Looking for articles a Christian studies assignment? Christian Periodical Index or CPI would be a great place to start. This database is available to the Union community through our EBSCOhost platform, so you will see similarities between Academic Search Complete and CPI. You can also search in CPI while searching in another EBSCO database. To narrow your search, use the filters like date and peer-reviewed on the left side of the results page.
CPI is primarily an indexing database, which means you will find information about the title, main ideas, and publication information, but you may need to use Interlibrary Loan or a different database to access the full article. For help locating an article from CPI, check out our Interlibrary Loan or Finding an Article from a Citation video or contact the library. Christian Periodical Index has articles and records (article information) from over 140 journals dating back to 1976. They are also continually adding articles to the database. You can find articles from journals like Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society and Worship Leader. CPI covers most doctrines of evangelical Christianity. This database is not limited to religion or theology; you can also find journals from other areas like science, literature, medicine, and education.
CPI will be a helpful resource to find a Christian perspective in different fields and also provides options for researching different theologies. To access Christian Periodical Index click on the Databases, E-books, and Media quick link on the library’s homepage, then scroll until you find Christian Periodical Index. If you need help using CPI or with research for any assignment, schedule a research coach appointment. Your research coaches are always happy to help.
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