Congregational
Libraries Association of British Columbia
SELECTED INTERNET SITES FOR
CHURCH LIBRARIANS
The following Internet web
sites are just a few of the growing number about congregational library
and religious topics. They have been chosen to show the great variety currently
available.
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Book Lists & Reviews | Religious
Publishers | Church Library Associations | Church
Libraries
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Church Archives Resources | Library
Catalogues | Cataloguing Tools |
Library Software Vendors
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Library Supply Companies | Book
Repair and Preservation
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Bible Versions and Study | Christian
Classics | Christian Art & Symbolism | Canadian
Denominations
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Interdenominational Associations
| World Denominational Groups | Outreach
Organizations |
Religions of the World |Religious
TV Broadcasters | Data about Religion in North America
Resources for Congregational Libraries
and Archives
Book Lists and Reviews
Religious Publishers
Church Library Associations
Church Libraries (Canadian)
Church Archives Resources
Library Catalogues
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National
Library of Canada's AMICUS Web Over 24 million bibliographic records
describing books, magazines, government documents, theses, sound recordings,
maps, etc. Incorporates 40 million holdings from over 1,300 Canadian libraries,
including the National Library of Canada where Canadian books have been
deposited by law for over 50 years.
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Canadian
Library Gateway Canadian online library catalogues and web sites gathered
together by the National Library of Canada.
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Library of Congress
Online Catalog The Library of Congress, the largest library in the
world, receives and catalogues many religious books. Their cataloguing
is used around the world.
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Theological
Online Catalogs Index. Compiled by the Technical Services Section of
the American Theological Association, this listing of theological library
catalogues from Canada, the United States and a growing list of other countries
may be viewed alphabetically by name of library, geographically, or by
denomination. Although most theological libraries use Library of Congress
classification, a few use Dewey, as indicated in the alphabetic listing.
Cataloguing Tools
Some Church Library Software Vendors
(Please note that CLABC does not endorse any of these
products. Church librarians considering software purchases should try to
locate objective reviews in professional library journals. Such journals
(and indexes for them) are found in large public and academic libraries.)
Library Supply Companies
Book Repair and Preservation
Religious Resources
Bible Versions and Study
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Bible Gateway
The Bible in more than a dozen English versions as well as over 25 languages.
Can be used to search for words and phrases. From Gospel Communications
Network (GCN). Online Christian Resources; A Ministry of Gospel Films,
Inc.
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Unbound Bible
There are over 50 versions of the Bible in several languages in this online
searchable database maintained by Biola University (La Mirada, California).
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World Wide Study
Bible from Wheaton College. In addition to the text in several version,
this site includes commentaries, articles, notes, poetry, etc.
Christian Classics, Full-text
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Christian Classics
Ethereal Library from Wheaton College. Many great classics including
Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress and Brother Lawrence's The Practice
of the presence of God.
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St.
Pachomius Library This much larger collection includes "uncopyrighted
English translations of the Church Fathers, the acts of the Christian martyrs,
the proceedings of the Councils, the lives of the early saints, etc., all
of which may be freely reproduced by anyone." It includes links to works
in other collections as well.
Christian Art and Symbolism
Selected Canadian Denominations
Interdenominational Associations
World Denominational Groups
Outreach Organizations
Religions of the World
Religious Television Broadcasters
Data about Religion in North America
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American Religion Data
Archive Housed at Purdue University, this site for social scientists
includes data from many academic surveys about religion in the United States
and Canada conducted in the 1980's and 1990's. It allows searches on specific
terms and facilitates comparisons across different data files and permits
downloads of data, all at no cost.
Updated by Fran Rose, May-June 1999, for the CLABC
Conference, Victoria, June 4-5, 1999. Many thanks to Louise Swartz who
suggested several of the sites added in 1999. Additional information added
March 13, 2000. Last modification, October 19, 2004.
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