Kelly Library librarians have produced the following research guides which identify some of the most important reference resources in specific subject areas:
- Asian Religions
- Bible
- Bioethics
- Book and Media Studies
- Canon Law
- Catholic Liturgy
- Catholic News and Opinion
- Celtic Studies
- Christian Music
- Christianity and Film
- Christianity and the Visual Arts
- Church History
- Eastern Christianity
- Ecclesiastical Latin
- English Literature
- French Literature
- German Studies
- Graduate Theology
- Historic Canadian Catholic Periodicals
- Irish History
- Irish Literature & Cinema
- Islam
- Italian Literature
- Judaism
- Literary Theory and Criticism
- Mediaeval Law
- Mediaeval Studies
- Mythology
- Patristics
- Philosophy
- Shakespeare
- Systematic Theology
- Vatican II
- Women in the Middle Ages