CD-ROM Resources
The Library's holdings include hundreds of CD-ROMs. Patrons may borrow most of them, but several CD-ROM reference tools are installed on library computers for general use. There are three workstations in the ready reference area and one in the periodical room.
The CD-ROMs that may be borrowed are usually software programs that supplement books in the collection. Books with accompanying software have a special label on the front to alert patrons that this software is available. These CD-ROM products are not listed on this page.
BibleWorks
Contains common Bible reference materials (lexicons, dictionaries, timelines) and texts (ancient and modern) in an easily searchable format. Simple or complex searches may be performed in Greek, Hebrew, and English. Lexical information is connected directly to the Bible text.
Location: Reference workstations #1-3, Periodicals workstation
Christian Classics and Historical Works
Includes Augustine's Confessions, Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion and Commentaries, and Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews, Concerning Hades, Flavius Josephus Against Apion, Life of Flavius Josephus, and Wars of the Jews.
Location: Periodicals workstation
Church Fathers
Includes Anti-Nicene Fathers, Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers 2nd series.
Location: Periodicals workstation
Classic Baptist Books
Contains 115 full-text books, many of which are out of print and unavailable to the general public. Provided by Roger Williams Heritage Archive and Maranatha Baptist Bible College.
Location: Reference workstations #1-2
Columbia World of Quotations
Contains 65,000 quotations with multiple search options for locating, verifying, or researching quotations and those who said them.
Location: Reference workstation #3
E-Sword
Provides Biblical texts and reference materials for simple and in-depth searching or study.
Location: Reference workstations #1-3
ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center)
Allows basic searching of ERIC, the world's premier database of journal and non-journal education literature.
Location: Reference workstation #3 (covers 1986-2000), Periodicals workstation (covers 1966-2000)
Gallup Poll Cumulative Index
Most comprehensive single source of American opinion. Captures the constantly shifting opinions and perceptions of Americans over much of the twentieth century.
Location: Reference workstations #1-3
History of the Christian Church
Classic by Philip Schaff. Recounts the history of the Christian church from the time of the Apostles through the Reformation. Includes the illustrations from the print version. Includes Power Search and lists of topics, authors, and issues.
Location: Periodicals workstation
Journal of Biblical Counseling
Contains the full text from the Journal of Biblical Counseling from 1977-2000. Browse by topic, author, or issue. Includes Power Search.
Location: Periodicals workstation
Library Collection
Features hundreds of full-text classic books and short stories by 162 authors from Louisa May Alcott and Horatio Alger to Jules Verne and Virginia Woolf. Search by author and then title.
Location: Reference workstations #1-2
Libronix Digital Library Collection
Provides overviews of the various Theological Journal Library versions in addition to Scripture and journal searching and cross-referencing.
Location: Periodicals workstation
Logos Library System
Includes the KJV, Westminster Catechisms and Confession of Faith, and the Works of Cornelius Van Til.
Location: Reference workstations #1-2
Master Christian Library
Volume 1 includes 7 Bible translations, several ancient texts, biographies, fiction, and classic Christian works on ministry, theology, inspiration, and holiness. Also includes an illustration/quotation collection and set of classic maps. Volume 2 includes the King James Version with Strong's numbers along with several classic Bible reference works.
Location: Reference workstation #3
Masterplots (Salem Press)
21 sets of literary reference books (12,000 entries) from Salem's Masterplots line. All entries include ready-reference information and most include a bibliography. Information is divided into seven convenient indexes: Title, Author, Text, Locale, Genre, Subject, and Principal Characters.
Location: Reference workstation #3
NET Bible
Bible translation completed by more than 25 scholars directly from the best currently available Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic texts. Includes 60,932 translators' notes.
Location: Reference workstations #1-2
New Millennium World Atlas Deluxe (Rand McNally)
Allows users to look at the world from a bird's-eye view or zoom in to a detailed map of a selected city. Gives information on the geography, culture, natural history, climate, and political history of selected locations. Statistics and geographical stories about areas of interest are also provided.
Location: Reference workstation #3
New Testament Abstracts
Provides indexes of NT Abstracts and book notices from 1977-2000. Arranged by subject and Scripture section.
Location: Periodicals workstation
Online Bible
Includes many classic works such as Strong's numbers and definitions, Thompson chain topics, Bible maps and charts, Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Easton's Bible Dictionary, an interlinear Greek-English New Testament, and over a dozen English translations of the Bible.
Location: Reference workstations #1-2, Periodicals workstation
Scribner Writers' Series
Includes full-text essays on all articles in the Scribner Writers' Series print series. Contains an in-depth search engine, research ideas, an alphabetical list of authors and articles, and a dictionary of literary terms.
Location: Reference workstation #3
Sermon File
Includes over 35,000 records indexing sermons contained in books in our library collection. Searchable by Scripture passage or preacher name.
Location: Reference workstations #2-3
Spurgeon Library (AGES Software)
Includes the entire 63 volumes of the Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit and over 70 of Spurgeon's books, writings, and other publications.
Location: Reference workstation #3
Theological Journal Library CD (Galaxie Software)
Offers quick access to a library of essential theological journals, including Bibliotheca Sacra 1955-1997, Grace Theological Journal 1960-1991, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 1978-1997, and Westminster Theological Journal 1980-1997.
Location: Periodicals workstation
Twayne's English Authors (G.K. Hall/Macmillan)
Contains approximately 200 titles in their entirety from the acclaimed Twayne's English Authors Series. Offers criticism by scholars on hundreds of years of literature. Includes timelines of key events and bibliographies of primary and secondary works.
Location: Reference workstation #3
Twayne's United States Authors (G.K. Hall/Macmillan)
Contains approximately 200 titles in their entirety from the acclaimed Twayne's United States Authors Series. Offers criticism by scholars on hundreds of years of literature.
Location: Reference workstation #3