Links 2: Reference 
(esp. books & library catalogs); 
Macintosh; Misc.

These pages collect a fair number of links in areas of interest to me. It is an eclectic list (some would probably say that it was "idiosyncratic"!), but the larger part relate either to New Testament studies in one form or another or to Mac pages. It should go without saying that I do not endorse everything that you might find on these linked pages, but that's "life on the web"! For a listing of content-oriented pages (i.e., full-text articles, etc.) for NT study which are available on the web, see my specialized pages: Resources for NT Study.

On Links 1: (a related page on this site)
Greek	Biblical Studies	Christian Sites
Greek Fonts Textual Criticism MS Photos	New Testament General (theology, apologetics, OT, etc.)	Schools Organizations Other Christian Resources

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Research/Reference

Internet Resources in Religion and Theology, Duke Univ. Divinity School

Religion and Philosophy Research Guides, Boston University

ABZU: GUIDE TO RESOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET, A project and publication of  The Research Archives of the Oriental Institute, Chicago (Charles E. Jones)

Lists of Library Catalogs

Index of on-line catalogs of theological libraries (ATLA: American Theological Library Association)

Note: With this index now available, I will not attempt to maintain or expand the following list. The ATLA list is far more extensive and has the resources that I do not have to track and expand such a listing. A few items will remain here and other, smaller schools not included in the Index will be added from time to time.

Biblical Studies on the Web (list of theological library catalogs)

Boston University School of Theology's list of theological libraries (Boston area consortium & other theological libraries)

The Libraries of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Theological Library Association (SEPTLA) hold over 2,000,000 volumes in theology and related disciplines and are located in eastern Pennsylvania and central New Jersey.

Libdex, The Library Index

Libweb - Library WWW Servers

GABRIEL: The National Libraries of Europe (UK)

Online catalogs 'WWW' interfaces

Library Catalogs

SEPTLA libraries (South-East Pennsylvania Theological Library Assoc.), list of 13 member libraries and links to online catalogs for most of them (this consortium actually includes all of Eastern Penn. and central NJ, though it began in the Philadelphia area, thus the name "SE..."); holdings are over 2 million volumes of theological and biblical studies and related disciplines. A few of the SEPTLA libraries whose catalogs I use frequently are also listed below, flagged with *.

Baptist Bible College and Seminary* (Clarks Summit, PA; "home/host site" for these pages)

Westminster Theological Seminary Library*

Princeton Theological Seminary Library*

Lancaster Theological Seminary Library*

Luther Seminary Library, St. Paul, MN

Dallas Theological Seminary

The Masters Seminary Library

Calvin College and Seminary

Asbury Theological Seminary

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (Wake Forest, NC)

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

Duke Univ. Libraries

Andover-Newton Theological Seminary

University of Sheffield

Union Theological Seminary and General Theological Seminary (New York City) joint web catalog. Or use their text only search page.

Calvary Bapt. Theol. Seminary* (Lansdale, PA)

Central Baptist Seminary of Virginia Beach (library is not large, though they are one of the libraries that has a copy of my dissertation if you're looking for somewhere to borrow a copy via ILL--I'm sure that your numbers are legion!  :)  Of course now you can buy the book.

Eastern Baptist Seminary*

Evangelical Theological Seminary* (Myerstown, PA)

Library of Congress Home Page

Lib/Congress Search etc.

Marywood Univ. (Scranton) or via Telnet

    (From Marywood's public web site: Username: LIBPAC; Password: PAC; Login: library)

Univ/Scranton

THEOLDI: Documentation of Theological and Interdisciplinary Literature School of Theology at University of Innsbruck (Includes a searchable, online index of biblical and biblical-archaeological literature articles and monographs. Contains approximately 60,000 entries.)

OhioLINK Library Catalogs

Penn State Lib

U/TexasNetCAT

Brandeis Univ.

Andrews Univ lib cat

Cornerstone/GRBS lib

Cambridge University Library (Telnet) 

Cedarville University Library (now part of OhioLink)

InternetPublicLibrary

Internet Citations in Research

UK libraries (index of all UK library links)

UnCover Web (search engine for journal articles; search free; article delivery for fee)

BritishLibrary or try the new OPAC97 catalog

Books & Dissertations [See book price comparison sites below]

Amazon.com Books (or their British or German sites)

Barnes & Noble

AllDirect (very price competitive if they have it--worth checking)

CBD Books (Christian Book Distributers)

Eisenbrauns

Dove Booksellers

Westminster Seminary Bookstore

Great Christian Books

Schoenhof's Foreign Books

Buch+Medien Online (lists all German books in print)

"Contentville" Dissertations (UMI search & ordering service)

UMI: Dissertation Services

TREN (Theological Research and Exchange Network)

Price Comparison Book Buying Services 

(See below for other price comparison services.)

www.addall.com (This seems to be one of the best of such services and is the one I usually try first. They will search for new or used books.)

BookFinder4U (A new book finder/price comparison service, both new and/or used; seems fast; haven't used it much yet, but I'll keep an eye on it or a while as I run book searches.)

BookFinder ( This site will search for used books as well as new ones.)

Alibris book search

BestBookDeal

isbn.nu

BestBookBuys

http://www.dealpilot.com (Also seems quite good. Includes price comparison searches for many items, not just books.)

www.pricescan.com  

 

College textbooks: Internet dealers/sources (They carry a lot of biblical studies materials/resources.)

www.varsitybooks.com

www.bigwords.com

www.textbooks.com (now a redirect to a Barnes & Noble textbook page)

Publishers

Zondervan

Baker Book House (also see their "damaged books" sale page for great discounts)

SBL

Sheffield Academic Press

Tyndale House Publishers

Zondervan

Lockman Foundation

Booksellers of Scholarly Books in Theological, Historical, Ecclesiastical, & Biblical Studies (This is a web page that lists sources for the subject areas listed here; not updated since 1996, but still useful.)

