Online Research Resources Updated 28 Oct 2013 Page 1 of 27

Online Research Resources Updated 28 Oct 2013 Page 1 of 27

Online Research Resources

Updated: May 14, 2012

Compiled by

Marvin Gilbert, EdD

A Research Resource Developed for

Pan Africa Theological Seminary

Copyright

© Marvin Gilbert 2011

Contents

Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Major Collections

Portals for Open-Access ETDs from Multiple Universities

University Offering African Studies Programmes (not indexed in the larger collections above)

Selected South African Universities: For Researchers Searching Individual Collections

Open-Access Journals in Five Disciplines

Biblical Studies, Religion, and Theology

Education

Leadership

Missions, Anthropology, and African Studies

Research Journals

Open-Access Journals in French

Pentecostal Research Resources

Track-Specific Websites of Interest to Doctoral Researchers

Education

Hermeneutics-Biblical Theology

Leadership

Missions

Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Major Collections[1]

Portals for Open-Access ETDs from Multiple Universities

English ETDs / Description of the Collection

1. Networked Digital Libraryof Theses and Dissertations

Choose “Scirus ETD Search”: start at“Basic Search”
/ Multi-lingual ETD collection—including some ETDs in French
75 universities and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary,
plus 3 large consortiums (some African universities included)
“transformational leadership” (2,682) “Adult learners” (4,437)
“Africa church” (17,070) “Scripture interpretation” (6,658)

1. National ETD Portal

/ Consortium of 15 South African Universities (see next page for examples)
“transformational leadership” (979) “adult learners” (1,949)
“mission” (107) “Pentecostal” (50)

1. Theses Canada–English (choose “Electronic Theses”)

/ Consortium of68 Canadian universities [2]
“transformational leadership” (173) “adult learners” (311)
“Africa” (1,697) “theology” (2,179) “Pentecostal” (296)

1. EthOS

/ Consortium of 61 universities and Oxford Centre for Missions Studies
“transformational leadership” (70) “adult learners” (88)
“Africa” (1,568) “theology” (906) “Pentecostal” (67)

1. DART-Europe

/ Consortium of 410 European universities [298,363 total]
“transformational leadership” (24) “adult learners” (60)
“Africa” (1,328) “theology” (450) “Pentecostal” (35)

1. Trove: National Library of Australia

/ Consortium of Australian universities andseminaries[60,653 total]
“transformational leadership” (147) “adult learners” (161)
“Africa” (386) “theology” (366) “Pentecostal” (24)

1. NARCIS

/ Consortium of 22 Dutch universities (many in English)
“transformational leadership” (6) “adult learners” (5)
“Africa” (352) “theology” (74) “Pentecostal” (27)
French ETDs / Description of the Collection

1. theses.fr
   (tick “Uniquement les thèses soutenues accessibles en ligne”)

/ Consortium of an undisclosed number of French universities
“Afrique” (1,204) “theologie” (473) “Pentecostal” (9)

1. Theses Canada–French:(choose “Thèses électroniques”)

/ Consortium of 68 Canadian universities
“Afrique” (1,041) “theologie” (444)

Additional Resources for Scholars

1. PhD Data

/ Dissertations in progress: various disciplines and nations
“Africa” (65) “leadership” (29) “higher education” (17)

1. Theological Research Exchange Network

/ Herm/Bib Theo and Missions searches:Up to $15.00 per title
“Search for Theses/Dissertations” add “keyword in title”
“Africa” (39) “transformational leadership” (4) “missions” (87)

1. Social Science Research Network

/ No ETD’s: Academic papers, conference proceedings, etc.

University Offering African Studies Programs

University / Characteristics
Emory University

These ETDs are not indexed in the larger collections above. / “transformational leadership” (10) “adult education” (31)
“Africa” (42) “theology” (42)

Selected South African Universities:

For Researchers Desiring to Search Individual Collections[3]

Name of University or Portal / Examples of PAThS-Friendly Items in the Collection
Free State (University of the) / “theology” (9) “leadership” (3)
Johannesburg (University of) / “theology” (90) “transformational leadership” (52)
North-West University / “theological education” (5) “curses” (60)
“servant leadership” (10) “missionaries” (102)
Pretoria (University of) / “theological education” (2 in English)
“theological” (17) “missions” (4)
Rhodes University / “theological education” (31) “curses” (42)
Stellenbosch University / “servant leadership” (30) “curses” (196)
“theological education” (34) “missionaries” (237)
UNISA / “leadership” (836) “theology” (430)
Western Cape (University of the) / “theology” (25) “leadership” (26)

