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- My Virtual Reference Desk contains links to national and international newspapers and radio stations among other useful resources.
- American Religion Data Archive collects quantitative data sets for the study of American religion. .
- Barna Research Online offers information and analysis regarding cultural trends and the Christian church.
- Background Notes, from the U.S. State Department, provides information on geographic entities and international organizations.
- Bartelby.com is the preeminent source for quotations from a large variety of fiction and nonfiction sources, including the Bible.
- BBC Radio Religion and Ethics is the British Broadcasting Company's news in the world of religion and ethics. It also hosts daily prayer, choral liturgies from historic churches as well as web boards.
- Childrens Literature: A Resource for Ministry This site represents the work of students, faculty and staff involved in graduate theological education at Union Theological Seminary – Presbyterian School of Christian Education (Union-PSCE) with campuses in Charlotte, NC and Richmond, VA.
- Citing Electronic Resources with links to the approved MLA and APA approved style books.
- Congregational Resource Guide The Alban Institute and the Indianapolis Center for Congregations have created the Congregational Resource Guide to help congregational leaders connect with resources they need to gain insight into problems and encourage transformation in their communities of faith.
- Country Studies, a series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress.
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- Encyclopedia of Religion and Society from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research.
- ELCA News Service for current and archived news releases, photographs, news worthy events in audio and video formats.
- Faith Communities Today, a research and educational program of 42 faith groups directed by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research.
- Foundation Center. Information for grant seekers.
- Gallup Polls and studies on topics related to the religious practices of Americans from the Princeton Religious Research Organization
- Global Ethics Globethics.net is a global network of persons and institutions interested in various fields of applied ethics. It offers access to a large number resources on ethics, especially through its leading global digital ethics library.
- Hartford Institute for Religion Research for polls, articles, and studies in the sociology of religion.
- Insight into Religion Use this as an entryway into the findings and resources of major religion projects and organizational websites. See the impressive list of affiliates.
- Interactive Citizens' Handbook, your gateway to government offices and agencies in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the U.S. federal government.
- Internet Guide to Religion A selective, annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources of interest to those who are involved in the study and practice of religion: syllabi, electronic texts, electronic journals, web sites, bibliographies, liturgies, reference resources, software, etc. from the Wabash Center.
- Martin Marty Center the Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion at the University of Chicago.
- National Study of Youth and Religion The National Study of Youth and Religion is a research project being conducted at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill under the direction of Dr. Christian Smith, Professor in the Department of Sociology. This 4-year project, funded by Lilly Endowment, Inc., began in August 2001 and will continue until August 2005.
- Online Newspapers from all over the world and every state in the union.
- Resources for American Christianity to better understand the impact, trends, and trajectories of Christianity in American society--data, essays, interviews, study guides on projects funded by Lilly Endowment
- Religion in the News from the center for Religion and media at New York University
- Research in Ministry RIM® Online is a freely available database that indexes DMin and DMiss projects from reporting schools of theology accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.
- Supreme Court Decisions, includes a link to a collection of historic decisions.
- Thomas legislative information on the Internet.
- United Nations studies and documents.
- U.S. Census Bureau for demographic studies.
- U.S. Congregational Life Survey is the largest and most representative profile of worshipers and their congregations ever developed in the United States.
- World Council of Churches Libraries of the Ecumenical Center and the Bossey Ecumenical Institute includes holdings from the library of the Lutheran World Federation. You may search the catalog online.
- World Factbook from the CIA.
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