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Music & Worship Databases

Below are listed databases that are most helpful for finding resources in the field of music and worship. Click on a database title to access that database. Click on an information icon for more information about that database. Most of these databases are only accessible to current students, faculty, and staff of Covenant Seminary. Don't have access? See our list of free databases.

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Journal Articles
ATLA Religion highly recommended

The premier index in the field of religion and theology.

Topics: Biblical studies, religion, theology, anthropology, business, history, law, medicine, philosophy, psychology, sociology.

Sources: Journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews.

Indexing: 1,712 journal titles; 1881– present. 17,445 essay collections; 1960– present.

Full-Text: 186 titles. Also via other EBSCO databases and LinkSource

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Catholic Periodical and Literature Index

Topics: Biblical studies, theology, liturgy, church music, Catholic faith & life.

Sources: Roman Catholic periodicals, Papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers.

Indexing: 200 titles. 1981  present.

Full-Text: via other EBSCOhost databases and LinkSource

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Hymnody
Hymnary

Database of hymn texts, hymn tunes, hymn writers, and hymnals. Includes biographical information from sources such as the Psalter Hymnal Handbook and Julian's Dictionary of Hymnology.

Indexing: 43 hymnals, 11,129 texts, and 7,426 tunes.

Full-Text: 6,570 hymn texts, 1,511 full scores, and 8,595 media files.

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Hymn Tune Index

Index of hymn tunes from English-language hymns printed anywhere in the world before 1820.

Searchable by tune name, text contents, composer, or source.

Full-Text: None.

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Dictionary of North American Hymnology

Index of over 1 million hymns from 4,876 hymnals published in North America between 1640 and 1978.

Hymns can be searched by first line or author. Hymnals can be searched by title, publisher, date, denomination, etc.

Full-Text: None.

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