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ATLA Religion Database

Produced by Atla, a membership association of collectors and connectors in religion and theology, Atla Religion Database®, also known as Atla RDB®, is the premier index of articles, reviews, and essays in all fields of religion and theology, and offers significant breadth and depth of subject areas and languages covered. Content is selected for inclusion according to its scholarly merit and scope.

Total Number of Records:

• More than 3.4 million, including
• * 2,500+ journal titles in total, 1,270+ of which are currently being indexed
• * 1.2 million+ journal article records
• * 294,000+ essay records
• * 1.1 million+ review records
• * 491,000+ book records

Update Frequency: Monthly

Type of Records: Bibliographic records of scholarship representing major religions, faiths, denominations, and languages

Coverage Areas: Bible, archaeology, and antiquities; human culture and society; world religions and religious studies; church history, missions, and ecumenism; pastoral ministry; theology, philosophy, and ethics

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials

AtlaSerials® (Atlas®) is an online full-text collection of major religion and theology journals used by libraries, librarians, scholars, students, and religious leaders.

Total Number of Records:

• More than 810,000+ records
• 400+ journal titles

Update Frequency: Monthly

Type of Records: Electronic collection of journals plus bibliographic citations, featuring PDFs, with searchable texts of articles and reviews

Coverage Areas: Bible, archaeology, and antiquities; human culture and society; church history, mission, and ecumenism; pastoral ministry; world religions and religious studies; theology, philosophy, and ethics

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials PLUS

AtlaSerials PLUS®  (Atlas PLUS®) includes more than 721 full-text journals in many diverse areas of religion and theology, with full-text content in more than 20 languages from more than 40 different countries. Atlas PLUS includes all of the titles in Atla’s original full-text product, AtlaSerials® (Atlas®), and 250+ additional full-text titles.

Total Number of Records:

• More than 1.2 million records
• 670+ journal titles

Update Frequency: Monthly

Type of Records: Electronic collection of journals plus bibliographic citations, featuring PDFs, with searchable texts of articles​

Coverage Areas: Sacred texts, world religions (including Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism), interfaith dialogue, contextual and systematic theology, religious studies, denominational history, missions and ecumenism, pastoral ministry, archaeology and antiquities, human culture and society, philosophy, and ethics.   ​

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Last updated: July 2, 2024