Open-Access Journals[4] in Five Disciplines

Biblical Studies, Religion, and Theology[5]

Acta Theologica ISSN: 10158758 Year started: 2009

American Theological Inquiry ISSN: 19422709 Year started: 2008

Approaching Religion ISSN: 17993121 Year started: 2011

Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies ISSN: 01188534 Year started: 1998

Australian e-Journal of Theology ISSN: 14486326 Year started: 2003

Biblica: The Pontifical Biblical Institute's Journal ISSN 00060887 First year available online: 1998

Bible and Critical Theory, The ISSN: 18323391
Year started: 2004

Christian Ethics Today No ISSN Year started: 1995

Common Ground Journal ISSN: 15479129 Year started 2003

Cyberjournal for Pentecostal-Charismatic Research ISSN: 15231216
Year started: 1997

Denver Journal: An Online Review of Current Biblical and Theological Studies ISSN: d0000900
Year started: 1998

Evangelical Quarterly, The Year started: 1929 (current volumes will be 5 years old; publisher adapting to open access)

Filogía Neotestamentaria ISSN 0214 2996 First year available online:1994 (vol. 7)

Global Journal of Classical Theology ISSN 1521-6055 Year started: 1998.

Harvard Divinity Bulletin ISSN: 00178047
Year started: 2001

Homiletic: A Review of Publications in Religious Communication
ISSN: 07380534 Year started: 2008

Hope’s Reason: A Journal of Apologetics ISSN: 19238185
Year started: 2010

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
ISSN: 02599422 Year started: 2002

Journal for Christian Theological Research
ISSN: 10871624 Year started: 1996

Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory (See Missiology collection in Online Research Resources)

Journal for the Study of Religion ISSN: 10117601
First year available online: 2001 (vol. 14)

Journal of Hebrew Scriptures ISSN: 12031542 Year started: 1996

Journal of Latin American Hermeneutics ISSN: 16682610
Year started: 2004

Journal of Southern Religion ISSN: 10945253 Year started: 1998

Kairos: Evangelical Journal of Theology ISSN: 18464599
Year started: 2007

Master’s Seminary Journal ISSN #10663959 Year started: 1990.

McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry ISSN 14810794 First year available online: 2008.

Methodist Review ISSN: 1946-5254
Year started: 2009 (free access after free registration)

Practical Matters ISSN: 21552355 Year started: 2009

Religions ISSN: 20771444 Year started: 2010

Review of Biblical Literature ISSN: 10990046 Year started: 1970
(Not a journal: RBL provides extensive book reviews of Bible-related texts)

Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion
ISSN: d0000989 Year started: 1999

Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations ISSN: 19303777
Year started: 2005

TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism ISSN: 10897747 Year started: 1996

Themelios Year started: 1975.

Theological Librarianship ISSN: 19378904
Year started: 2008

Education

Adult Education and Development ISSN: 03427633 Year started: 2000

African Symposium, The ISSN: TX6342323 Year started: 2001

Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis
ISSN: 08905118 Year started: 2004

ASEAN Journal of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education
ISSN: 19855826 Year started: 2009

Australian Educational Researcher ISSN: 03116999
Year started: 2003

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology ISSN: 13240781 Year started: 1985

Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology ISSN: 14465442 Year started: 2001

Brock Education : A Journal of Educational Research and Practice
ISSN: 11831189 Year started: 2003

Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education
ISSN: 19169221 Year started: 2008 (free access after free registration)

Canadian Journal of Higher Education ISSN: 03161218 Year Started: 2007

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology ISSN: 14996677
Year started: 2002

Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education ISSN: 03189090 Year started: 2009

Christian Perspectives in Education ISSN: 2159807X
Year started: 2007

College Quarterly, The ISSN: 11954353 Year started: 1993

Complicity : An International Journal of Complexity and Education ISSN: 17105668
Year started: 2004
(free access after free registration)

Concept : The Journal of Contemporary Community Education Practice Theory
ISSN: 13591983 Year started: 2010

Current Issues in Comparative Education
ISSN: 15231615 Year started: 1998

Current Issues in Education ISSN: 1099839X
Year started: 1998

Educate~ ISSN: 14775557 Year started: 2001

Education Research International ISSN: 20904002 Year started: 2011

Education Review ISSN: 10945296 Year started: 2002
(Book review and essay articles only)

