Library Research Guides: RELIGION: Find Internet Resources

Key Websites

Christian Classics Ethereal Library
This electronic library allows you to read and print classic Christian books.
Codex Sinaiticus
"Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important books in the world. Handwritten well over 1600 years ago, the manuscript contains the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest complete copy of the New Testament. Its heavily corrected text is of outstanding importance for the history of the Bible and the manuscript – the oldest substantial book to survive Antiquity – is of supreme importance for the history of the book."
The Holy Qur'an
An electronic, open-source created version of the Qur'an that includes searching, browsing, and interactive audio files. Many recitations available with translation, very user-friendly.
Sefaria
A living library of Jewish texts in Hebrew and English translation.
The Internet Archive
This free resource brings together millions of digitized books, moving images, graphics, and many more. It contains many secondary and primary texts on religion.
Ritman Library Occult Digital Collection
The Ritman Library has been a ‘knowledge hub’ for topics including hermetica, alchemy, mysticism, rosicrucians, gnosis & western esotericism and comparative religion. Collection contains a few thousand digital early and rare books.

Artstor
Digitized images of art, architecture, and other forms of visual culture from around the world, from museums, archaeology, photo archives, slide collections, and art reference works, dating from B.C.E. to present.

Art in the Christian Tradition
The Art in the Christian Tradition (ACT) database is a regularly updated visual image internet resource. Designed for scholars, students, pastors, and religious educators, all of the images may be used for non-commercial purposes, with attribution.
Bodleian Digital Image Library
A number of collections of digitized images from the Bodleian Library, including collections of images from early, rare, and/or important Islamic, South Asian, and East Asian books as well as Western sources.

DigiVatLib
DigiVatLib is a digital library service. It provides free access to the Vatican Library’s digitized collections: manuscripts, incunabula, archival materials and inventories as well as graphic materials, coins and medals, printed materials (special projects).
Islamic Heritage Project
A digital collection of Islamic manuscripts, published texts, and maps from across Harvard's libraries and museums.
Internet Source Book: East Asian, Religious Traditions
Links to sites with sources on Chinese traditional religion, Shinto, Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and Christianity.
The Minassian Collection of Qur'anic Manuscripts
This database catalogues the holdings of over 200 Qur’anic manuscript folios dating from the 9th to the 16th centuries housed within the special collections of the Brown University libraries.
Saints & Angels
Part of Catholic Online, the Saints and Angels page is the largest collection of its kind on the web. The Saints Index includes all known information for each of the Saints.
Buddhist Digital Resource Center
Buddhist Digital Resource Center (formerly Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center) is dedicated to preserving and sharing over 10,000 digitized modern and historical Buddhist texts.
ShariaSource
SHARIAsource includes sources and scholarly commentary on Islamic law from the earliest periods of Islam to the modern era, covering both Muslim-majority and Muslim-minority contexts.
Talmudic Manuscripts
A database of manuscripts from the National Library of Israel.

Jewish Life in America, c1654-1954

Primary sources from individuals, families, cultural and political organizations focusing on American Ashkenazi Jewish life.
Dates: 1654-1954 CE
This database will no longer be available after Dec. 31, 2025. If you have questions, please contact askus@wellesley.edu.

Church Missionary Society Periodicals
"Forming a prominent feature of British religious philanthropy from the late eighteenth century onwards, missionary societies served as employer and community to missionaries far from home." Missions went to the Middle East, Africa, South America, and Asia.
Catholic Research Resources Alliance
Catholic news, photos, and more from history. Heavy focus on 20th century West.
HyperConcordance
"An experiment in word-based navigation through the Scriptures." Explore the Bible through hyperlinked terms and key term searches.
Mormon Missionary Diaries
Dozens of missionary diaries from the mid-19th century through the mid-20th century.

African-American Religion: A Documentary History Project
African-American Religion: A Documentary History Project was founded in 1987 and is headquartered at Amherst College. Its goal is to produce a comprehensive history of African-American religion, from the earliest African-European encounters along the west coast of Africa in the mid-fifteenth century to the present day.
The Catholic Encyclopedia
Maintained by New Advent, a Catholic website, the Catholic Encyclopedia helps define terms related to the Catholic Church, teachings and the achievements of members.
Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online
GAMEO provides reliable information on Anabaptist-related (Amish, Mennonite, Hutterite, Brethren in Christ) topics, including history, theology, biography, institutions and local congregations. Secular topics from an Anabaptist perspective and full-text source documents are also included.
The Jewish Encyclopedia Online
The Jewish Encyclopedia, originally published between 1901-1906, recently came into the public domain and is now available for free searching on the internet. This site contains the complete and unedited 12 volume set.
New Testament Gateway
Comprehensive directory of academic internet resources related to the New Testament. Maintained by Dr. Mark Goodacre, Department of Religion, Duke University.
Orion Dead Sea Scrolls Bibliography
This bibliography is updated every Monday with the latest citations to scholarship on the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA)
Survey-driven data about US and international congregational membership, denominational breakdowns, and more. Includes basic GIS capabilities and some encyclopedic information with visualizations.
The Pew Forum
The Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. The Forum conducts surveys, demographic analyses, and other social science research on important aspects of religion and public life.
Public Religion Research Institute
"PRRI (Public Religion Research Institute) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to conducting independent research at the intersection of religion, culture, and public policy."

Website includes data downloads, summaries, and visualization of findings.

The Pluralism Project
This project looks at the religious diversity in the United States including many of the new immigrant religious communities. Includes World Religions in Greater Boston.

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