The Association of Christian Librarians has put together an extensive collection of biblical studies : commentaries, websites, academic journals available online, open access.
Bible Study Tools compiled by Bryan College Library
Credo Reference Extensive background information to start your research
Directory of Open Access Journals
Fresno County Public Library You will need a library card to use their databases; the card is FREE but you have to go into the library (any branch) and fill out an application. Under Browse on their website see their online resources: access to broad databases. The most helpful for general research is the Academic One File
Google Books read preview and full text for researching many books. Google plans to make all books available. Snippet view is just a profile of the book but many books are available by checking title or author for half or more of the book up to full text.
Google search box for a thorough collection of Bible study resources.....enter a Bible reference in the search box. This link is simple to use; just enter any passage of scripture for a variety of resources from commentaries to handbooks and other study aids.
Google Scholar provides a broad collection of accessible online books and academic articles on all subjects.
Hathi Trust Millions of books online in full text, digitized original editions
Lumbee River Christian College has created an extensive collection of biblical and theological online resources.
MLA Style Center up to date help here for citation and formatting MLA style using the 9th edition. The Owl Purdue Writing Lab also offers writing research and citation helps
Open Access Digital Theological Library This includes many theses and dissertations plus full text books. While it says theological many general resources are also included.
Open Textbook Library Many college level textbooks are available fully online here.
Open Access articles from Christianity Today, one of several articles available on their website.
"Why We Still Need Christian Colleges."
Project Gutenberg Over 60,000 eBooks in all categories freely available to read here.
Research Links to the Deep Web created by Merl Winters, retired librarian from the Association of Christian Librarians.
Scholarly Search Engines also created by Merl Winters. This is an extensive collection of a variety ways to search for academic, scholarly resources.
Wikipedia There is a right and useful way to use Wikipedia for college research assignments. First, NEVER use the material/information in your paper, either by copy and paste, or by restating in your own words and then taking personal credit for the information. DO NOT put Wikipedia as your source in a paper. BUT you can go to their source information in the reference links and bibliographies at the BOTTOM of the article and explore them on your own and then you can cite that link, using internet citation rules as explained in your MLA handbook.