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Evaluation of Christian Periodical Index

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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

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