Tripod Classic tends to do better 'Title" and "Subject" searches than the new TRIPOD which is linked to below.
You can use the "Subject" search in Tripod to find books about a person or character. Note the sample search terms: 'Isaac biblical patriarch'; 'Adam biblical figure'; 'Paul the apostle'.
You can also search to see if there are books that have a significant discussion of the biblical passage that you are researching. Here is an example of this type of search: Bible O T Genesis XXII 1-19
Tripod
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Tripod now searches for individual journal articles as well as the Tri-College libraries’ collection of books, journal titles, multimedia materials, databases and more.
WorldCat
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Where Tripod displays the holdings of three college libraries, Worldcat displays the holdings of tens of thousands of libraries.