Catholic Church Documents in the Atla Religion Database: A Guide to Indexing and Searching

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1 This article is a revised and expanded version of Barnaby Hughes’ half of a webinar presented with Joel Schorn entitled “Searching in Atla’s

Research Databases: Catholic Church Documents and Canon Law” on September 28, 2023. A recording of the webinar can be viewed at https://

www.atla.com/webinar/searching-in-atlas-research-databases-catholic�church-documents-and-canon-law/. All data and screenshots provided below were accurate at the time of the webinar.

2 Bret David Fearrien, “Searches among ATLA and Its Database Rivals: A Comparison Study of Search Results and Unique Results for Theological�Specific Research Questions,” Journal of Religious & Theological

Information 22:1 (2023), pp. 1-17. doi:10.1080/10477845.2022.2047381

3 Gerrit van Dyk, “Finding Religion: An Analysis of Theology LibGuides,”

Theological Librarianship 8:2 (2015), pp. 37-45. doi:10.31046/tl.v8i2.384

4 Kevin Davey and Matthew E. Moore, “Searching the ATLA CD-ROM,”

ATLA Summary of Proceedings 48 (1994), p. 207.

5 Dennis A. Norlin, “Ecumenicity and Electronic Publishing: ATLA and CLA in Partnership,” Catholic Library World 67:4 (1997), pp. 24-28.

6 Joseph Fennewald and Mary Elizabeth Moylan, “Preparing an Index Guide for CPLI CD-ROM,” Catholic Library World 67:4 (1997), pp. 29-33.

7 James Humble, Kathy Harty, Elyse Hayes and Andrew Kosmowski, “Catholic Documents 101: A Theological Librarian’s Guide to Identifying,

Locating, and Using the Documents of the Catholic Church,” ATLA

Summary of Proceedings 72 (2018), pp. 211-218. doi:10.31046/

proceedings.2018.122

8 See also Francis X. Blouin, Jr., Elizabeth Yakel, and Leonard A. Coombs,

“Vatican Archives: An Inventory and Guide to Historical Documents of

the Holy See—A Ten-Year Retrospective,” American Archivist 71:2 (2008),

pp. 410-432. doi:10.17723/aarc.71.2.d7h22h362311557g

9 https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/index_en.htm

10 When Atla purchased the Catholic Periodical & Literature Index (CPLI) in 2011 from the Catholic Library Association, the terms of the

sale only included the portion that had been produced as a database by Atla with coverage back to 1980. The portion of the index covering 1930-1979 remains in print only, although some volumes have been digitized

by Villanova University. In 2018, Atla ceased offering CPLI as a separate product and merged it into RDB.

11 http://www.cultodivino.va/content/cultodivino/it/rivista-notitiae.

html

12 Germany, however, is the only country whose states negotiate

individually with the Vatican.

13 Letters in this context does not refer to apostolic letters, but to the more informal correspondence between the pope and another individual.

14 “Special audiences” is another subdivision that has been discontinued.

15 https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2021/

november.index.html

16 https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/travels/2015/outside.index.html

17 https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/travels/2015/outside/documents/papa-francesco-cuba-usa-onu-2015.html

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