Reference Works
Antigone Journal - List of Open Access Classics tools
A list of freely available resources for studying classical languages and literature. Categories include: Latin Language and Literature, Greek Language and Literature, Greco-Roman History, Material Culture, Ancient Philosophy, Inscriptions, Papyri and Manuscripts, Ancient Geography and Topography, Finding Books and Articles.
Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Online
The Encyclopedia of Christianity Online describes modern-day Christian beliefs and communities in the context of 2000 years of apostolic tradition and Christian history. Based on the third, revised edition of the critically acclaimed German work Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon, the Encyclopedia of Christianity Online includes all 5 volumes of the print edition of 1999-2008 which has become a standard reference work for the study of Christianity past and present.
Remote access available to all fully enrolled Moore College students and staff.
Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology
The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology is "an essential reference resource for scholars of global hymnody, with information on the hymns of many countries and languages, and a strong emphasis on the historical as well as the contemporary."
Remote access available to all fully enrolled Moore College students and staff.
Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project
The CAL is a text base of the Aramaic texts in all dialects from the earliest (9th Century BCE) through the 13th Century CE, currently with a database of approximately 3 million lexically parsed words, and an associated set of electronic tools for analyzing and manipulating the data, whose ultimate goal is the creation of a complete lexicon of the language. Published by the Hebrew Union College. Open Access.
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." Also includes access to the 'Journal of African Christian Biography'. Open access.
Dictionary of Christian Biography in Asia
The mission of DCBA is to collect, preserve and make freely available, to an audience of both scholars and general readers: 1) Biographies of church leaders and laity who have had a significant impact on the growth of Christianity in Asia; and 2) The histories of indigenous religious movements, churches, and Christian communities. Open Access
Dictionary of Irish Biography
Produced by the Royal Irish Academy, this online reference source includes over 11,000 entries of significant Irish figures. Its chronological scope extends from antiquity to the 21st century. Open Access.
English Short Title Catalogue
The English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) is the most comprehensive resource available for the output of the printing press in the English-speaking world before 1801.
ESTC is a bibliography that aims to record every distinct letterpress item produced during the hand-press era in these regions. It is also a union catalogue that lists copies of those items held by libraries and other owners around the world as well as links to digital reproductions where available.
Open access.
Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament
The dictionary contains the complete vocabulary of the Hebrew Bible, extended with variants from the Oriental and Samaritan textual traditions, the Ben Sira fragments, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Full text search in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, English, transliterations and Scripture references
Conjugated verb forms immediately found in the context of their consonantal roots
Easily compare Hebrew and Aramaic lexemes
Remote access available to all fully enrolled Moore College students and staff.
International Philosophical Bibliography
MARBLE - Modular Aggregation of Resources on the Bible
Includes access to the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia with semantic dictionary of biblical Hebrew, and the Greek New Testament (UBS 5th) with semantic dictionary of biblical Greek. Published by the United Bible Societies. Open Access.
Online Liddell-Scott-Jones Greek-English Lexicon
Publicly available at http://www.tlg.uci.edu/lsj - Moore College Students and Staff should access via the link to TLG to enable cross searching of TLG. Remote access available to all fully enrolled Moore College students and staff.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Biographies and portraits of significant, influential or notorious figures who shaped British history.
Remote access available to all fully enrolled Moore College students and staff.
The Scriptural BCP
The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) is a landmark document of the Anglican tradition and the English language. Its unique rites, formulations, and collects are suffused with Biblical quotation and allusion. This resource ports scriptural concordances and commentaries of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer for easy exploration, so that anyone can learn more. Open Access.
St Andrew's Encyclopaedia of Theology
An open access encyclopaedia of all major religious traditions, with an emphasis on material being written by scholars for whom these traditions are alive - Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. Articles are peer-reviewed and edited.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
Remote Access is available to the full version for current Moore College Students and staff and on PCs in the Donald Robinson Library; an abridged version is publicly available online. You will need to sign up for your own TLG account. A print copy of the TLG Bibliographic Guide to the Canon of Greek Authors and Works (University of California Press, 2022) is available in the Library (call no. 016.88 PAN).
Universal Short Title Catalogue
The USTC is the first ever search tool that allows you to search all books published in the first age of print, in England, France, Italy or any other part of the world where printing with moveable type is known. Developed at the University of St Andrews, the USTC contains information on the location of more than 4 million copies of books printed between 1450 and 1650, along with links to more than 250,000 full digital scans. Open access.