Bibelwissenschaft.de/online-bibeln : Unicode texts of BHS, NA28, Rahlfs Septuaginta, etc.; English version also available
Unicode/XML Westminster Leningrad Codex : Official electronic text of Codex Leningradensis
Mechon-mamre.org : Unicode Hebrew and Aramaic texts of Tanakh (including audio), Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud Yerushalmi, Talmud Bavli
Nestle-Aland.com : Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft dedicated site for NA editions including online
- For Septuagint (ed. Rahlfs/Hanhart), and Vulgate (ed. Weber/Gryson) see Bibelwissenschaft.de, above
- H.B. Swete's manual edition of the Septuagint (based mainly on Vaticanus) is at CCEL.org, and good editions are also on Archive.org (see below): Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3
- + Electronic edition of NETS | Katapi.org for Rahlfs LXX and with parallel English translation
- for Targums see the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project at the Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, an invaluable resource including Aramaic texts and tools.
- Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG)
- Database of all Greek literary texts from Homer to the fall of Byzantium
- Via UoE library subscription (also TLL)
- Thesaurus linguae Latinae (TLL)
- Covers all the Latin texts from the classical period up to about 600 A.D.
- Halakhah.com
- Talmud Bavli in Soncino translation
- Perseus.tufts.edu
- Public domain texts and translations of classical Greek and Latin texts
- Online Critical Pseudepigrapha
- Early-stages project to collate critical polyglot texts of pseudepigrapha online
- PACE (Project on Ancient Cultural Engagement)
- Texts and translations of Polybius and Josephus, tied to Brill Josephus Commentary Series
- Papyri.info
- Database of papyri (literary and documentary) in major library collections in US and Europe; now also home to:
- Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS)
- Greek and Latin texts and translations of almost all classical literary texts
- Virtual Manuscript Room (Birmingham-Münster)
- View images and transcriptions of NT manuscripts
- Loeb Classical Library Online
- Loebclassics.com, via UoE library web site
- West Semitic Research Project
- Digital images of Assyriological Texts; Ugaritic Tablets; DSS; Elephantine Papyri; Leningrad Codex; other tablets, papyri, texts; requires registration for 'scholarly' site
- ATLA Religion Database, via UoE library web site
- Foremost searchable database of secondary lit in theology and religion
- see online tutorial for searching on biblical references
- JSTOR.org, via UoE subscription
- Huge academic journal-hosting site, includes JBL, VT, NovT, HTR, etc.
- BILDI
- Documentation for biblical literature from Universität Innsbruck
- Index theologicus (IxTheo)
- Zeitschrifteninhaltsdienst Theologie und Religionswissenschaft der Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen
- Copac.ac.uk
- Aggregator for all academic libraries in the UK
- Worldcat.org
- Aggregator of library catalogs, tells you where the closest copy of a book is
- Archive.org
- Repository of scanned past-copyright books; see, e.g., this listing of older ICC volumes available.
- SBL Hebrew
- The Culmus Project Taamim fonts
- SBL Greek
- Greek Font Society
- + Palatino Linotype; Brill; Gentium Plus
- Brill - excellent and extensive coverage
- SBL BibLit (no italics!)
- Charis SIL
- Gentium Plus
- Linux Libertine
- TeX Gyre Pagella - a Palatino clone with extensive glyph coverage
- MS Word is the industry standard, but still can be problematic for RTL on a Mac
- Mellel is a popular choice for Mac, providing good RTL tools, but also some file-compatibility issues for a Word-orientated publishing world
- LibreOffice Writer is a fine writing tool (especially when used with Linux Libertine fonts in the Graphite version), and can produce very good .DOC files for Word-only needs; see also Apache OpenOffice a related product.
- There are other specialty options, e.g. Nota Bene, which are worth exploring.
- Endnote is centrally supported by the university, and training is offered for both desktop and online versions.
- Zotero and Mendeley are both popular online options and worth exploring; free versions have some limitations.
- A slightly dated (2013) of "free" alternatives can be found in "Best Free Bibliographic Database Software"; its links are still worth exploring.
- Those using a Mac might want to look at Bookends.