Guides: Theology & Religions: Books

General Catalog Searching

Finding Books

Below are links to four search engines especially suited to the humanities and theology:

HoyaSearch
For access to books in both paper and digital forms (but also to just about everything else in the library) try HoyaSearch. You are given three general search options.
- The most robust is the program's default to "GU + Consortium + Articles". This option will search through all Georgetown and WRLC holdings, plus materials that are held in our databases. After you run the search, you will be presented with a list of items that match your search criteria and also, to the left, a list of possible restrictions for narrrowing your search.
- For only Georgetown resources, Select "GU only"
- Choose the last option for materials that are on course reserves.

WorldCat.org This link opens in a new window
Most helpful in getting a sense of the breadth of a field beyond Georgetown and WRLC holdings, that can then be borrowed through Inter-Library and Consortium loan services
HathiTrust This link opens in a new window
HathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
To login to Georgetown's instance of HathiTrust click on the large yellow "Log In" button. Select "Georgetown University" as your partner institution and click "Continue". Once prompted, login in using your NetID and password.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Provides access to scholarly journals in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics and many others. Full text is available for titles marked with a green arrow.

Choice Reviews Online This link opens in a new window
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries is the premier source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education. Each year Choice publishes more than 7,000 reviews.
New York Review of Books This link opens in a new window
Full text of the New York Review of Books from the first issue in 1963 to the present.

Search across all consortium resources with HoyaSearch!

Project Muse This link opens in a new window Provides access to scholarly journals in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics and many others. Full text is available for titles marked with a green arrow.

ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new window ProQuest EBook Central offers access to thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects. Ebook Central is the successor to ebrary and EBL. A valid GU NetID is required for access.