This guide is designed to help you find books, videos, articles, websites and podcasts for use in the study of Christianity. If you need additional help, please contact the Religious Studies librarian, Ken Orenic, or stop by the Library Reference Desk. You can also get help from our reference services page.
The COD Library provides access to a host of resources, including print books, eBooks, and databases that are available for online use. You'll need your COD MyAccess username and password to access online materials.
I-Share - Login using your MyAccess / Blackboard username and password to access books from over 80 academic libraries located throughout Illinois, free of charge. Books ordered typically take 2-3 days to be delivered to COD. Books can be picked up at the COD Library Circulation Desk. You'll get an email letting you know when the book is available for pickup.
According to Harvard Divinity School's Religious Literacy Project, Christianity is a worldwide religious tradition with diverse representations, beliefs and practices. But its common source is one: the life, the teachings, the death, and the resurrection of Jesus.
Christianity is comprised of three major streams, including Roman Catholicism, Orthodox Christian Churches, Protestantism movements. This guide provides links to several reference works that deal with multiple aspects of Christianity. To find books and articles on a specific tradition, search the Library's book catalog or article databases using the name of the religion. For example, search for Lutheran or Episcopalian.
Central to many of these traditions are the Old and New Testaments. Click on the following links to find Encyclopedias, Concordances and Dictionaries.
Old Testament
ACLS Humanities E-Book collection focuses on the core disciplines of the humanities - literature, linguistics, history, art history, philosophy. Pages from this collection can be printed and emailed.
EBSCO eBooks Collection spans a variety of topics. Most books in this collection are in PDF format. Many titles in the EBSCO eBook Collection can be downloaded in their entirety to your computer or mobile reading device.
The Very Short Introductions collection began as a print series in 1995, offering brief informative introductions to a diverse range of subject areas in arts and humanities, law, medicine and health, science and mathematics, and social sciences.
Each book in this collection can be accessed by five users at a time. If the title you need is in use try again in a few minutes.
Credo Reference provides access to a broad selection of dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations, and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific titles. Includes a built-in mind map to help students brainstorm search terms. Credo is a great place to start your research.