Bodleian Libraries Theology Collections:
Electronic Resources Update, Hilary 2014
Recent Acquisitions (available from OxLIP+)
Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (Brepolis)
The DHGE is an unparalleled source of information for anyone interested in the history of the Church: it
comprises 70,000 entries by specialists, and enrichment with more than 2200 biographical notes on bishops.
The cost is being rolled in with Index Religiosus, below, with the first year joint subscription (1,380 Eur +
VAT) to be funded by History. Thereafter costs will be split 50/50 History/Theology.
Index Religiosus: International Bibliography of Theology, Church History
and Religious Studies http://www.brepols.net/publishers/pdf/Brepolis_IR_EN.PDF
The new reference bibliography for academic publications in Theology, Religious Studies and Church History
from Brepols. The Index Religiosus aims to become the international reference bibliography for academic
publications in Theology and Religious Studies. It covers publications written in various European languages
(English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, etc.) and is the result of collaboration between the
Catholic University of Louvain and the KU Leuven, which are both recognized internationally for their
excellence in the field of Theology and Religious Studies. The new bibliography starts on the basis of two
existing bibliographies: the bibliography of the Revue d’histoire ecclésiastique and the Elenchus
Bibliographicus from the journal Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses. These two tools are essential
working instruments for Theology and Religious Studies and are internationally recognized as such. From
January 2014 onwards, the printed version of the bibliography of the Revue d’histoire ecclésiastique and the
Elenchus Bibliographicus will be no longer available. These bibliographies will be replaced by the Index
Religiosus.
The cost is being rolled in with DHGE, with the first year joint subscription (1,380 Eur + VAT) to be funded by
History. Thereafter costs will be split 50/50 History/Theology.
To note: Revue d’histoire ecclésiastique disappears as a separate database for those who have
subscribed to IR, so it remains greyed out on the Brepolis home page.
Miscellanea Mediaevalia
Now available online as full-text, the series Miscellanea Mediaevalia was founded by Paul Wilpert in 1962
and since then has presented research from the Thomas Institute of the University of Cologne. The
cornerstone of the series is provided by the proceedings of the biennial Cologne Medieval Studies
Conferences, which were established over 50 years ago by Josef Koch, the founding director of the Institute.
The Miscellanea Mediaevalia gather together papers from all disciplines represented in Medieval Studies medieval history, philosophy, theology, together with art and literature.
Oxford University Press
The Bodleian Libraries have reached an agreement with OUP to subscribe to all current OUP content
(excluding journals, where a separate agreement is in place). This significantly increases our access to OUP
content. Additionally, we have access to over 4,000 books from 14 partner university presses such as
Chicago and Yale, which are linked to the Oxford Scholarship Online platform. We will have access to over
20,000 additional e-books in all, as well as many new databases in a wide range of subjects. Among the new
collections are the Oxford Scholarly Editions, the British Academy Publications, and the Very Short
Introductions. We now have the full range of subject modules in Oxford Scholarship Online, Oxford
Handbooks Online, and Oxford Bibliographies Online.
Links and records will be loaded into SOLO in late January. UPSO books are already available via Oxford
Scholarship Online.
Under consideration
Early European Books collections 1,2,4
JISC collections are evaluating the possibility of a national agreement for the ProQuest resource Early
European Books (Collections 1-4). Oxford has already purchased Collection 2 (Florence), but if the JISC
deal goes through we would also have access to early printed books from Det Kongelige Bibliotek (Denmark)
Koninklijke Bibliotheek (the Netherlands) and Bibliothèque nationale de France.
For further information, see http://eeb.chadwyck.co.uk/marketing/about.jsp#aboutColl.
Gregory of Nyssa Online
http://www.brill.com/publications/online-resources/gregory-nyssa-onlineGregorii Nysseni Opera Online is the indispensable online reference text for any philological, philosophical
and theological research on Gregory of Nyssa, the Greek Church Fathers, Church history and Late Antique
thought in general.
The Lexicon Gregorianum Online is an indispensable tool for any philological, philosophical and
theological research on Gregory of Nyssa, the Greek Church Fathers, Church history and Late Antique
thought in general.
Annual subscription 843 EUR, Outright purchase 5,900 EUR.
Classics have expressed an interest in cost-sharing.
Bibleworks 9 http://www.bibleworks.com/
A number of requests have been made for the latest edition of BibleWorks. For technical reasons, it may not
be possible to network this resource or provide remote access to it at present. However, the supplier is
quoting for the cost of providing the database on the reader workstations in the reader workroom at PTFL,
and this may be an interim solution. Purchase of some optional modules is also under consideration:
 The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (Koehler, Baumgartner & Stamm)
 Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd Edition
(Bauer, Danker, Arndt & Gingrich)
 A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint, Volumes 1 & 2 (Lust, Eynikel, Hauspie, Chamberlain)
 Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Blass, Debrunner &
Funk)
 A Greek-English Lexicon, 9th Revised Edition (Liddell, Scott, Jones & McKenzie)
Accordance http://www.accordancebible.com/Advantage/
Another tool for biblical exegesis. . For technical reasons, it may not be possible to network this resource and
provide remote access to it at present. However, the supplier is quoting for the cost of providing the
database on the reader workstations in the reader workroom at PTFL, and this may be an interim solution.
Hilla Wait, Philosophy & Theology Librarian, 20.1.2014