Atla Religion Database

Atla Religion Database
ProducerAmerican Theological Library Association (United States)
Access
ProvidersEBSCO
CostSubscription
Coverage
DisciplinesTheology, religious studies
Format coverageJournal articles, essays, book reviews
Temporal coverage1949–present, with retrospective indexing for some journals back to the nineteenth century
Geospatial coverageGlobal
No. of recordsOver 2.1 million
Update frequencyMonthly
Links
Websitewww.atla.com/products/prodinfo/Pages/ATLA-RDB.aspx
Title list(s)www.atla.com/products/titles/Pages/default.aspx

The Atla Religion Database (ATLA RDB) is an index of academic journal articles in the area of religion.[1] It is updated monthly[2] and published by the American Theological Library Association. The database indexes articles, essays, and book reviews related to a wide range of scholarly fields related to religion. The database is available on a subscription basis through a database aggregator.

The total database includes over 3.0 million article citations from over 2,400+ journals.[3] There are more than a quarter of a million essay citations from more than 18,000 multi-author works. The number of book reviews is over half a million.[4] Atla indexes multi-author works, such as Festschriften and conference proceedings, with separate records for each essay.

  1. ^ Golderman, Gail; Connolly, Bruce (April 15, 2011). "Finding Religion". Library Journal. 136 (7): 120–126.
  2. ^ "ATLA Announces Monthly Updates and Major Product Enhancements". www.atla.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  3. ^ "Atla Religion Database® (Atla RDB®)". www.atla.com. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  4. ^ "ATLA Religion Database". American Theological Library Association. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2011.