To support scholars in finding the right tools and services, the newly published report "Research Services Useful for the Religious Studies Community" provides a practical overview of the digital platforms, repositories, databases, and research tools most relevant to Religious Studies.
The report is designed for researchers, librarians, data stewards, and collection holders seeking to discover new sources, improve research workflows, and make better use of the growing Open Science ecosystem. It brings together resources for manuscript and primary-source discovery, text analysis and annotation, data management planning, repository deposit, preservation, and research-data discovery.
Among the services covered are widely used platforms such as IxTheo, Europeana, vHMML, IIIF, Transkribus, OpenRefine, Zenodo, OpenAIRE, and the SSH Open Marketplace, helping researchers identify tools that fit their specific needs and research contexts.
Rather than recommending particular solutions, the report serves as a practical reference guide to the services Religious Studies scholars are most likely to encounter throughout the research lifecycle, supporting more effective discovery, analysis, collaboration, and preservation of research outputs.
The report is available here for consultation.
The report Research Services Useful for the Religious Studies Community was developed in the framework of RESILIENCE Preparatory Phase Project by WP2, together with a FAIRification Guide and the Research Data Management for Religious Studies: A Practitioner Guide. These resources support researchers in collecting, managing, preserving, and sharing research data, software, and related outputs in accordance with good data management practices.