Educause Quarterly ISSN: 15285324 Year started: 2000

Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology ISSN: 16962095 Year started: 2003

Ethiopian Journal of Education and Sciences ISSN: 19988907
Year started: 2005

European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults
ISSN: 20007426 Year started: 2010

Higher Education in Review ISSN: 15565424
Year started: 2004

Higher Education Perspectives ISSN: 17101530
Year started: 2004

In Education ISSN: 17082749 Year available online: 2009

Innovate : Journal of Online Education ISSN: 15523233
Year started: 2004

InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies ISSN: 15483320 Year started: 2004

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning ISSN: 15415015 Year started: 2006

International Education Journal ISSN: 14431475 Year started: 1999

International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning
ISSN: 12069620 Year started: 1997 (inactive since 2010; seeking new sponsorship)

International Journal for Educational Integrity
ISSN: 18332595 Year started: 2005

International Journal of Multicultural Education
ISSN: 19345267 Year started: 2007

International Journal of Research Studies in Education ISSN: 22437703 Year started: 2012
(free access after free registration)

International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
ISSN: 18129129 Year started: 2005

International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education ISSN: 18382959 Year started: 2010

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
ISSN: 14923831 Year started: 2000

ISRN Education ISSN: 20908652 Year started: 2012

Issues in Educational Research ISSN: 03137155 Year started: 1991

Journal of Academic and Business Ethics ISSN: 1941336X
Year started: 2009.

Journal of Case Studies in Accreditation and Assessment
ISSN: 19413386 Year started: 2008

Journal of Case Studies in Education ISSN: 19496427
Year started: 2011

Journal of Distance Education ISSN: 08300445 Year started: 1986

Journal of Education for International Development
ISSN: 15542262 Year started: 2005

Journal of Educational and Social Research ISSN:22400524 Year started: 2011

Journal of Educational Enquiry ISSN: 14445530
Year started: 2000

Journal of Educational Research ISSN: 10279776
Year started: 2006

Journal of Educational Technology & Society ISSN: 14364522 Year started: 1998

Journal of Extension ISSN: 00220140 Year started: 1978

Journal of Higher Education Outreach & Engagement ISSN: 15346102 Year started: 1996

Journal of Institutional Research (South-East Asia)
ISSN: 16756061 Year started: 2002 (click “Journal” and issue to download the pdf file)

Journal of Learning Design ISSN: 18328342 Year started: 2005

Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education ISSN: 1759667X Year started: 2009

Journal of Pedagogic Development ISSN: 20473257
Year started: 2011

Journal of Pedagogy
ISSN: 1338-2144 Year started: 2010

Journal of Pedagogy and Psychology “Signum Temporis” ISSN: 16914929 Year started: 2008

Journal of Peer Learning ISSN: 22002359 Year started: 2008
(formerly the Australasian Journal of Peer Learning: ISSN: 18364306)

Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning ISSN: 15279316
Year started: 2000

Journal of Teaching and Learning ISSN: 14921154
Year started: 2001

Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice ISSN: 14499789
Year started: 2004

McGill Journal of Education ISSN: 19160666 Year started: 2005

Mentor, The: An Academic Advising Journal ISSN: 15212211
Year started: 1999

Montana Professor, The Year started: 1999 (no ISSN)

New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development ISSN: 19394225
Year started: 1987

Open Education Journal ISSN: 18749208
Year started: 2008

Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation ISSN 15317714
Year started: 1999

Radical Pedagogy ISSN: 15275558 Year started: 1999

Reflecting Education ISSN: 17469082
Year started: 2005

Research in Higher Education Journal ISSN: 19413432
Year started: 2008

South African Journal of Education
ISSN 02560100 Year started: 1981

Studies in Learning, Evaluation, Innovation and Development
ISSN: 18322050 Year started: 2004

TESL - EJ ISSN: 10724303 Year started: 1994

TESL Canada Journal ISSN: 0826435X
Year started: 1984

World Journal of Education ISSN: 19250746
Year started: 2011 (free access after free registration)

Leadership

Academic Leadership ISSN: 15337812 Year started: 2000

Advancing Women in Leadership ISSN: 10937099
Year started: 1997

Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy
ISSN: 12077798 Year started: 1995

E Journal of Organizational Learning and Leadership
ISSN: d0000925 Year started: 2002

Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organization Studies ISSN: 12392685
Year started: 1996

Emerging Leadership Journeys ISSN: 19414684
Year started: 2008

Inner Resources for Leaders
Year started: 2009 ISSN: 19422989

International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning
ISSN: 12069620 Year started: 1997 (inactive)

