New eBooks
Finding Books and eBooks - Theology
The majority of the Library's books are now available online as eBooks. You can search for both print and online using UR Library Search.
Here are some handy FAQs about finding and accessing books and eBooks:
- How to search UR Library Search
- How do I find a book on the shelves?
- Borrowing books and requesting items
- Where can I find my module readings?
Most print books in Theology can be found on the first floor of the Library at the following Shelfmark locations (also known as a Call Number).
Bible Commentaries: You can find a handy list of many Bible Commentaries held in the Library here: Bible Commentaries Resource List.
| Subjects | Shelfmark(s) |
| Bible | 220 to 229 |
| Christianity and Christian theology | 230 to 239 |
| Christian denominations and sects | 280 to 289 |
| Christian ethics | 241 |
| Christian orders and local church | 250 |
| Doctrinal controversies & heresies | 273 |
| Doctrines | 202 |
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Gospels & Acts |
226 |
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Islam |
297 |
| Judaism | 296 |
|
Philosophy and theory of religion |
210 to 219 |
| Religions of Indic origin | 294 |
eBooks and Online Reference books
Most Essential texts, and many more, are provided as eBooks and can be found via UR Library Search. The following eBook collections and reference works are particularly useful for Theology.
Online reference works:
- Brill's New Pauly Online This link opens in a new window
A recognised standard reference work for students and scholars of the ancient world.
- Encyclopaedia of Islam This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive and diverse reference guide to current knowledge of the Islamic World, including details of Islamic history, religion and the global Muslim diaspora.
- Encyclopaedia Judaica 2007 This link opens in a new window
Overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel.
- American National Biography Online This link opens in a new window
Profiles of nearly 20,000 influential Americans from all eras of USA history, from pre-colonial times to recent years.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography This link opens in a new window
50,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2000.
- Who's Who and Who Was Who This link opens in a new window
The leading source of up to date information about over 90,000 influential people from all walks of life, worldwide, who have left their mark on British public life.Who Was Who is an archive of people included in previous editions of Who's Who.
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
A collection of reference works published by Oxford University Press, enabling cross searching of over 100 world-leading dictionaries and encyclopaedias.
- Oxford Bibliographies: Classics This link opens in a new window
All articles are written and reviewed by Classics experts, combining the features of an annotated bibliography with a high-level encyclopaedia.
eBook collections:
- Bloomsbury Collections This link opens in a new window
Arts and humanities, especially Philosophy. NOTE: We do not subscribe to all of the content in this database. You can refine your results by selecting the option “Only Show content which I have full access to."
- Cambridge Companions This link opens in a new window
Includes the Companions in: Philosophy, Religion and Culture, Literature and the Classics and Music.
- Cambridge Histories This link opens in a new window
American and British history, economic and scientific history, philosophy, religious studies, theatre studies, warfare and literary studies.
- Charles Sanders Peirce: Collected Papers (Past Masters) This link opens in a new window
Comprises the complete eight volume edition of The Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce.
- Charles Sanders Peirce: Published Works I (Past Masters) This link opens in a new window
Contains “Contributions to the Nation”, and A Comprehensive Bibliography of the Published Works of Charles Sanders Peirce, 2nd edition.
- Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive collection of texts from the religious and social upheavals of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window
Reference books written and compiled by the world’s leading scholars in their field.
- Past Masters This link opens in a new window
Full text works in philosophy and humanities, including: political thought, religious studies, sociology, history of science, economics, and classics. Content ranges from articles and essays to correspondence.