Some may know that EBSCO is now marketing the Christian Periodical Index. I was recently offered an opportunity to try CPI at Boston University. I won’t comment on the quality of the indexing here, but thought it helpful to identify the overlap titles that are indexed in other products we license (ATLA Religion Database, EBSCOhost Religion and Philosophy Collection, and Catholic Periodical and Literature Index.)
I gathered titles and issn from the American Theological Library Association and EBSCO web sites to use for comparison. For consistency, I tried to use figures based on currently indexed titles. Both the ATLA Religion Database and the Catholic Periodical and Literature Index include titles that are not currently indexed. For these purposes, the ATLA Religion Database claims to index 506 titles, Catholic Periodical and Literature Index claims to index 181 titles, and EBSCO includes 308 titles.
CPI indexes 133 titles according to the list published on their web site. Of those titles, 50 (38%) titles are also indexed by one of the three indexes we already license and 83 (62%) titles are unique to Christian Periodical Index.
I was also interested to know how many CPI titles not indexed by the other three indexes are held by either Boston University or one of the other libraries in the Boston Theological Institute. BTI libraries hold 40 (30%) of the 83 titles unique to CPI.
Below is a list of unique Christian Periodical Index titles:
ISSN Title
none Alliance Academic Review
1040-6794 Alliance Life
1542-040X Areopagus Journal
0896-4394 Assemblies of God Heritage
0408-4748 Banner of Truth
0162-9301 Bible & Spade
0006-0844 Bible Translator, The
0006-0925 Biblical Viewpoint
1082-8931 Books and Culture
34344167 Burning Bush
1524-7848 CCM: Music, Faith and Culture
0895-156X Charisma & Christian Life
1094-3455 Christian Camp & Conference
1076-9668 Christian Counseling Today
none Christian Educators Journal
0412-3131 Christian Librarian
1097-1262 Christian Library Journal
none Christian Networks Journal, The
1065-7215 Christian Parenting Today
1535-8585 Christian Reflection: A Series in Faith & Ethics
1523-8202 Christian School Education (CSE)
0009-5656 Christian Standard
0009-6342 Church and Synagogue Libraries
none Church History Today
1550-5294 Church Musician Today
none Creation
0092-9166 Creation Research Society Quarterly
1045-0815 Creator
0892-5712 Criswell Theological Review
0011-7307 Decision
1536-0156 Didache: Faithful Teaching
0273-5865 Discipleship Journal
1069-5664 East-West Church & Ministry Report
1546-6973 Emmaus Journal
1540-6903 Ethnodoxology
0891-3846 Evangelizing Today’s Child
0832-1191 Faith Today
0894-3346 Focus on the Family
1084-6832 Focus on the Family Citizen
none Founders Journal
none Gospel Advocate
none Group: The Youth Ministry Magazine
1087-3503 Image: A Journal of Arts and Religion
none Interreligious Insight: A Journal of Dialogue and Engagement
none Jian Dao: a Journal of Bible & Theology
1544-5143 Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
1063-2166 Journal of Biblical Counseling
1527-0602 Journal of Biblical Integration in Business
0743-2550 Journal of Christian Nursing
1552-8030 Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging (title change)
1091-2711 Journal of the Am. Society for Church Growth
none Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society
1541-0412 Journal of Youth Ministry
1069-3459 Just Between Us
1542-6998 LeaderLife: Practial Solutions for Pastors and Staff
0143-5558 Media Development
0025-9330 Mennonite, The
1076-7169 Modern Reformation
1521-1754 National Religious Broadcasters Other Side (NRB)
1077-3959 New Man
none Outreach
none Perspectives: A Journal of Reformed Thought
1525-3864 Plugged In
1094-2572 Pray!
0898-753X Priscilla Papers
1071-7277 Reformation & Revival: A Quarterly Journal for Church Leadership
1555-4740 Remuda Review: The Christian Journal of Eating Disorders
0737-5778 Social Work and Christianity
0364-2097 Sojourners Magazine
1533-1709 Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality
none Stone-Campbell Journal
none Strategic Adult Ministries Journal
none Teaching Home: A Christian Magazine for Home Educators
none TJ
none Today’s Christian Doctor
none VII (Seven)
0890-6491 Weavings
none Wesleyan Life
none World
none World Christian
none World Vision
1066-1247 Worship Leader
0747-3486 Youth Worker