International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership 15555062 Year started: 2006

International Journal of Leadership Studies ISSN: 15543145 Year started: 2005

International Journal of Teacher Leadership ISSN: 19349726
Year started: 2008 (inactive)

Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management
ISSN: 19300158 Year started: 1999

Journal of Biblical Perspectives in Leadership
ISSN: 19414692 Year started: 2008

Journal of Leadership Education ISSN: 15529045
Year started: 2002

Journal of Management and Strategy ISSN: 19233965
Year started: 2010

Journal of Religious Leadership ISSN: 1935-7060 Year started: 2002
(articles are open-access12 months after the most current issue)

Journal of Values-based Leadership
ISSN: 19480773 Year started: 2008

Leadership: The Chair Academy Journal
(archived issues and other web-based resources available)

M@n@gement ISSN: 12864892 Year started: 1998

Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration
ISSN: 15563847 Year started: 1998

Research and Practice in Human Resource Management ISSN: 02185180
Year started: 1993

Strategic Leadership Review ISSN: 21645108 Year started: 2011

Back issues of the Journal of Leadership Studies are available online (free) at:

Missions, Anthropology, and African Studies

Advances in Anthropology ISSN: 21639353 Year started: 2011

Africa Spectrum ISSN: 00020397 Year started: 2009

African Anthropologist ISSN: 10240969 First year available online: 1999

African Nebula ISSN: 18377963 Year started: 2010

African Sociological Review ISSN: 10274332 Year started: 2006

African Studies Quarterly: The Online Journal for African Studies
ISSN: 10932658 Year started: 1999

Akademika ISSN: 01265008 Year started: 2006

Anthropological Notebooks
ISSN: 1408032X Year started: 2006

Anthropological Review ISSN: 18986773
Year started: 2007)

Anthropology Matters Journal ISSN: 17586453
Year started: 1999

Antrocom: Online Journal of Anthropology ISSN: 19732880 Year started: 2005

Asian Social Science ISSN: 19112017 Year started: 2008

Canadian Journal of African Studies
ISSN: 19233051 Year started: 1967

Childhood in Africa: An Interdisciplinary Journal
ISSN: 19486502 Year started: 2009

Cross-Cultural Communication ISSN: 17128358
Year started: 2005

Culture and Society: Journal of Social Research ISSN: 20294573
Year started: 2010

Current Research Journal of Social Science
ISSN: 20413238 Year started: 2009

Diversities
ISSN: 20796595 Year started: 2010 (formerly International Journal on Multicultural Societies)

Durham Anthropological Journal ISSN: 17422930
Year started: 2004

Ethne: Online Journal for Pentecostal and Missional Leadership ISSN: 2071940X
(Year started not stated)

Gefame: Journal of African Studies Year started: 2004
(ISSN number not stated)

Global Missiology ISSN: ____ Year started: 2003

International Journal of Frontier Missions ISSN:07432429 Year started: 1984.

International Journal of Modern Anthropology ISSN:17378176 Year started: 2008

International Journal of Religious Freedom ISSN: 20705484 Year started: 2008

ISRN AIDS ISSN: 2090939X Year started: 2012
(new journal; no articles published as of 13 May 2012)

Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory ISSN: 15305228 Year started: 1999

Journal of Applied Missiology

Journal of Anthropology ISSN: 20904045 Year started: 2011

Journal of Asia Pacific Studies
ISSN: 19480091 Year started: 2009

Journal of Asian Missions ISSN: 01193228
Year started: 1999

Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology ISSN: 20680317
Year started: 2010

Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics ISSN: 17366518
Year started: 2007

Journal of Intercultural Communication ISSN: 14041634
Year started: 1999

Journal of International Women’s Studies ISSN: 15398706
Year started: 2000

Journal of Pan African Studies ISSN: 08886601 Year started: 1987

Journal of Religion and Popular Culture ISSN: d0000983
Year started: 2002

Journal of Religion and Society ISSN: 15225658 Year started: 1999

Journal of World Christianity
ISSN: 19431538 Year started: 2008

Michigan Discussions in Anthropology ISSN: 01937804
Year started: 1971

Middle East Studies ISSN: 21099618 Year started: 2009

Nordic Journal of African Studies ISSN: 12354481 Year started: 1992
(English, French, Kiswahili)

