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Catholic Periodical and Literature Index   RefWorks Enabled

http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=vah

1981- .

Indexes articles from over 200 Catholic periodicals. Also includes Papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers. This index is also available in print in the Woodstock Theological Center Library (Lower Level of the Lauinger Library), at the call number Ref 051 CAP. Woodstock has the entire run, which actually consists of three publications: The Guide to Catholic Literature. v. 1 (1888-1940)--8 (1964-1967) The Catholic Periodical Index. v. 1 (1930-1933)--13 (1965-1966) which combined to form The Catholic Periodical and Literature Index. v. 14 (1967-1968)--

Background Information

Encyclopedias

Catholic Encyclopedia  

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/index.html

1907-

12 ed. online.

Handbooks

New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought  

Location: WTCL 261.03 / D978 / N4 REF

New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality  

Location: WTCL 248.03 / D758 / N4 REF; Lau Ref BX2350.65 .N49 1993

Internet Resources

Digital Archives

Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation  

http://0-www.alexanderstreet2.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/dlcrlive/

1500 - 1700

Full-text collection of 16th- and 17th-century Catholic papal and synodal decrees, catechisms and inquisitorial manuals, biblical commentaries, theological treatises and systems, liturgical writings, saints' lives and devotional works.

Vatican Council II Documents  

http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/

Multiple translations of the Second Vatican Council’s 16 documents.

Web Sites

Catholic Studies Database  

http://www.stthomas.edu/cathstudies/webindex/

Comprehensive gateway to Catholic sources, primarily on social theology issues, sponsored by the John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought and the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.

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