Coptic Church Review: open access journal

The Coptic Church Review is available as an open-access journal from 1994-2004. The journal is a Coptic Orthodox publication, published in the USA by the Society of Coptic Church Studies.
Link via the AWOL blog (Ancient World Online) or directly from the Coptic Church Review site

Excavations at pre-Islamic Christian site in the UAE

Archaeological excavations on Sir Bani Yas Island in the UAE have revealed the remains of a Christian monastery dating from circa 600 AD. Read a report on the historical significance of the site, and view a slide-show of photographs of the excavations from the online version of the UAE newspaper, The National

New bibliographic database: theses on Mission studies and Non-Western Christianity

Click on link below to explore this database:

Researching World Christianity: doctoral dissertations on Mission since 1900

Bibliographic database of research-level theses (PhD, ThD, D.Min, D.Miss etc.) on Mission studies and Christianity outside the West, compiled by the International Bulletin of Missionary Research, with Yale Divinity School Library. Content has been expanded from lists published in the International Bulletin of Missionary Research between 1983 and 2003, and now covers over 6,000 titles dating back to 1900 and can be searched by subject, keyword, author, title etc. Results give a brief abstract and publication details only.

Faith-based search engines

A feature from ReadWriteWeb, a technology blog founded in 2003 to analyse the internet industry.
Curt Hopkins asks "What would Jesus search?" and looks at how three faith-orientated search engines - NPR Report, I'm Halal (Islamic), SeekFind (Christian) and Jewogle (Jewish) - treat a set of pre-defined search terms.

Updated research guide launched on the BLE

Just posted on the BLE - an updated in-depth guide to researching topics in the study of Religions, using bibliographic and full-text databases, and other electronic resources in SOAS and beyond. This also contains tips on internet research, managing your references and maintaining current awareness.
Go to the Library Information Skills pages of the BLE, look under Religions and the Research Guides tab

Resources for the study of religions: handout added to BLE

 A PDF guide "Resources for religions" has been added to the Library Information Skills section of the BLE. Go to Religions and look under Research Guides.
This is the handout from the demonstration given on 26th November. 


If you have any further queries, please contact me 
ms28@soas.ac.uk
Tel: 020-7898-4167

Study of Religions: Online resources demonstration (26th November)

Reminder: there will be a demonstration of online resources in SOAS Library for the study of religions taking place on Friday 26th November, between 1 and 2 p.m. in Room 379. This is suitable for all students. The classroom only accommodates about 12 people comfortably, so please let me know if you are planning to attend.

Mary Seeley - ms28@soas.ac.uk