Open Anthropology Journal ISSN: 18749127
Year started: 2008

Open Family Studies Journal ISSN: 18749224
Year started: 2008

Oral Tradition ISSN: 08835365 Year started: 1986

Quotidian: Dutch Journal for the Study of Everyday Life ISSN: 1879534X
Year started: 2009

Sahara-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance

(somewhat older issues are available open access)

Studies in Gender and Development in Africa ISSN: 08559449
Year started: 2007

Studies in Social Justice ISSN: 19114788
Year started: 2007

Studies of Tribes and Tribals ISSN: 0972639X
Year started: 2003

Swahili-Forum ISSN: 16142373 Year started: 1994

Transcience: A Journal of Global Studies ISSN: 21911150
Year started: 2010

Transit ISSN: 15519627 Year started: 2005

Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies
ISSN: 21505802 Year started: 2009

Vis-à-vis : Explorations in Anthropology ISSN: 12034274
Year started: 2008

See also the journals and non-peer-reviewed periodicals listed in the Mislinks website: Some of the subscription journals listed provide limited free-access to their articles. Magazines and bulletins may offer also be free access.

African journals dealing with psychological and related issues: All open access
(see African Journals Online:

• African Journal of Psychiatry
• African Journal on Conflict Resolution
• African Sociological Review / Revue Africaine de Sociologie
• Edo Journal of Counselling
• South African Journal of Psychiatry
• Studies in Gender and Development in Africa

Research Journals

AIDS Research and Treatment ISSN: 20901240 Year Started: 2010

Forum: Qualitative Social Research ISSN: 14385627
Year started: 2000

International Journal of Qualitative Methods
ISSN: 16094069 Year started: 2002 University of Alberta

Journal of Research Practice ISSN: 1712851X Year started: 2005
Athabasca University (Canada)

Qualitative Report, The ISSN: 10520147
Year started: 1990 School of Social and Systemic Studies—Nova Southeastern University

Qualitative Studies ISSN: 19037031
Year started: 2010 Aalborg University (Denmark)

Reconceptualizing Educational Research Methodology
ISSN: 1892042X Year started: 2010

Survey Research Methods ISSN: 18643361 Year started: 2007

Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry ISSN: 13096591
Year started: 2010

Open-Access Journals in French[6]

Activités ISSN: 17652723 Year started: 2004
Subject: Psychology

Adult Education and Development
ISSN: 03427633 Year started: 2000 (free access after free registration)

African Population Studies ISSN: 08505780 Year started: 1994

ALSIC : Apprentissage des Langues et Systèmes d'Information et de Communication
ISSN: 12864986 Year started: 1998

Altérités ISSN: 12058009 Year started: 2002

Articulo : Journal of Urban Research ISSN: 16614941
Year started: 2005

Ateliers du LESC ISSN: 12451436 Year started: 2005

Bulletin des bibliothèques de France ISSN: 00062006 Year started: 1985

Bulletin du Centre de Recherche Français de Jérusalem
ISSN: 20755287 Year started: 1997

Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics
ISSN: 1481868X Year started: 1998

Canadian Journal of Higher Education ISSN: 03161218 Year Started: 2007

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology
ISSN: 14996677 Year started: 2002

Cercles : Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone ISSN: 12928968
Year started: 2001

Child Health and Education : An Interdisciplinary Journal ISSN: 19117558 Year started: 2009

CogniTextes ISSN: 19585322 Year started: 2007

COnTEXTES : Revue de Sociologie de la Littérature ISSN: 1783094X
Year started: 2006

Développement Durable et Territoires ISSN: 17729971
Year started: 2002

DistanceS ISSN: 12056944 Year started: 1996

Diversité et Identité Culturelle en Europe ISSN: 20670931
Year started: 2008

Éducation et Francophonie ISSN: 08491089
Year started: 1996

Enfances, Familles, Générations ISSN: 17086310
Year started: 2004

Essachess : Journal for Communication Studies
ISSN: 20665083 Year started: 2008

Ethnographiques.org ISSN: 19619162 Year started: 2002

Évangile 21 ISSN: 14244489 Year started:

Frantice.net ISSN: 21105324 Year started: 2010

Genre & Histoire ISSN: 21025886 Year started: 2007

Global Media Journal : Canadian Edition ISSN: 19185901
Year started: 2008

Histoire@politique ISSN: 19543670 Year started: 2007

Les Ateliers de l’Éthique
ISSN: 17189977 Year started: 2006

Mélanges CRAPEL ISSN: 00772712 Year started: 1970

Recherches Sociologiques et Anthropologiques
ISSN: 17821592 Year started: 2006