The Project
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The Project

ATLA has begun an ambitious project to index retrospectively as many as possible of the 130+ periodical titles currently in ATLA's RDB that predate the advent of Religion Index One (RIO), 1949 to the present. Many titles that commenced publication in 1940 or later will be indexed. Earlier titles will be indexed as time and resources permit. The selected titles in this group will be indexed in conformity with current RIO (article) practices. Review indexing will be limited for the most part to book reviews that are 1,000 or more words in length. A particular goal of this project aims at comprehensive name authority work: the fullest form of a personal name, with titles and, if known, birth and death dates, will be established. Comprehensive indexing for each periodical will render such significant titles as Journal of Biblical Literature, Church History, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, and Journal of the American Academy of Religion [Journal of the National Association of Biblical Instructors] vastly more accessible, substantially enhancing the "depth-dimension" of ATLA's Religion Database. The project is slated for completion in three years, with an official startup date of September 1, 2002. Libraries in the Greater Chicago area will provide primary access to the texts; issues that are locally unavailable will be obtained through interlibrary loan and, perhaps, the courtesy of the ATLA institutional consortium.

Funding for the project is provided by annual grants from participating ATLA institutions; 94 have pledged as of May 2003. Pioneering work by Association members Rev. Elmer J. and Betty A. O'Brien, and Rev. Ellis E. O'Neal, Jr., on pre-1949 periodicals has been ingredient in identifying the periodicals to be canvassed by RIP.

Quarterly Statistics

Last updated: July 2005

Quarterly Reports

June-August 2005 (with final project summary)

March-May 2005

December 2004-February 2005

October-December 2004

July-September 2004

March-June 2004

December 2003-February 2004

September-November 2003

June-August 2003

March-May 2003

December 2002-February 2003

September-November 2002