, or via Exproxy with an RWL.

Southern Baptist Periodical Index (SBPI)

Trial subscription.  119 journals indexed; 37 are current and active publications.  [citation index only; no abstracts or full text]

TREN (Theological Research Exchange Network)

TREN is a library of over 10,000 theological thesis/dissertation titles representing research from as many as 70 different institutions. The Allison Library has a subscription to many of these titles in electronic format. Download our Guide to Using TREN .


E-Resources (only in the Allison Library)

Accordance Bible Software

Allows user to explore the text and the background of the Bible: display multiple Bible texts and translations side-by-side; look up the original Greek and Hebrew words and their definitions; find passages from the Old Testament that are quoted in the New Testament; look up parallel accounts in the Gospels, Epistles, and Hebrew Bible, etc. Available only in the Allison Library.