Sage Digital Library

US Publishers' Catalogues

Publishers' Catalogues

Samovar Used Books

Online Sources of Texts

Alex: A Catalogue of Electronic Texts on the Internet (gopher)
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
EText Archive
Online Book Initiative (OBI) (gopher)
On-Line Books Page
On-Line Reference Books for Medieval Studies (ORB)
Oxford Text Archive (ftp)
Project Gutenberg
Project Wittenberg

Wiretap Online Library (gopher)

Web Research Info

TREN Home Page

Evaluating World Wide Web Information

Criteria for evaluation of Internet Information

Evaluation of information sources

Information Quality WWW

WWW Search Engines

ERIC database search

Journals

The LINGUIST List

Linguistics Abstracts

Computers & Texts

CTI Textual Studies

Other price comparison services

PriceWatch    ISBN (books)    DealTime     MySimon     BizRate     NexTag 

Some advice from the article "Smart Internet Shopping," by Adam C. Engst, TidBITS#608/10-Dec-01

"Price Watch is good for high-tech items like hard disks and RAM, our friend Glenn Fleishman's isbn.nu site is great for books, DealTime and mySimon and BizRate have worked well for standard consumer items, and my recent favorite has become NexTag. NexTag's database of products seems as extensive as the others, but what sets it apart is that it determines if you'll need to pay sales tax (based on your ZIP code) and adds in the retailers' shipping rates to provide the "true price." Since most low-price retailers hide some of their margin in shipping costs, and since sales tax can be significant on a high-ticket item, the "true price" is important. Don't get caught up in the assumption that a price comparison site's reported price is totally accurate - prices can change quickly."

For sources of "online coupons" useable at a variety of Internet retailers, check these pages:

DealNews    DailyEDeals    3rdCurrency    eDealFinder    Deal of the Day    USA Codes

This section is only sketchy; it contains misc. odds-n-ends that I've picked up, but this is not the primary focus of my pages.

News

U.S. News Online

Time magazine

WashingtonPost

Mercury Center

CNN Interactive

Misc. Web/Computer

Web color tables

10BASE-T Twisted-Pair

The Tripp Lite PowerZone

World Wide Web FAQ

HoaxBusters

Urban Legends

Spam, Scams etc. (MacInTouch report)

PoBox.com

Web BUILDER.COM

Mac & Windows-Related Items

This section is not updated nearly as often as it should be. Some of the links below may be out of date, but I haven't the time just now to update or delete them.

MacWindows (cross-platform integration solutions)

Version Tracker for Mac & Windows software

Mac News

MacInTouch * the premier Mac news page (IMHO!)

Mac Resource Page

Macintosh News Network

MacCentral!

MacFixIt/SadMacs

TidBITS Home Page

Apple

Apple Main Menu

QuickTime Software

The Apple Store (U.S.)

Apple Tech Info Library

Apple Spec Database (Replaces the former AppleFacts Online.)

Older Apple hardware: here or here

Apple Service Manuals

Apple: Technical Support Online

 

Mac & Windows Companies (Hardware and Software)

FileMaker Pro (Perhaps the best Windows/Mac cross-platform database; very powerful, fully relational, but very easy to learn with intuitive interface; if you're frustrated trying to learn Access, try FileMaker)

Eudora (one of the better email programs)

CharisMac! (Anubis)

Alsoft Home

La Cie

Symantec Corporation

Adobe Systems

APS Home Page

Microsoft

RealMedia

Online Vendors (Catalog/web, Mac & Windows)

ClubMac

PC/MacMall

PC/MacConnection

Small Dog Electronics

 

Software Sources, Mac & Windows (Online)

INFO-MAC WWWArchive

MacOrchard

Mac Orchard-Internet Helper Aps

Dartmouth (Fetch, etc.)

TuCows (NE Penn. [USA] mirror site--one of over 1,000 mirrors worldwide) 
[TuCows is one of the better sources for downloadable Mac & Windows software.]

Shareware.com

 

Mac-Specific Items

FreePPP Product Information Site

Mac Motherboard Battery Info

MemoryPrices

DataMemorySystems (DMS)

The Chip Merchant

RAMJET Memory

Used Mac stuff

Sun Remarketing

MacResQ

Misc sites

Calendar Conversions Overview

Cyber Cards : Electronic Internet Greeting Cards

MasterCard

WOOD Online

Mars Pathfinder

Cardmaster

Disability Connection

Kelley Blue Book

ZIP Code Lookup

UPS Quick Cost Calculator

Rec.Travel Library

Interactive Weather Browser

Barry's Clip Art Server

What does your phone number spell?

E-GreetingCards

Virtual Florist

IRS forms.index.html

The Woodworking Catalog

Switchboard Home Page

USPostal Service

ATandT Toll-Free Internet Directory

Long Distance AREA DECODER

MapQuest! Welcome!

Weather/Scranton

Weather.US index

BigBook "YellowPages" search

BigBook Map

Rec.Travel Library

Interactive Weather Browser

Weather Map (Purdue)

Government

The National Fraud Information Center

US House of Representatives

US Senate

The White House

 

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Please note that this is not a "portal site"; I get no financial remuneration from any of the links included on any of these pages. They are selected for the content they provide, not for my financial profit.

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